New Delhi: The river of love, Chenab, has many names in the subcontinent—the restless river, the wild river. It is the backdrop of tragic love stories like Heer Ranjha and Sohni Mahiwal, and the centre of a geo-political tussle between India and Pakistan. But Chenab’s real story lies in the pages of geological surveys and studies conducted across the border—it is the river that just cannot be contained.

And this year, it reached Jammu and caused havoc.

All the Indus basin rivers roared and surged this monsoon on both sides of the border. While the eastern Indus rivers of Beas, Ravi and Sutlej brought misery to Himachal Pradesh and Punjab, floods in the Chenab basin and tributaries like Tawi are becoming a growing worry for local people and experts alike. Show Full Article

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