Ichhamati River

Rivers, one by one, are losing navigability

Government must take steps to restore our rivers

Save Ichhamati from impending doom

Why are authorities so negligent in saving rivers from polluters and encroachers?

Will Ichhamati ever flow again?

Random projects cannot save our rivers, if commitment and coordination are lacking

BSF seizes 41kg gold worth Rs 21cr along India-Bangladesh border

India’s Border Security Force today (July 22, 2022) claimed to have made the biggest seizure of gold weighing 41.49 kg worth nearly Rs 21.22 crore from five bags left behind by suspected smugglers in the Ichhamati River along the border with Bangladesh.

Held hostage by dams

More often than not a free flowing river has as fast companions transport and trade. Where a watercourse is undisturbed, fish stocks thrive. Such was