News: Government of West Bengal signed an MoU with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the State Mission for Clean Ganga to develop the Ichhamati and Jalangi river basins.
About Ichhamati River
- Ichamati river is a trans-boundary river flowing through India and Bangladesh.
- Course of river:
- It originates as a distributary of the Mathabhanga River (distributary of the Padma) at Majhdia village in Nadia district of West Bengal.
- It flows southward through Nadia and North 24 Parganas, forming part of the India–Bangladesh boundary.
- Finally, it joins the Kalindi River near Hasnabad (West Bengal) and empties into the Bay of Bengal near Moore Island.
- It also acts as a connector with the ‘Nadia Group of River’ on the North and the Sundarbans Reserve forest in the south.
- It is facing issue of heavy silt deposition, which reduces its water flow during the dry season and increases the risk of flooding during the monsoon.
About Jalangi River
- Jalangi River is a distributary which branches off the main channel of the Ganga.
- It flows into Bangladesh as the Padma.
- Course of river: It flows through Murshidabad and Nadia districts of West Bengal to merge with the Bhagirathi-Hooghly, the main distributary of the Ganga in West Bengal.
