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- The first ever Namami Barak festival was was inaugurated by Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal held at Silchar in Assam.
- The 3-day river festival was organised at 3 locations (Hailakandi, Karimganj, Silchar) in Barak Valley
- The festival was aimed to pay tribute to River Barak and to showcase of Barak’s potential & possibilities to emerge as hub of trade and commerce.
- Barak River is one of major rivers of South Assam and the river is part of Surma-Meghna River System.
- It rises in Manipur, flows through Mizoram and Assam and then enters Bangladesh where it forks into Surma and Kushiyara rivers.
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