Source: DTE
Context: In early July this year, the Ghaggar River and its tributaries in Haryana, caused widespread devastation after reclaiming their floodplains.
- The river, including its tributaries Tangri, Markanda, and others, were previously considered dead and heavily encroached upon. However, due to heavy monsoon rains in the Shivalik hills, the rivers flooded their catchment areas and breached their banks, resulting in significant losses.
- Additionally, unscientific and illegal mining has harmed the natural balance of rivers like the Ghaggar and Yamuna.
About Ghaggar-Hakra River
It is an intermittent river in India and Pakistan that flows only during the monsoon season. The river is known as Ghaggar before the Ottu barrage and as Hakra downstream of the barrage in the Thar Desert. In pre-Harappan times the Ghaggar was a tributary of the Sutlej.
- Origin: It originates in the village of Dagshai in the Shivalik Hillsof Himachal Pradesh and flows through Punjab and Haryana states into Rajasthan.
- Tributaries: The main tributaries of the Ghaggar are the Kaushalya River, Markanda, Sarsuti, Tangri and Chautang
