A river once ran through it: The 288-km-long dying Ichhamati is stoking up Bengal's poll furnace

As part of National Waterway 44, Ichhamati forms a 21km riverine border with Bangladesh and flows through the Ranaghat, Bangaon, Basirhat, and Barasat constituencies. Voters in North 24 Parganas' Basirhat and Barasat will cast their ballots on June 1. Read The Rest at :