According to a recent media report, Beki river is changing course and has displaced thousands of people and a state highway in Lower Assam.
- 2004 was the year when the Beki started to carry 80 per cent of the silt load of two rivers — itself and the Manas, which flows into the Brahmaputra.
- Since the Beki river carries almost all the discharge of a huge catchment area, its flood hazard becomes severe day by day.
- The river’s bank is being eroded during its meandering course through Barpeta and Baksa districts, said an expert.
- The Beki river, which was flowing westward in its upstream course and eastward downstream, changed its path.
Beki River
- Beki River, also known as Kurissu River in Bhutan, comes from Himalayan glacier.
- Beki River is one of the right bank tributaries of Brahmaputra River, which flows down from the region.
- The River Beki passes through the villages of Barpeta and Chairang in the state of Assam.
