News: Amid unprecedented rainfall in its catchment, the Beas in Himachal Pradesh recorded its highest-ever inflow of 11.70 BCM between July 1 and September 5.
About Beas River
- Earlier it was known as Vipas (“Unfettered river ”).
- Origin: Beas Kund, near Rohtang Pass (at a height of 4,062 m above sea level) in Himachal Pradesh, on the southern face of the pass in the Kullu region.
- It is an important river of the Indus system in northwestern India.
- State covered: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab.
- It forms the renowned Kullu and Kangra valleys.
- It form a gorge at Kati and Largi in the Dhauladhar range.
- Length: Approximately 470 km (traverses about 470 km before meeting the Sutlej at Harike, Punjab).
- Tributary: The major tributaries of the Beas River are Bain, Banganga, Luni, and Uhal, along with Banner, Chakki, Gaj, Harla, Mamuni, Parvati, Patlikuhlal, Sainj, Suketi, and Tirthan.
- Final discharge: To the Arabian Sea via the Indus.
- Major dams
- Pong (Beas) Dam (also known as Maharana Pratap Sagar)— earth-fill embankment dam in Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.
- Pandoh Dam – on the Beas River.
