Suru River:
Over a month after a six-year-old boy from Ladakh drowned in the Suru River in Hunderman, his mortal remains returned home recently after being retrieved from the river in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- Suru River is an important river in the Kargil district of Ladakh, India.
- It is a tributary of the Indus River.
- It starts from the Panzella Glacier, which lies at Pensi La Pass near the Drang Drung Glacier.
- The Suru River forms the western and northern boundary of the Zanskar mountain range.
- The river flows westwards, along with the Kargil-Zanaskar Road, from its source and forms the Suru valley. This valley is surrounded by the towering peaks of the Nun Kun mountain.
- The river flows into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
- It eventually joins the mighty Indus River at a place called Nurla.
- It passes through several towns like Tongul, Suru, Grantung, Goma, and Kharul. Kargil town is the biggest city located right on the banks of the Suru River.
- A branch of the ancient Silk Road ran alongside the Suru River, connecting Kargil and Skardu.
