Kutubdia Light House

Type: Architecture

Contributed By: Nayeem

Brief

Kutubdia Light House is famous as it is the only lighthouse in Bangladesh which was built by the British during the British rule. It has Approximately 35 m (115 ft) square pyramidal skeletal tower with lantern and gallery. The top of the tower carries a red and white horizontally slatted day mark.

Kutubdia Lighthouse is a lighthouse and is located in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The estimate terrain elevation above seal level is 3 metres. Variant forms of spelling for Kutubdia Lighthouse or in other languages: Kutubdia Lighthouse (bn), Kutubdia Lighthouse.

The lighthouse appears to be a twin of the St. Martin’s Island lighthouse. The Admiralty first listed it in a Notice to Mariners in February 2005. The original masonry lighthouse had a height of about 34 m (111 ft) and a focal plane of 37 m (121 ft). It has gone to sea due to beach erosion, and some sources report that a portion of it remains visible at low tide. Kutubdia is an island about 30 km (19 mi) long, located just off the coast about 50 km (30 mi) south of Chittagong. It is fairly densely populated, with a permanent population of about 90,000. The lighthouse is located on the northwestern coast of the island. Site probably open, tower closed.

How to go

The easiest way to go to Kutubdia Island is to go by Mognamaghat (Mognama jetty). There is direct bus service from Chittagong to Mognama, also you can go to Mognama by CNG taxi from Chokoria. One can go to Chokoria from Chittagong or cox’sbazar, or from Dhaka by direct bus. It is also possible to go by Dhaka-Coxs Bazar bus and drop at Chokoria Bazar.

From Mognama there is boat and speedboat to cross the channel. Speedboat takes only 10/15 minutes and cost 60Taka each pax. From Kutubdia jetty, you can take a rickshaw to go to the far/sea side of the island where there is a rest house. Coordinate is Latitude: 21°51’51.84″ , Longitude: 91°50’32.04″

Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar are linked by road. You can take a bus from Dhaka to reach Cox’s Bazar. Some of the bus services are listed below for your assistance:

1. Green Line
Contact: 0341-62533

2. Hanif Enterprise
Contact: 0341-64170

3. Shamoli Paribahan
Contact: 0443449934

4. Shohag Paribahan
Contact: 0341-64361

5. S Alam Paribahan
Contact: 0341-62902

6. Shah Bahadur
Contact: 01678064880

7. Saint Martins
Contact: 01726520095

Dhaka and Cox’s Bazar are linked by air. Some of the airline services from Dhaka to Cox’s Bazar are listed below for your help.

1. United Bangladesh Airways
Contact: Phone: 09606445566, Ext: 542-48
Plane ticket fare starts from BDT 5925

2. Novo Air
Contact: 09666722224, 029871891-2
Plane Ticket fare starts from BDT 6600

3. Regent Airways
Plane ticket fare starts from BDT 5800
Contact: 028953003 or 16238

Where to Stay

The accommodation facilities in Cox’s Bazar are remarkable. There are several great hotels in the region. Some of the hotels/motels in Rangamati are listed below for your assistance.
1. Hotel Seagull
Hotel Motel Zone
Cox’s Bazar Sea Beach,Cox’s Bazar
Tel: +88 0341 62480 – 90
Cell: +88 01766666530, +88 0176666653

2. Hotel Sea Palace
Kalatoli Road, Cox’s Bazar
Phone: 880-341-63692, 63792, 63794, 63826, and 63853
Mobile: 01714652227-8, 01979405051-2

3. Saint Martin Resort
Plot # ten, Block- a, Kalatoli Road, Cox’s Bazar
Phone: +88-0341-62862, 64275

4. Hotel Sayeman
Hotel Sayeman Road, Cox’s Bazar
Cell: +88-01711-022088
Phone: +88-0341-63900 -4, 63703 -7

5. Hotel Sea Crown
Marin Drive, Kola Toil New Beach
Telephone: 0341-64795, 0341-64474
Mobile: 01817 089420

Eating Facilities

Referred to where to eat in Cox’s Bazar, click here

Map

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Sadullapur is very near from Dhaka and it’s a very ideal place for a day trip. A large quantity of Dhaka's flower supply comes from this area. Main flowering crop from here is the rose (though they also cultivate other flowers, but only few). Most of the spaces from this area are occupied with the rose gardens. And only few seasonal vegetable cultivation were found.

To go to the Rose Flower Cultivation Plant of Sadullapur, you have to reach at the Diabari Ghat to catch the engine boat for the Sadullapur. It is a public transport and per person it takes only 20 Taka. During the dry season the boat uses to run through the serpentine river. But when the river is flooded, the boat can easily draw a straight line between the source and the destination to skip unnecessary wandering. For this reason it takes only 30 minutes to reach at Sadullapur by boat during this season, but it takes more than an hour during the dry season.

After reaching at Sadullapur, you can start wandering through the roads, sideways, and sometimes through the bank of the wetlands. Or may be look for the birds along with the rose gardens. Most of the places are occupied by the rose plants. Few of the gardens are having roses bloomed overwhelmingly, and few are about to bloom. But the farmers are always careful about the gardens regardless the flowers.

The soil from this area is somewhat red in color and few of the lands are higher than our average land height. From my understanding, it’s probably hard for irrigation and that's why they have chosen to cultivate flowers in this land. Along with the flowers, they have also planted the palm trees in between the lands. The village was having several wet lands (most of those were generated from the overflowing of the river Turag). We have had a walking around the bank of those wetlands.

You may have seen thousands of roses from the market, but never seen millions of roses in a garden. It can be a nice experience for you. If you want to swim inside the river water before returning from there, it would also be a great experience. The river water is good, and you can easily have a good swim experience over there.

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There is a significant number of old houses found in Munshiganj district. Which has enriched the historical & Cultural importance of this district among the others in Bangladesh. It’s assumed that in earlier phase it was a prominent center for trading all over the country as it is standing beside the mighty river Meghna. So, historically still this place contains the plenty of evidences of growing business trend at that time.

One of the most old houses built by the Merchant is Deo Bari ( দেউ বাড়ি) at Abdullahpur, Tongibari, Munshiganj. It’s about 120 Years Old Historical House (Adjacent to Pulghata Bridge). Shokti de (শাক্তি দে) and Vokto de (ভক্ত দে) built this 3 storied building. Still 45 rooms found in this derelict building.

The most fascinating part of this house is its brick-work with some fabulous design & decoration. which has become exposed now that the plasters have fallen off at many places.

This building is now on the way of decaying. Many parts of its has already broken because of lack in proper care and conservation. Immediate steps should be taken to preserve it from further destruction.

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Around 397 households in Bagatipara are using biogas from Biogas Plant to fulfill their demand. The main purpose of the IMPACT project under the Department of Youth and Sports Ministry, is for youth development and to create employment opportunities for unemployed youth and socio-economic development, this project has been started by properly managing cattle-chicken farm expansion, using farm waste as an alternative fuel for the production of electricity and gas.

The main goal of the IMPACT project is to ensure the use of local resources by featuring innovative management and technical support for rural unemployed youth and vulnerable women by providing skill development training of rural youth and other family members in establishing commercial poultry-cattle farm, to increase production of fruit-vegetables namely meat, eggs, milk, fruits, vegetables, etc. to fulfill the food needs of the country.

In Bangladesh, the first biogas plant was set up by Dr. M A Karim, a professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, in the University campus in 1972. It was a floating dome type plant of 3m3 gas production capacity. Subsequently, seeing the success of the plant, 4-5 more plants were constructed in the surroundings. These plants did not last long due to leakage in the domes.

In 1974, the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (Bard) constructed one biogas plant following the same design. The Institute of Fuel Research and Development (IFRD) constructed another plant in the campus of the Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) in 1976, followed by a plant at the KBM College in Dinajpur in 1980.

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বাগাতিপাড়া উপজেলায় প্রায় ৩৯৭ টি পরিবারে বায়োগ্যাস প্ল্যান্ট স্থাপনের মাধ্যমে রান্না-বান্নার কাজে গ্যাস ব্যবহার করে চাহিদা মিটিয়ে যাচ্ছে।

ইমপ্যাক্ট প্রকল্পের মুল উদ্দেশ্যে: যুব ও ক্রীড়া মন্ত্রণালয়াধীন যুব উন্নয়ন অধিদপ্তরের আওতায় ইমপ্যাক্ট প্রকল্প বেকার যুবদের কর্মসংস্থান সৃষ্টির লক্ষ্যে গবাদি পশু-মুরগীর খামার সম্প্রসারণ,খামার বর্জ যথাযথ ব্যবস্থাপনার দ্বারা বিকল্প জ্বালানী হিসাবে গ্যাস ও বিদ্যুৎ উৎপাদনের মাধ্যমে আর্থ-সামাজিক উন্নয়নের লক্ষ্যে কাজ করে।

ইমপ্যাক্ট প্রকল্পের লক্ষ্য: ১। গ্রামের বেকার যুব ও দুঃস্থ মহিলাদেরকে উদ্ভাবনীমূলক ব্যবস্থাপনা ও সমন্বিত কারিগরি সহায়তা প্রদানের মাধ্যমে স্থানীয় সম্পদ ব্যবহার নিশ্চিত করা ; ২। গ্রামীণ যুব ও পরিবারের অন্যান্য সদস্যদেরকে দক্ষতা বৃদ্ধিমূলক প্রশিক্ষণ প্রদানের মাধ্যম্যে পারিবারিক ও বাণিজ্যিক হাঁস-মুরগী-গরু-ছাগলের খামার স্থাপন,ফলজ-শাক সবজি চাষের মাধ্যমে দেশের খাদ্য চাহিদা যথা মাংস,ডিম,দুধ,ফল-শাক সবজি ইত্যাদির উৎপাদন বৃদ্ধি করা ; ৩। দেশজ ব্যবহারযোগ্য কাঁচা মাল চিহ্নিত করে তা কারিগরি প্রযুক্তি প্রয়োগের মাধ্যমে অর্থ সম্পদে রুপান্তর করা ; ৪। গ্রামীণ পরিসরে বিশেষ করে যুব মহিলাদের কর্মসংস্থানের সুযোগ সৃষ্টি করা; ৫। সংসারের দৈনন্দিন কাজের উচ্ছিষ্ট,গরুর গবর,মুরগীর বিষ্ঠা,ইত্যাদি বায়োগ্যাস প্লান্টে ব্যবহার করে,বিকল্প জ্বালানী হিসাবে গ্যাস ও বিদ্যুৎ উৎপাদন করা ;

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Gurr River, the actual name of this place is Nagar River, but popularly known by the locals as Gurr. It is one of the beautiful rivers of Bangladesh. It is situated at Singra Upazila of Natore district near “Singra Upazila Health Complex”. It is very small but, looks very pleasant. There is a very large sized bill beside this river. The coordinate is 24° 30' 54.43" N 89° 8' 42.75" E. The Bridge was built years ago, the exact year was not found, but it’s really helping the people in establishing business connection on both sides of the river.

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