Ghaggar River : Committee Constituted
A joint committee constituted by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has found that the Ghaggar River water contained from two to three times the prescribed limit of biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), making it unfit for outdoor bathing.
- The Ghaggar River is an intermittent river that flows in India and Pakistan (Hakra).
- The river flows only during the monsoon season.
- It originates in the Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh and flows through Haryana and Rajasthan before disappearing into the Thar Desert.
- This seasonal river feeds two irrigation canals that extend into Rajasthan.
- The Hakra, which flows in Pakistan, is the continuation of the Ghaggar River in India, and they are together called the Ghaggar-Hakra River.
- Several historians identify Ghaggar with the Vedic Saraswati River.
- Along the banks of the Ghaggar River, many settlements of the Indus Valley Civilization have been excavated.
- It is believed that the rivers Sutlej and Yamuna once flowed into the Ghaggar-Hakra river bed.
- Tributaries: The main tributaries of the Ghaggar are the Kaushalya, Markanda, Sarsuti, Tangri and Chautang.
