DEEPORBEEL

  DEEPORBEEL 

CONTEXT

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) is planning to construct an elevated corridor in Deeper Beel to 

end elephant deaths on railway track, crossing the Ramsar Site area.

About

 DeeporBeel, a freshwater lake, is located to the south-west of Guwahati city, in Kamrup district of 

Assam.

 It is a listed wetland under the Ramsar Convention in November 2002, for undertaking conservation 

measures on the basis of its biological and environmental importance. 

 Dipor Bil is considered as one of the biggest lakes of the Brahmaputra valley of Lower Assam.

 It is surrounded by steep highlands on the northern and southern sides and its main sources of 

water are the Kalmani and Basistha Rivers.