Kaptai Lake

Type: হ্রদ

Contributed By: Nayeem

Brief

Kaptai Lake is a beautiful blue man-made watery lake. The size of this Lake is approximately 11000 square kilometer, which was created as a reservoir when the Kaptai dam was built during the 1960. This amazing Lake was created by flooding valleys and plain lands between numerous hills all around the Lake. Kaptai has Bangladesh’s only hydro-electric project. The Kaptai Dam on the Karnaphuli River created for this purpose resulted in the Kaptai Lake. This created a charming view as forested hills and plateaus rise from beneath the beautiful Lake water.

A stretch of road connects the tourist spots of Rangamati and Kaptai. The road goes deep into the hill tracts and displays the natural beauty and wildlife of the district Rangamati. The government of Bangladesh run Tourism Corporation and many private operators offer Kaptai Lake Cruise Tours, which is worth of it. Other scenic spots are also accessible through the waterways. Cruising on the Kaptai Lake is an enjoyable way of observing the landscape as many great picnic spots, natural landmarks and historic monuments are accessible only by boats.

How to go

Kaptai Lake is located in Rangamati Sadar Upazila. After reaching at Rangamati, take local transport to visit this lake.

How To Reach: রাঙ্গামাটি জেলা

By Road

1. Shamoli Paribahan: From Dhaka,
Sayedabad counter, Contact: 02 -7541019
Arambag counter, Contact: 02-7193910
Fakirpul counter, Contact: 02-933364
Bus starts at 9:30 am.

2. S Alam Paribahan: From Dhaka,
Fakirpul counter, Contact: 02-9331864
Bus starts at 8am and 10.15 am.

3. Hanif Paribahan: From Dhaka,
Gabtoli counter, Contact: 01190-806447
Sayedabad counter, Contact: 01191-125048
Starting time: 8:30 am

Where to Stay

Some of the hotels/motels in Rangamati are listed below for your assistance.

1. Hotel Golden Hill
Address: Reserve Bazar Rangamati
Contact: 01820 304714

2. Hotel Green Castle
Address: Reserve Bazar Rangamati
Contact: 61200

3. Hotel Lake View
Address: Reserve Bazar Rangamati
Contact: 62063

4. Hotel Sufia
Address:Kathaltoli Rangamati
Contact: 62145

5. Peda Ting Ting
Contact: 62082

Eating Facilities

Map

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Poddo Beel of Ghagutia is located beside the Ghagutia BGB camp. Local people pronounce the name as Ghaguitta (ঘাগুইট্টা). As you require boat to explore the beel, you might find that in the house just near the camp. The owner's name of the boat is Mohammad Shohel.

As the water level decreases day by day, it is hard to push the boat through those dense leafs of lotus and lilies. The number of lotus flower is not few to count. Usually in the morning the flowers are being collected by the villagers. You may see the broken stalk of flowers everywhere. You can collect lot of flowers and Poddo fruits from the Beel during your ride. The whole Beel is covered with plants like Poddo, Shaluk, Chad Mala, and other aquatic flowers.

Beside the Beel, the Indian border is visible easily. In fact, 20 percent of that Beel are actually located inside India. But almost 80 percent is inside Bangladesh. In Summer, when the water dries up completely, villagers cultivate paddy there. Again in the Monsoon, the Beel gets flourished with Poddo (চাঁদ মালা) and other aquatic flowers.

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ঘাগুটিয়ার পদ্ম বিল বিজিবি ক্যাম্পের পাশেই অবস্থিত। স্থানীয়রা গ্রামের নাম ঘাগুইটটা বলেও উচ্চারণ করে থাকে। ক্যাম্পের কাছে অবস্থিত একটি ভবনে একটি নৌকা রাখা আছে। নৌকা ভ্রমন না করে আপনি এই বিলটি পুরোপুরি দেখতে পারবেন না।

মোহাম্মদ ইউনুস নামক জনৈক ব্যাক্তির পুত্র মোহাম্মদ সোহেল এই নৌকাটির মালিক এবং তাঁরা যথেষ্ট ধনী। দিন দিন বিলের পানি কমে যাওয়ায় পদ্ম ফুলের মধ্যে দিয়ে নৌকা চালানো কঠিন হয়ে পড়ছে।

বিলে পদ্ম ফুলের সংখ্যা মোটেও কম নয়। সাধারণত সকাল বেলা পদ্ম ফুলের সংখ্যা থাকে সবচেয়ে বেশি। গ্রামবাসীরা প্রচুর পদ্মফুল সংগ্রহ করে তাই আপনি চারপাশে পদ্ম ফুলের ভাঙ্গা ডাল ছড়িয়ে থাকতে দেখবেন। বিলে নৌকা ভ্রমনের সময় আপনি পদ্ম ফুল এবং পদ্ম ফল সংগ্রহ করতে পারেন। পুরো বিল বিভিন্ন ধরনের জলজ ফুলে ছেয়ে থাকে যেমনঃ পদ্ম ফুল, শালুক ফুল, চাঁদমালা ফুল।

বিলের পাশে অবস্থিত ভারতীয় সীমান্ত খুব সহজেই দেখা যায়। বিলের প্রায় ৮০ শতাংশ বাংলাদেশে থাকলেও বাকি অংশ ভারতের অংশে অবস্থিত। শুষ্ক মৌসুমে বিলের পানি পুরোপুরি শুকিয়ে যাবে এবং গ্রামবাসিরা এরপর এখানে ধান চাষ করবে। আবারো বর্ষাকালে এই বিলটি পদ্ম এবং অন্যান্য জলজ ফুলে ভরে যাবে।

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It is situated at Panchagram in Lanlmonirhat district. In the month of Chaitra the peoples of hindus do worship. People says that A Hindu landowner Narayan Chakrawarti dag this pond cause of draught. But cause of having no water in the pond he got a dream to worship by leaving two daughter of him in the middle of the pond named Sindur and Mati. But he failed to bring all the elements for the worship. When he went to take all the elements the pond fulfilled with water. The two daughter of the lanowner failed to reach in the bank and died. After that he saw a dream that his two daughter got immortality.

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Bir Kamalar Dighi is situated in the Kakara Union of Chakaria Upazila. Its site was once full of archaeological relics. Mr. Abdur Rashid Siddiqui, in his research work “Rnoai Tatwa”, has made reference to a stone-inscription found on the bank of this tank. It could not be deciphered at that time. At present there is no trace of it. There is a reference of this tank in the “Rajmala”, the history of the Tippera kings. It has been described in the “Rajmala” that a tank was excavated by the Tippera army after it had attacked Roshang and penetrated up to Ramu during the reign of King Dhany Manikya of Tippera in 1513-14 A.D.

From this it can be supposed that the Tippera army had this tank excavated after the conquest of Chakria. It was named Bir Kamalar Dighi after Kamala Devi, wife of King Dhanya Manikya.

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