{"id":66259,"date":"2025-10-03T12:42:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T07:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=66259"},"modified":"2025-10-03T15:52:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T10:22:12","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;\">As the Durga Puja immersions commenced on the Ichamati river, a heightened security presence was initiated on the India-Bangladesh border.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Ichamati River<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>trans-boundary river <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which flows through <\/span><b>India and Bangladesh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It also forms <\/span><b>part of the boundary between the two countries.\u00a0<\/b><\/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\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is one of the<\/span><b> bifurcations of the Mathabhanga River<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a distributary of the Padma) and <\/span><b>originates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at Mahjdia village in the<\/span><b> Nadia district of West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flows through the <\/span><b>Nadia and North 24 Parganas districts of West Bengal.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then it<\/span><b> forms part of the India\u2013Bangladesh international border<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Later, it <\/span><b>enters Bangladesh\u2019<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s Satkhira and Khulna districts.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers a distance of around<\/span><b> 216 km before discharging into the Kalindi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> River at Hasnabad<\/span><b> in North 24 Parganas District<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>finally outfalls into the Bay of Bengal <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">near Moore Island.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Ichhamati River and its tributaries form a large oxbow lake<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> complex <\/span><b>in North 24-Paraganas <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">district near Bangaon.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">The river is<b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> facing siltation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> leading to <\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">thin flow of water in the dry season<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and<\/span><b style=\"font-size: inherit;\"> floods in the rainy season.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.devdiscourse.com\/article\/entertainment\/3649793-durga-puja-festivities-enhanced-border-security-at-ichamati-river\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DEVD<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ichamati River is a trans-boundary river which flows through India and Bangladesh. 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