{"id":66259,"date":"2026-10-05T12:42:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T07:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=66259"},"modified":"2026-10-05T14:17:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T08:47:43","slug":"ichamati-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ichamati-river\/","title":{"rendered":"Ichamati River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Ichamati River Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The traditional Ichamati River Durga idol immersion in Taki has changed due to strict geopolitical borders, heightened surveillance and security mandates.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ichamati 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;\"> that flows through both <\/span><b>India and Bangladesh.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also forms part of the <\/span><b>boundary between the two countries.\u00a0<\/b><\/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 is <\/span><b>one of the bifurcations of the Mathabhanga River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a <\/span><b>distributary of the Padma<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) and <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Mahjdia village in the <\/span><b>Nadia district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of <\/span><b>West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then it<\/span><b> forms part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/india-bangladesh-relations\/\" target=\"_blank\">India\u2013Bangladesh<\/a><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> international <\/span><b>border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Later, it<\/span><b> enters Bangladesh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019s Satkhira and Khulna districts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers a distance of around <\/span><b>216 km before discharging <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the <\/span><b>Kalindi River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at Hasnabad in <\/span><b>North 24 Parganas District<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>finally outfalls <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into the<\/span><b> Bay of Bengal near Moore Island.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ichhamati River and its tributaries form a <\/span><b>large oxbow lake complex in the North 24-Paraganas district<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> near Bangaon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>From 1916-2020,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the <\/span><b>channel course<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Ichamati\u2019s water has <\/span><b>seen sharp changes, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">majorly due to human interventions apart from historical and geological factors.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The river is having <\/span><b>trouble with siltation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that leads to a <\/span><b>slender flow of water in the dry season <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>floods in the rainy season. <\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.etvbharat.com\/en\/state\/tradition-of-india-bangladesh-joint-durga-idol-immersion-on-ichamati-river-fades-enn26100403569\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>ETVB<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ichamati River is a trans-boundary river which flows through India and Bangladesh. 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