Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan from December, 2020 to January, 2021

As a public outreach initiative to popularize sustainable practices and river rejuvenation, a ‘Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyan’ (BAA) is being organized by Brahmaputra Board under Ministry of Jal Shakti, Government of India.

The BAA has a two pronged approach for the following:-

1. A Public Outreach Programme aimed specially at youths and students through a river rafting expedition to popularize the concept of “Living with the River”.
2. A combined data collection and sampling exercise on river water quality, river sediment, river bank erosion and fish habitat along entire route of the expedition, in collaboration with various institutes of repute.

The expedition is being supported by various Ministries and Departments and Central PSU’s of Government of India and the State Government of Arunachal Pradesh and Government of Assam, technical Institutes and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) etc

The Rafting expedition will comprise of two legs in India covering about 900km. The Arunachal leg will start from the Indo-China border at Gelling in Upper Siang District of Arunachal Pradesh and move along the Siang River to Pasighat in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. On entering Dhemaji district in Assam from Pasighat, the Assam leg starts along Brahmaputra River and will ultimately terminate at Assameralga in South Salmara Mankachar District of Assam near Indo-Bangladesh Boarder.

Hon’ble Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Sh. Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Hon’ble Chief Minister (Assam) Sh. Sarbananda Sonowal, Hon’ble Union MoS (Jal Shakti, Social Justice & Empowerment) Sh. Rattan Lal Kataria , Hon’ble Union MoS (Sports & Minority Affairs) Sh. Kiren Rijiju, Hon’ble Health Minister, Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh, Sh. Alo Libang, , Hon’ble Minister Water Resource, Govt. of Assam, Sh. Keshab Mahanta is likely to attend the event at some docking stations for the event.

BRAHMAPUTRA AAMANTRAN ABHIYAAN DAYWISE ITINERARY – GELLING TO HATSINGMARI
23 DEC. 2020 – 21 JAN. 2021

Schedule for Rafting for Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyan
DAY	DATE	YEAR	FROM	TO	State
1	23-Dec	2020	Sort out gear, Raft Flagg from Mayum Hanging Bridge Rafting upto Tuting and Halt at Camp site at Tuting		Arunachal Pradesh
2	24-Dec	2020	Raft to Palsi and halt at Camp site
3	25-Dec	2020	Raft to paradise beach near Ramsing Village & halt at camp site
4	26-Dec	2020	Rest Day-Paradise beach near Ramsing Village and halt at camp site
5	27-Dec	2020	Raft to Geku Twin Camp and halt at Camp Site
6	28-Dec	2020	Raft to Yembung / Rottung & halt at Camp Site
7	29-Dec	2020	Raft to Pasighat & Halt at Hotel/Resort
8	30-Dec	2020	Pasighat – Rest Day/Function & Halt at Hotel/Resort
9	31-Dec	2020	Pasighat	Boginadi (Assam)	Assam
10	1-Jan	2021	Boginadi	Dibrugarh
11	2-Jan	2021	Dibrugarh	Siyalmari
12	3-Jan	2021	Siyalmari	Gunasing Chuk
13	4-Jan	2021	Gunasing Chuk	Majuli
14	5-Jan	2021	Majuli – Rest Day
15	6-Jan	2021	Majuli	ChayongChapori
16	7-Jan	2021	ChayongChapori	Bordoloni
17	8-Jan	2021	Bordoloni	Na-Bazar
18	9-Jan	2021	Na-Bazar	Tezpur
19	10-Jan	2021	Tezpur	Barbil Gaon
20	11-Jan	2021	Barbil Gaon	Algachar
21	12-Jan	2021	Algachar	Chandrapur
22	13-Jan	2021	Chandrapur	Guwahati
23	14-Jan	2021	Guwahati – Rest Day
24	15-Jan	2021	Guwahati	Bhanganmari
25	16-Jan	2021	Bhanganmari	Baghbar Gaon
26	17-Jan	2021	Baghbar Gaon	Chatpara
27	18-Jan	2021	Chatpara	Aolatoli
28	19-Jan	2021	Aolatoli	Khodaidhila
29	20-Jan	2021	Khodaidhila	Assameralga
30	21-Jan	2021	Assameralga