{"id":54815,"date":"2025-07-14T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-14T07:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=54815"},"modified":"2025-07-14T14:44:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-14T09:14:36","slug":"barak-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barak-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Barak Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Barak Valley Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi recently urged the Prime Minister to urgently intervene in the worsening connectivity crisis of the Barak Valley.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Barak Valley<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the <\/span><b>southernmost region of Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, named after the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/barak-river\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Barak River <\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that flows through it.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes the three southernmost <\/span><b>districts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of Assam, viz.,<\/span><b> Cachar, Hailakandi, and Karimganj, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which together cover about 9% of the geographical area of the state.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It shares <\/span><b>borders with Meghalaya on its north,<\/b> <b>Mizoram on its south,<\/b> <b>Manipur on its east<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><b> Tripura and the Sylhet division of Bangladesh on its west.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area is known to have <\/span><b>fertile lands,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making agriculture a major occupation of the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Silchar <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is one of the <\/span><b>main cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and also the educational hub of the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Key Facts about Barak River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the<\/span><b> second largest river in Northeast India after<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>Brahmaputra<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river runs through <\/span><b>Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram, Assam in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>Bangladesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Origin<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It rises from the <\/span><b>Manipur hills,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> south of Mao in the Senapati district of Manipur, at an elevation of 2,331 m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows then along the <\/span><b>Nagaland-Manipur border <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through hilly terrains and enters <\/span><b>Assam<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It further <\/span><b>enters Bangladesh, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where it is<\/span><b> known by<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the name of the <\/span><b>Surma and the Kushiyara<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>later called the Meghna<\/b> <b>before receiving<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the combined flow of the <\/span><b>Ganga and the Brahmaputra.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It finally <\/span><b>outfalls into the Bay of Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Length<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Barak has a length of about <\/span><b>900 km,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of which <\/span><b>564 km fall in India.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Tributaries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The principal tributaries of Barak are the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Jiri<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Dhaleswari<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">Singla<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the Longai, the Sonai, and the Katakhal.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/guwahati\/barak-valleys-connectivity-crisis-leaves-40l-stranded-gogoi-to-pm\/articleshow\/122371148.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barak Valley, the southernmost part of Assam, is named after the Barak River and is known for its rich cultural heritage, scenic landscapes, and biodiversity. 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