Four people drowned in the Beas River in the Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh, recently.
About Beas River:
It is a river passing through the northern Indian states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab.
It is one of the five rivers that give Punjab (“Five Rivers”) its name.
It was known as Vipas in the past, meaning the “Unfettered” river.
The Beas River was the approximate eastern limit of Alexander the Great’s invasion of India in 326 BCE.
Course:
The river originates in the Rohtang Pass of the Himalayas in central Himachal Pradesh.
From there it flows south through the Kullu Valley, receiving tributaries from the flanking mountains, and then turns west to flow past Mandi into the Kangra Valley.
After crossing the valley, the Beas enters Punjab state and veers south and then southwest to its confluence with the Sutlej River at Harike.
Major Tributaries: Bain, Banganga, Luni, and Uhal, along with Banner, Chakki, Gaj, Harla, Mamuni, Parvati, Patlikuhlal, Sainj, Suketi, and Tirthan.
Dams: The Pong Dam, also known as the Beas Dam, is an earth-fill embankment dam constructed on the river Beas in the Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh.
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