{"id":360639,"date":"2026-04-13T15:38:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=360639"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:38:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T10:08:33","slug":"ghaggar-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/ghaggar-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghaggar River"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>News:<\/strong> Villages along Haryana\u2019s Ghaggar river, especially Sirsa and Fatehabad, report a rise in cancer cases allegedly linked to contaminated water.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>About Ghaggar River<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_360645\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-360645\" style=\"width: 275px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-360645\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Course-of-river-Ghaggar-and-the-sampling-locations-inset-map-of-Haryana.webp?resize=275%2C466&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Ghaggar River\" width=\"275\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Course-of-river-Ghaggar-and-the-sampling-locations-inset-map-of-Haryana.webp?resize=177%2C300&amp;ssl=1 177w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Course-of-river-Ghaggar-and-the-sampling-locations-inset-map-of-Haryana.webp?resize=606%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 606w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Course-of-river-Ghaggar-and-the-sampling-locations-inset-map-of-Haryana.webp?resize=768%2C1298&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Course-of-river-Ghaggar-and-the-sampling-locations-inset-map-of-Haryana.webp?w=850&amp;ssl=1 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-360645\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Researchgate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Origin:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It originates in the <strong>Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>intermittent and flows only during the monsoon season.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Course:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> After passing through the<strong> Ambala and Hissar districts of Haryana<\/strong>, it disappears into the <strong>Thar Desert in Rajasthan.<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>known as Ghaggar before the Ottu barrage<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and a<\/span><b>s Hakra downstream <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the barrage in the <\/span><b>Thar Desert.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>States through which it flows:<\/strong> It flows through<\/span><b> Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Total basin area:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Its total basin area is<\/span><b> 32132 sq. km.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It<\/span> feeds<b> two irrigation canals <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that extend<strong> into Rajasthan.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Hakra River in Pakistan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is considered the <strong>downstream continuation<\/strong> of the Ghaggar, together forming the <strong>Ghaggar-Hakra River system<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Tributaries:<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The main tributaries are th<\/span><b>e Kaushalya River, Markanda, Sarsuti, Tangri, and Chautang.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Historical Context:<\/strong> It is known as<\/span><b> Sarasvati in historical texts.\u00a0<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many<strong> Harappan sites<\/strong> have been<strong> excavated along the banks of the river.<\/strong> <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also linked to<strong> cultures from the protohistoric to the Medieval period.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Villages along Haryana\u2019s Ghaggar river, especially Sirsa and Fatehabad, report a rise in cancer cases allegedly linked to contaminated water. About Ghaggar River Origin: It originates in the Shivalik Hills of Himachal Pradesh and Haryana. It is intermittent and flows only during the monsoon season. 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