{"id":130132,"date":"2026-10-22T13:25:26","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130132"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T07:55:26","slug":"kushiyara-river-upsc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kushiyara-river-upsc\/","title":{"rendered":"Kushiyara River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kushiyara River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The banks of Kushiyara River, which separates India and Bangladesh along the Sribhumi district, came alive recently as thousands of devotees gathered on both sides of the international border for the immersion of Durga idols on Vijayadashami.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kushiyara River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>transboundary river<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> between <\/span><b>India and Bangladesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><b> distributary of the Barak <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">River.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the <\/span><b>India-Bangladesh border <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as a <\/span><b>branch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barak-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Barak River<\/a>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known as the Amlshid bifurcation point.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Flowing westward, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the River forms the<\/span><b> boundary between Assam, India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and the<\/span><b> Sylhet District <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of <\/span><b>Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Along its course, it passes through <\/span><b>towns <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">like <\/span><b>Zakigonj, Sylhet, and Karimganj, Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, before <\/span><b>entering entirely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> into the Beanibazar Upazila of <\/span><b>Bangladesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river then <\/span><b>meanders southwestward, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">passing several villages and <\/span><b>eventually joining the Meghna River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Total Length:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 It spans approximately <\/span><b>160 kilometers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kushiyara River receives contributions from various significant <\/span><b>tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Juri River <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(from the east)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Manu River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (Monu River) (from the south)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Itakhola River\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On September 6, <\/span><b>2022<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>India and Bangladesh signed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Kushiyara River Water Agreement, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which represents a critical turning point in their water-sharing relationship.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the <\/span><b>first water-sharing agreement between India and Bangladesh since <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the historic <\/span><b>Ganga Water Treaty of 1996.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The agreement aims to <\/span><b>address <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the problems of<\/span><b> seasonal water scarcity and flooding<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in both<\/span><b> Assam, India, and Sylhet, Bangladesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under this treaty, Bangladesh can withdraw 153 cusecs (cubic feet per second) of water from the Kushiyara out of the approximately 2,500 cusecs of water.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This allocation <\/span><b>ensures adequate water for irrigation in Sylhet\u2019s dry-season (Boro) rice cultivation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The water of Kushiyara will be channelled through the Rahimpur Canal project in Sylhet.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Unlike the Teesta River dispute<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with West Bengal, the <\/span><b>Kushiyara agreement<\/b> <b>does not require state-level approval from Assam.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/devotees-gather-on-both-sides-of-kushiyara-a-river-two-countries-one-festive-farewell\/articleshow\/135098953.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TOI<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kushiyara River is a transboundary river between India and Bangladesh. 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