{"id":28030,"date":"2026-10-19T12:42:54","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=28030"},"modified":"2026-10-19T12:59:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:29:56","slug":"barak-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barak-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Barak River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Barak River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Bangladeshi nationals were arrested after allegedly jumping into the Barak River to evade police during an operation in Assam\u2019s Cachar district recently, with two police personnel reportedly injured in the process. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Barak 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;\"> in <\/span><b>India and Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>second largest river in Northeast India, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">after the Brahmaputra.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Course:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>rises <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the <\/span><b>Manipur hills<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, south of Mao in the Senapati district of Manipur.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>flows <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through the hilly regions of Manipur, along<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">parts of the <\/span><b>Manipur\u2013Nagaland and Manipur\u2013Mizoram boundaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>through Assam before entering Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In Bangladesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Barak <\/span><b>divides into the Surma and Kushiyara rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which eventually <\/span><b>form the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/meghna-river\/\" target=\"_blank\">Meghna River<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>drain into the Bay of Bengal.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It has a length of about <\/span><b>900 km.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It spans <\/span><b>524 km in India, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with a <\/span><b>significant part <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">along the <\/span><b>Indo-Bangladesh border.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>121-km stretch <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the river between <\/span><b>Lakhipur and Bhanga in Assam <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was declared by the Government of India as <\/span><b>National Waterway 16.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Barak River basin, formed by the Barak and its tributaries, drains <\/span><b>India, Bangladesh, and Myanmar.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In India the basin spreads over states of<\/span><b> Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Assam, Tripura, and Nagaland.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>bounded <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the <\/span><b>Barail range separating it from the Brahmaputra basin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the north, by the<\/span><b> Naga and Lushai hills on the east,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and by the<\/span><b> Mizo hills and the territory of Bangladesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on the south and west.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entire basin falls in the <\/span><b>Eastern Himalayan region of the Agro Climatic Zone.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major part of the basin is covered by forest.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to the hilly topography, <\/span><b>terrace farming is common<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in this region.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>In Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>Barak Valley <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gets its name from the river and includes the districts of Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj, forming the southernmost part of the state.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The valley is home to <\/span><b>many tribal and linguistic groups,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including <\/span><b>Dimasa, Manipuri, Rongmei Naga, and Hmar people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a <\/span><b>large proportion of Bengali-speaking people.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The principal tributaries of the Barak are <\/span><b>Jiri, Chiri, Modhura, Jatinga, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Harang, Dhaleswari, Singla, Longai, Sonai, and Katakhal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are four<\/span><b> major dams, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">namely <\/span><b>Khoupum Dam, Mawphlang Dam, Gumti Hydro Dam, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>Myntdu-Leshka Dam.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatodayne.in\/assam\/video\/two-bangladeshis-arrested-after-jumping-into-barak-river-to-evade-assam-police-two-personnel-injured-1464331-2026-10-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>IT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barak River is a river in northeastern India that flows through Manipur, Mizoram, and Assam before entering Bangladesh. 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