Ghaggar River

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Context

• To spread awareness among the public against throwing waste into the Ghaggar River, trans-Ghaggar residents carried out a cleanliness drive at Chatt Puja Ghat of the river recently.

About

• It is a seasonal river that only flows during the monsoon season.
• It rises in northwestern Himachal Pradesh from the Shivalik Range.
• It travels approximately 200 miles (320 kilometers) southwest through Haryana state, where it joins the Saraswati River.
• It finally dries up in Rajasthan's Thar Desert.
• This seasonal river provides water to two irrigation canals that run into Rajasthan.
• The Hakra River in Pakistan is a continuation of the Ghaggar River in India; thus, the two rivers are known as the Ghaggar-Hakra River.
• Ghaggar is associated with the Vedic Saraswati River, according to certain historians.
• Many Indus Valley Civilization settlements have been excavated along the banks of the Ghaggar River.
• As a result, it is thought that the ancient villages on its banks were built by astute Vedic Aryans.
• It is thought that the rivers Sutlej and Yamuna originally flowed into the Ghaggar-Hakra river bed.
• Tributaries: The main tributaries of the Ghaggar are the Kaushalya River, Markanda, Sarsuti, Tangri, and Chautang.