{"id":51877,"date":"2025-08-27T09:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T03:51:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=51877"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:49:17","slug":"tawi-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tawi-river\/","title":{"rendered":"River Tawi"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>River Tawi Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, India forewarned Pakistan as a \u201chumanitarian gesture\u201d about a potential flood in the Tawi river.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About River Tawi<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>major left-bank tributary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the <\/span><b>Chenab River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and an important river in the Jammu region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is considered sacred and holy. The Tawi River is also <\/span><b>called &#8220;Surya Putri&#8221; in ancient texts.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It rises from <\/span><b>Kalpas Kund of Seo Dhar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the Bhaderwah in the Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir, then descends to Sudh Mahadev.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It traverses steep hills and plains before entering <\/span><b>Pakistan&#8217;s Punjab province<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>merging <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>the Chenab River.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The catchment area of the river up to the Indian border (Jammu) is 2168 sq.km. and falls in the districts of Jammu, Udhampur, and a small part of Doda.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Tributaries of Tawi River:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> On the way, many tributaries such <\/span><b>as Bhuteshwari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Birma), <\/span><b>Duddhar, Jajjhar<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, etc., join this river.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tawi River traverses through and divides the <\/span><b>city of Jammu into two segments<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The water of this river is the main source of water for the <\/span><b>entire city.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/india\/why-india-warned-pakistan-about-a-potential-flood-in-river-tawi-10211415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tawi River, a key left-bank tributary of the Chenab, holds significant importance in the Jammu region for its cultural and geographical relevance. 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