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The correct answer is Option 3. In News The Hindu: Will reclaim ‘char’ areas from encroachers: Assam CM. Key Points Char: The riverine areas (island) of the river Brahmaputra, locally known as “Char / Chapori”. Hence, Option 3 is correct. The chars follow a peculiar pattern of migration. They are subjected to erosion on their upstream and deposition on the downstream, due to which they migrate downstream. This affects the geometry and location of the chars during floods almost every year. These remote areas have not seen the fruits of development in any significant manner, because of limited accessibility and consequent administrative and other constraints. The physical, sociological, and institutional constraints on the development of Char Areas are many and complex. Such as the virtual absence of all-weather communication with the main banks, reliable means of intra and inter-char mobility, inadequate growth of transport and basic infrastructure like surface roads, health and drinking water, delivery systems for farm inputs, marketing, agro-services electricity, and education. There are more than 3,500 chars on a network of rivers dominated by the Brahmaputra in Assam. Most of these chars, allegedly without proper regulation, are inhabited and cultivated by Bengali Muslims, often viewed as “illegal immigrants” or “Bangladeshi”.