River Kahan (Barsati Nala) Malote Section

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Question Set by Late Raja Imran Sarwar Dhudhi:
A unique rainy river Kahan in winters, as been observed, the water comes from nowhere and ends nowhere.
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To resolve this question one has to understand local geography related issues in first instance. For this purpose you’ll have to travel or walk few kilometers upstream within main stream from the torrents of village Malote up to westwards of torrents of Rohtas to observe and notice round about geography and abs and flow of the bed of the stream. Malote to Rohtas Fort gorge section is locked by hilly area on both banks whereas prior to that southern stream actually originating from Nilli hills here in Rohtas torrents is open on left bank whereas covered by Tilla hills on right bank. On the other hand, northern stream enters Rohtas torrents to meet southern stream is open on both banks which originates from Tainpura hills and beyond. Confluence of both streams empowers the flow to enter in close hilly section upto Mallote where it once again enters plains right under the Malote bridge. Surprisingly someone may notice that southern Kahan stream that can be seen advancing downstream side by side Tilla Jogian Mountain few kilometers back to Rohtas locality literally vanishes under sand and reappears within the stream after some kilometers 1 or 2 kilometers prior to Villages Baghan and Rohtas Fort streaming section other than rainy season. This water which reappears starting near Rohtas Fort and flowing 2 or 3 kilometers downstream up to village Mallote right half a kilometer down from the Malote bridge, the native place of Late Raja Imran Sarwar Dhuddi, again vanishes in sand. It actually again erupts in the form of seepage in western lands near Villages Chak Essa and Lota to be called Chhumbh area up till Jhelum riverside which is very fertile land for rice farming as the abundant fresh water out flows in that area twelve months of the year; wet enough for rice farming and needs not any further irrigation for that purpose. The water absorbed in sand near Mallote, maintaining ground level, travels underground in marshy and sandy situation to erupt again in downside Chhumbh which is actually old route of Kahan some years back in British era which turned its stream towards Village Naugaran instead of previous route towards Villages Chak Essa, Lota and Bagga after a heavy flooding in past. Area to be remembered as location of abandoned Village Kotli Qazian may be recalled the remembrance of the past days. Geographical study may reveal that basin of disused stream of Kahan filled with heavy sand over it due to left over sand of the flooding and further with the passage of time heavy rush waters in rainy seasons scatters hilly rich mud over it to make it fertile land in this locality. Same is like now in the area now under question near Malote with which old left over sand near Village Mallote thrown during many rainy seasons by upstream water flow as the upstream hillock water flow is mighty and speedy enough in that season to carry the sand from hillside to the plains makes this site higher risen sand in shape of humps than the basin in upstream from that point back. The water flow expand here suddenly to break its speed and flow to throw the sand as the water enters first time in open lands from hillock area to create spacious width, enough piled sand to block the water stream down, finding no way downstream being slow in speed, flow and minimum in quantity in off-season of winter and resultantly to maintain its level, absorbs in the disused past basin sand and erupts again to its suitable level 1 or 2 kilometers away in Chhumbh to scatter in lands in vast area. Water in Chhumbh once again makes confluence to another Chhumb Nala which finally carries this water off to the River Jhelum crossing by Village Bagga sufficiently enough to irrigate the whole adjacent area for the whole year. Absorption near Mallote continues in all seasons of the year but invisibly in rainy season as the heavy flow, due to rains, over crosses many feet above basin level everywhere in the Kahan stream even at the place of absorption and piled sand area in the main stream to hide the place in question not to be watched by open eyes being under the heavy water although absorption process takes place continuously even in rainy season to be erupted in nearby Chhumb. The water erupted in Chhumb looks very clean like filtered water. Likewise, vanishing and eruption of water upstream beyond Rohtas Fort is a result of same geographical situation as upper basin being deep and sand piling at that point of absorption stops the normal flow hence absorbs under the sand till suitable down basin level to erupt again. This process makes water look very clean.