Chandra River

• Himachal Pradesh Police recently cracked down on an SUV owner for allegedly driving his vehicle across the Chandra River in Lahaul and Spiti district.

ABOUT CHANDRA RIVER

• The River Chandra is one of the two rivers which merge to form the Chenab in the Lahaul region of Himachal Pradesh
  • Other is Bhaga river which originates from Suryataal lake.
• It rises in the snows lying at the base of the main Himalayan range in the Lahaul and Spiti district.
• The beautiful Chandra Tal lake has formed at its source.
• It goes on to merge with the Bhaga River downstream of Keylong and form Chenab river.
• The entire area is a vast cold desert that receives little or no rain as it lies in the rain shadow of the Pir Panjal range lying towards South.
• The important human settlement along the river is Koksar.