TNPSC Thervupettagam

Namami Barak festival

November 19 , 2017 2562 days 1551 0
  • 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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