Natural Springs of Jammu

The Jammu and Kashmir State finds its gateway at Lakhanpur, boundary being Ravi river adjoining Punjab and Himachal Pardesh states.

- G L KHAJURIA

Jammu region right from Lakhanpur to border town Poonch in the East West and Ranbirsingpura to Banihal, Kashmir valley to the last reach of Ladhak abounds in historical, archaeological and spiritual significance and are with enchanting beauty and grandeur.

The Jammu legion as a whole encompasses the cynosure of vast sprawling and undulating terrain, ranging from Kandi belt of Lakhanpur to Poonch with scrubby and Pines forests. In its higher reaches are Shivalks and the Tawi valley in its back drop are enchanting and beautiful mountains ranges rising one behind the other with Lush green, Vibrant and salubrious scrubby and Chir pines. And then majestic deodar and blue pines. The Trikuta hills crowned by three towering peaks are of fantastic spiritual sanctity in whose lap is located world renowned sacred shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi. With the early golden sun rise over the Tawi valley, this offers a gorgeous glimpse of Mother Nature.

In the remote past, when the man mostly depended upon nature and its resources, population was dramatically low and as of now when the global population has off-shooted at sputnik speed the human demands have taken reciprocally an upward trend with the result that our natural resources followed depletion. And on industrial front, urbanization, over-exploitation of Mother Earth has in unison changed the very chemistry of environment and its ecosystem. Man's sustenance depended on fresh air, water, agricultural produce as there was no pollution (air, water, noise).