We are talking about the river Tawi and the relation of Jammu with this River. This mutual relationship is very deep and full of emotion. Tawi can never be seen by separating Jammu from Jammu and Jammu from Tawi. How and to what extent these people are related to each other, another proof of this is the post address! Today, whenever we write our postal address to someone, we also write a pin code with it, which has been prepared on the national level, but perhaps Jammu was a city in the whole country, which was called an unmatched pin from centuries to get a unique pin code called Tawi. Till a few years back, the postal address of Jammu was definitely Jammu Tawi. Such and such house no Such and such Gali and Jammu Tawi. That is, just writing Jammu was not sufficient; Tawi had to be written on the address. Even today this thing is written on the board of the railway station and post office. That is, Tawi River used to have a very deep and important relation with Jammu in every matter, even to give identity to this city. Even today, Tawi is definitely written with many government departments in Jammu. The city of Jammu is situated on the right bank of Tawi on the slopes of hills. When the border of this city was spread only from Panjtirthi to Gumat, then Tawi used to act as a border too. Actually in that era it was not easy for an attacker from the dense forested laden hills of Jammu, if there had been any threat of invaders from somewhere, then it was the area from East to West of that city, but here was the Tawi River which was called a natural border . Crossing the River Tawi and then attacking the city was a bit of a difficult task. Because the attacker crossing the river could be very easily seen in advance and all preparations could be done before their attempt to attack. In this way Tawi has also given his contribution as a security guard for Jammu. But it was not like this that all the people coming from across Tawi were invaders. Many merchants, some friends, and some great souls also used to arrive in Jammu and Kashmir through the river. For this, some gates were built on the banks of Tawi River adjoining the city of Jammu. It is necessary to mention one more thing here that this Tawi River once used to pass through very close to the steps of Gumat. With the passage of time, its expansion was reduced by the settlement of people and then after the construction of the bridge, it now flows far away from the cover of the watchtower. However, sometimes the rainy season tells us that my rights are up to the point.
