Kocha River

Type: River

Contributed By: Nayeem

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image of Kocha River

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image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

image of Kocha River

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image of Kocha River

Brief

Kocha River is a much larger river from the Southern part of our Bangladesh. It is created when the two famous rivers Modhumoti and the Shondha merged together near at the Hularhat (হুলারহাট). After converging the two rivers it got a new name Kocha (কচা নদী) and carrying this new name until it falls into the Bay of Bengal.

Most of the main rivers from our Southern Bangladesh are having bridge on them to ease the communication. But for some unknown reason, this river Kocha (কচা নদী) is not having any bridge. And the communication between the Bagerhat (বাগেরহাট) or Pirojpur (পিরোজপুর) and Barisal (বরিশাল) is hugely dependent upon this river. One has to wait for around 30 minutes to 2 hours to cross this river. Where as a bridge can reduce this duration into few minutes.

There is only one ferry that is dealing all the transportation. It will take around 15-20 minutes to cross the river through Ferry. GPS coordinate of the river and the ferry ghat is around this (22°34’35.51″N, 90° 1’55.49″E).

How to go

After reaching at Pirojpur City, take local transports to reach that place.

How To Reach: Pirojpur District

By Road
By Water

There are direct bus services available from Dhaka to Pirojpur.

1. Dola Paribahan:
Contact: 01739612299,
Fare: Tk450 (Approx.)

2. Sakura Paribahan:
Contact: 01711965181,
Fare: TK 750 (Approx.)

3. Hamim Paribahan:
Contact: 01926876928,
Fare: Tk450 (Approx.)

Some of the launch services available are:

1. Rajdoot
Contact: 01711847110

2. Anchal and Himalaya
Contact: 01714032730

3. Tipu and Farhan
Contact: 01711830570

Steamers from Dhaka to Pirojpur:

1. PS Masud: Operates on Monday/Thursday
2. PS Ostrich: Operates on Sunday/Wednesday
3. PS Lepcha/Tern: Operates on Saturday/Tuesday

Rate for regular seat: Tk 205
Higher class seat: Tk 840
Deluxe rate: Tk 1360

*All fares are subject to approximation and may differ with original rates due to certain factors.

Where to Stay

1. Hotel Rojoni
Contact: 01712562241

2. Hotel Relax
Contact: 046162807

3. Hotel Dallas
Contact: 046262855

4. Hotel Balaka
Contact: 086262710

5. Hotel Royals
Contact: 01712944335

Eating Facilities

You can search for local restaurants or carry your own foods.

Map

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A few kilometers west from the Dhamrai Bazar, there is a river beside the road which is called "Bongshi". It is almost covered by the deadly hyacinths. There is no flow at the river, and at your first look, you'll feel like it as a canal.

The color of the water is kind of blackish. It can be due to the hyacinth, or due to the waste dumping from the factories nearby. Whatever the case is, you should not show any audacity to touch the water. The authority haven’t take any steps to keep the rivers (like Bongshi) alive.

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The Padma River (Bengali: পদ্মা Pôdda) is a major trans-boundary river in Bangladesh. It is the main distributary of the Ganges (Bengali: গঙ্গা Gôngga), which originates in the Himalayas. The Padma enters Bangladesh from India near Chapai Nawabganj. It meets the Jamuna (Bengali: যমুনা Jomuna) near Aricha and retains its name, but finally meets with the Meghna (Bengali: মেঘনা) near Chandpur and adopts the name ‘Meghna’ before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. Three side of the shariatpur is bounded by river. Padma river is bounded Shariatpur by various name such as Padma, Meghna & kirtinasha.

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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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River Turag (তুরাগ নদী) is an upper tributary river of the Buriganga River, and flows beside the Dhaka. The condition of the river is not good during the dry season. It uses to be polluted severely, and the water seems black in most of the places with a pungent smell.

The river Turag uses to inundate it’s both bank during the rainy season. Though the river is a narrow one, but for this inundation it looks like a massive river during this time. Lot of fishermen use to catch fish from this river. But due to the pollution (from industry around) the count of fish decreasing day by day. That's why those fishermen are struggling these days for fishing and migrating into other occupations for living.

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