Nilsagar Dighi

Type: Lake

Contributed By: Nayeem ,Mahfuzar Rahman

Brief

Nilsagar is a popular historical dighi (big pond). It is located at Gorgram union about fourteen kilometer south-west of Nilphamari district proper. During the time of Raja Birat there were lot of cow farms at Gorgram union. Raja Birat dug a big pond or dighi for the cows. There many name such as Birat Dighi or Birna Dighi or Binna Dighi. After the independence of Bangladesh the Dighi was renamed as Nilsagar.

The total area of the Dighi (big pond) is 21.449 ha. The Nilsagar Dighi is encompassed by walls. The main embellished Front door of the Dighi was established by Raja Birat. Every year the banks of the Dighi are used as a village fair during the month of Baisakh. Every year lot of visitors and different type of migratory birds come here. Nilsagar is familiar as a recreation zone. A Hindu temple situated on the east bank and an abode of a Muslim saint on the west bank of the Nilsagar.

How to go

From Nilphamari you can take rickshaw, Local bus and also use boat to visit this area.
But, if you want to know how to reach Nilphamari from Dhaka, please click here.

There are available bus 24 hours a day. It is easy to go Nilphamari from Dhaka. The distance between Dhaka to Nilphamari is 364 km and arrival time minimum 7 hours. These bus are available from Dhaka-

1. J, B, Paribahan (Dhaka- Bogra- Nilphamari)
Address: Mohakhali Inter District Bus Terminal.

2. SR Travels (Non AC ,Route > Dhaka to Sherpur, Bagra, Naogoan, Joypurhat, Hili, Gaibandha, Rangpur, Lalmonirhat, Nilphamari)
Telephone: Kalyanpur: 01711-394801, 9033793
Gabtoli: 9031226,
Mohakhali: 0155-231 5831,
Uttara: 01711-394 804.

3. Bablu Enterprise (Non AC, Route> Dhaka to Thakurgaan, Dinajpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Bogra,)
Tel: Shyamli: 8120653, 01716 932 122

Nilphamari and Dhaka are linked by railway. There are few train services available to get from Dhaka to Lalmonirhat. Some of them are as follows:

1. Train Name: Nilsagar Express
Train Number: 765
Train Route: Dhaka Cantonment – Nilphamari – Dhaka Cantonment
Starting Station: Dhaka Cantonment
Starting Time: 08:15
Destination Station: Nilphamari
Arrival Time: 17:20
Time Taken: 9 Hours 5 Minutes
It operates every day except Mondays.
Contact: 0551-61229

2. Titumir Express:
It operates every day of the week.
Departure time from Dhaka: 8:15 am

Where to Stay

The accommodation facilities in Nilphamari have developed in the last few decades. However, the quality and standard of the hotels/motels of the district still requires more improvement. Some of the places you may consider staying in are listed below for your assistance:

1. Akash Residential Hotel
Contact: 0171 22 06070

2. Shihir Residential Hotel
Contact: 01749199189

3. R Rahman Residential Hotel
Contact: 01556501667

4. Navana Rest House
Contact: 0171118823

5. Bonoful Residential Hotel
Contact: 01726759411

Eating Facilities

Map

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Prantik Lake is a beautiful tourist spot in Bandarban district of Bangladesh. It is surrounded by diversified plants and trees. Prantik Lake is an ideal place for visiting. Prantik Lake is located in a village named “Holudia” near the Keranirhat-Bandarban Road. The volume of the lake area is 29 acres. This amazing place will certainly attract tourist mind. Prantik Lake is an ideal place for travel.

Volume of this area is 29 acres. Tourist can voyage the lake by paddle boat. This lake is nice place for fishing. After getting the authorities permission anyone can fishing here.

With profuse ordinary splendors beauty Prantik Lake lies in Holodia near the Keranihat-Bandarban road. It is 14 km away from Bandarban town. It needs 30minutes drive. It shelters a zone of 2500 acre. The organization authority of this lake is LGED. This lake is bounded by good lots of diversities of trees. It has been observed a natural habitation for diverse bird types. This lake is a perfect residence for fishing. You can have fishing chance in this lake with the consent of the authority. It is an ideal place for trip and family tour in separateness.

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প্রান্তিক লেক বান্দরবান জেলার কেরানীহাট-বান্দরবান সড়কের কাছে হলুদিয়া গ্রামে অবস্থিত। অপূর্ব সুন্দর এই লেকটিকে ঘিরে রয়েছে বিভিন্ন প্রজাতির গাছ ও উদ্ভিদ। প্রায় ২৯ একর জমির উপর অবস্থিত এই লেকটি ঘুরতে যাওয়ার জন্য একটি আদর্শ স্থান।

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Chalan Beel (Bengali: চলনবিল) is a wetland in Bangladesh. It is a large inland depression, marshy in character, with rich flora and fauna. Forty-seven rivers and other waterways flow into the Chalan Beel. As silt builds up in the beel, its size is being reduced.

Chalan Beel is an extensive lowland area in the lower Atrai basin, and spreads across Singra and Gurudaspur upazilas on Natore District, Chatmohar, Bhangura and Faridpur upazilas of Pabna District, and Ullahpara, Raiganj and Tarash upazilas of Sirajganj District. It consists of a series of beels connected to one another by various channels to form a continuous water body during the rainy season. Although the beel area expands into a vast water body with dense aquatic vegetation as long as the Jamuna remains flooded during the monsoon months, it dries out in the winter months, leaving only patches of water in the central parts of this zone.

Chalan Beel is fast silting up. In the past it covered an area of about 1,085 km² but was reduced to 368 km² in 1909, of which only 85 km² remained underwater throughout the year. It has since shrunk to only 26 km².

The most important factor dominating the river history in Bengal is the large proportion of silt carried by its rivers. It is the silt which has created the land and made it habitable by building it up through the centuries. It is silt which is fertilising the land, but the silt, which has been the most beneficial gift of nature, has also produced most of the river problems now confronting the people of Bengal. Silt deposited in the old river channel beds has forced them to change course, creating problems for abandoned areas while assisting in developing new areas.

The main volume of water from the Ganges River began flowing through the Padma channel in the sixteenth century. Silt from the Padma helped in building up the southern portion of north Bengal. This is the most plausible explanation for the existence of a depression around Chalan Beel. The Teesta was active in the region until it changed its course in 1787. This territory lies in between the land raised in the north by the Teesta system when it was active and that in the south by the Padma.

However, there is another explanation for the creation of the depression. The Padma has been changing its course over the centuries. In Ven den Brouck's map of Bengal, prepared in 1660, the main channel of the Padma is shown as flowing through Faridpur-Bakharganj, but there also is a suggestion of another, possibly earlier channel. This channel runs through Rampur Boalia in Rajshahi, Chalan Beel, Dhaleswari and Buriganga before meeting the Meghna. At that time the Jamunawas virtually non-existent and the Brahmaputra used to flow through its old channel.

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Harishchondro dighi (হরিশ চন্দ্র দিঘী) was made/built by the legendary king Harishchondro for the inhabitants of Rampal Village. It is believed that the water level of this pond remained low along the year but it gets high dramatically during the full moon especially once in a year in the Winter Season. A fair is held here around the place annually. For the local Hindu people, this pond was a sacred place. Hindu's made some rituals near this pond to set marriage of their unmarried daughters. Now this lake is used by the common people.

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