- The flood situation in Assam remained worst with more than six lakh people in 10 districts reeling under water.
- The Kopili, Barak and Kushiyara rivers were flowing over the danger level.
- The Barak River flows through the states of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam in India.
- It flows into Bangladesh where it bifurcates and converges again to become the Meghna River before forming the Ganges Delta.
- The Katakhal, Jiri, Chiri, Modhura, Longai, Sonai, Rukni and Singla are the main tributaries of the Barak.
- The tributaries are mainly rain-fed and cause flood problems when precipitation occurs.
- Kopili flows through the states of Meghalaya and Assam and is the largest south-bank tributary of the Brahmaputra in Assam.
- Kushiyara River a distributary of the Barak River flows through Assam, and then on to Bangladesh.
- India-Bangladesh signed the first water-sharing agreement of the Kushiyara River since the landmark Ganga Waters Treaty in 1996.
Dig Deeper: Read about seismogenic liquefaction features identified in the Kopili fault zone.
