There exist open plains in the west of Punjab’s Shiwalik hills and in the east of Nurpur Bedi Tehsil of Roopnagar district. In local language, they are called Kandi areas.
This area or region is spread in 5 lakh hectare area of 5 districts and 22 blocks of Punjab which becomes 10% of Punjab’s total area.
Features:
- The soil of this region is not smooth and is full of Chos.
- This region is spread in the narrow bets of 300-400 metres along with Shiwalik.
- After every kilometre, there exists one Cho or Nala.
- This region is spread between the districts of Chandigarh, Hoshiarpur, Roopnagar (Ropar) etc.
