{"id":102302,"date":"2026-05-07T14:48:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T09:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=102302"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:28:30","slug":"suru-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/suru-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Suru River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Suru River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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). <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Suru River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an important river in the <\/span><b>Kargil district of Ladakh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>tributary of the Indus <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>starts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Panzella Glacier,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which lies <\/span><b>at Pensi La Pass near the Drang Drung Glacier.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source of the Suru River lies 142 km <\/span><b>south of Kargil town<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and 79 km north from Zanskar.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Suru River<\/span><b> forms the western and northern boundary of the Zanskar mountain range.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river flows westwards, along with the Kargil-Zanaskar Road, from its source and <\/span><b>forms the Suru valley<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This valley is<\/span><b> surrounded by the towering peaks of the Nun Kun mountain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river <\/span><b>flows into <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pakistan-occupied-kashmir\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pakistan-occupied Kashmir<\/a> (PoK).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It eventually <\/span><b>joins <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the mighty <\/span><b>Indus River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at a place called Nurla.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length: 185 kilometers<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It passes through several <\/span><b>towns like Tongul, Suru, Grantung, Goma, and Kharul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Kargil town is the biggest city<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located right on the banks of the Suru River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A <\/span><b>branch of the ancient Silk Road ran alongside<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the Suru River, connecting Kargil and Skardu. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/amp\/en\/bharat\/pakistan-returns-body-of-ladakh-minor-swept-into-suru-through-kashmir-crossing-enn26050606800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ETVB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suru River is a major tributary of the Indus River flowing through Ladakh and Kargil. 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