Barak River

The long-standing demand for the construction of a bridge over river Barak between Ganirgram and Rajnagar took center stage at a large meeting held at the Rajnagar ferry ghat on Sunday. The meeting, which was part of ongoing efforts to…
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In a chilling discovery, an unidentified body was found floating in the Barak River near Annapurna Ghat in Silchar on Friday afternoon. Locals spotted the body and promptly alerted authorities at the Tarapur Outpost. Acting swiftly,…
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Sagar Basphar and 5 of his friends came to the Annapurna Ghat to seek relief from the scorching heat, after spending the entire day at the market with his father. But fate had a different plan and a tragic incident unfolded at Annapurnaghat…
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A dancing bridge now hovers over the Barak River, striking fear in commuters who worry it could collapse at any moment, leading to a catastrophic accident. For the people of Barak Valley, this isn’t just any bridge – it’s a vital artery…
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Four days after 65-year-old Sukumar Das drowned in the Sonai River (a tributary of River Barak), his dead body surfaced on Monday morning downstream of the Barak River in the Nandapur area. Sukumar Das who went to fetch water from the Sonai…
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Declared as National Waterway-16 (NW-16), Barak River connects Silchar, Karimganj and Badarpur in Cachar valley of Assam through road/waterway with Haldia and Kolkata ports through Indo-Bangladesh Protocol (IBP) Route
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What emerges as unique situation in 2022, this is the third time the water level at Annapurna Ghat has crossed the danger level. First time it was recorded over the danger level was on May 14. Then it crossed the danger level once again on…
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Meanwhile, the sudden rise in water level at the rate of 7cm per hour has put the embankments in danger. Overtopping has been reported at Roypur embankment in Borkhola.
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Cachar is one of the worst-performing districts when it comes to the completion of under-construction work. This is due to several political and administrative failures, Cachar has such a horrible reputation. The people’s representatives…
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Recently, there have been several accidents in the vicinity adjacent to the Annapurna Ghat where the security forces failed to find the drowned people. Whereas the body would later be recovered from the same spot.
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