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Bhuragaon-Kharupetia Bridge
Bhuragaon-kharupetia bridge is a proposed concrete road bridge on National Highway 715A (NH 715A) over the Brahmaputra River in Assam. It will connect Kharupetia in Darrang district on the northern bank with Bhuragaon in Marigaon District, Morigaon District on the southern bank. Location The Bhuragaon-Kharupetia Bridge will be situated 21 km downstream of Bhuragaon and Kharupetia, spans the Brahmaputra River and will connect the town of Bhuragaon in the south to Kharupetia to the river's north. The bridge will be located over 77 km away from the Assam-Bhutan border and acts as an alternative to the Kolia Bhomora Setu, Tezpur. Connectivity Road A new national highway starting from Jagiroad (Marigaon district, Morigaon) to Samrang (Indo-Bhutan border) was proposed by the Government of India on 2014 through a gazetted notification. It is a spur road of National Highway 15. NH-715A traverses the state of Assam in India. Rail Nearest Railway Station from Bhuragaon-Kh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brahmaputra River
The Brahmaputra is a trans-boundary river which flows through Tibet, northeast India, and Bangladesh. It is also known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibetan, the Siang/Dihang River in Arunachali, Luit in Assamese, and Jamuna River in Bangla. It is the 9th largest river in the world by discharge, and the 15th longest. With its origin in the Manasarovar Lake region, near Mount Kailash, on the northern side of the Himalayas in Burang County of Tibet where it is known as the Yarlung Tsangpo River, It flows along southern Tibet to break through the Himalayas in great gorges (including the Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon) and into Arunachal Pradesh. It flows southwest through the Assam Valley as the Brahmaputra and south through Bangladesh as the Jamuna (not to be confused with the Yamuna of India). In the vast Ganges Delta, it merges with the Ganges, popularly known as the Padma in Bangladesh, and becomes the Meghna and ultimately empties into the Bay of Bengal. About long, the Bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
