River Bongshi

The Sangu River is a river in Myanmar and Bangladesh. Its source is in the North Arakan Hills of Myanmar, located at 21°13´N 92°37´E. The Arakan Hills form the boundary between Arakan and the Chittagong Hill Tracts. It follows a northerly circuitous course in the hill tracts and then enters Bangladesh near Remarki, Thanchi Upazila, Bandarban District, from the east. It flows north through Thanchi, Rowangchhari and Bandarban Sadar Upazilas of Bandarban District. It then flows west through Satkania and Banshkhali Upazilas in Chittagong District and flows into the Bay of Bengal near Chittagong, at 22°6´N 91°51´E, or about 16.09 kilometres (10.00 mi) south of the mouth of the Karnafuli River. The length of the river is 270 kilometres (170 mi); 173 kilometres (107 mi) are located within Bangladesh.

Sangu River is the complete part of the natural beauty of Bandarban. It follows a northerly circuitous course in the hill tracts up to Bandarban. It enters the district from the east and flows west across the district and finally falls into the Bay of Bengal at the end of a course of 270 km. This river is flowing through the hills thousands of years. It is an important route to communicate with Ruma and Thanchi Upazila. It has huge financial interests for the population of Bandarban. This river is widely used for transportation, agricultural and other necessary products for the people of remote community.

In the winter season the current of the river almost becomes stagnant but in the rainy season the current becomes aggressive. Visitor must be attract with the beautification scattered on the both sides of it. You can find here hills, forests, falls with a river together. All the way you will be thrilled only and it is simply amazing.

The major tributaries of the river are the Chand Khali Nadi and Dolukhal. The Chand Khali Nadi flows through the Patiya Plains, and the Dolukhal River drains into the Satkania Plains. Another tributary is the Kumira Khali, which drains into the Kutubdia Channel. There are seven Bangladesh Water Management Board hydrometric stations on this river, which have been recording data since 1965.

The Sangu drains off the waters of Patiya, Satkania, and Banshkhali Upazilas. It has a connection with the Karnafuli River through the Chand Khali River. The Sangu is a shallow river, but it becomes violent during rains and develops rapid currents. It is navigable up to 48.27 kilometres (29.99 mi) from the estuary. The Sangu gas field is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) southwest of Chittagong and reaches a depth of 10 meters at its mouth.

বান্দরবানের প্রাকৃতিক সৌন্দর্যের অন্যতম অংশ সাঙ্গু নদী পার্বত্য চট্রগ্রামে উত্তরদিকে বৃত্তাকারে বান্দরবান পর্যন্ত প্রবাহিত হয়েছে। পূর্বদিক দিয়ে বান্দরবানে প্রবেশ করে নদীটি জেলার পশ্চিম দিক দিয়ে বের হয়েছে এবং প্রায় ২৭০ কিলোমিটার প্রবাহিত হওয়ার পর বঙ্গোপসাগরে মিলিত হয়েছে। পার্বত্য অঞ্চলে হাজার বছর ধরে প্রবাহিত এই নদীটি রুমা এবং থানচি উপজেলার সাথে যোগাযোগের এক গুরুত্বপূর্ণ মাধ্যম। বান্দরবানের জনগনের অর্থনৈতিক প্রবৃদ্ধিতে এই নদীটি গুরুত্বপূর্ণ ভুমিকা পালন করছে। দুর্গম এই অঞ্চলের মানুষেরা পরিবহন, কৃষি এবং অন্যান্য প্রয়োজনীয় কাজে নদীটিকে বহুভাবে ব্যবহার করে থাকে।

শীতকালে সাঙ্গুনদীর স্রোত অনেকাংশে ম্রিয়মাণ হয়ে গেলেও বর্ষাকালে নদীটির স্রোত তীব্র আকার ধারন করে। সাঙ্গু নদীর দুই তীরের পাহাড়, বন, নদী ও ঝর্ণার সৌন্দর্যে যেকোনো পর্যটকই বিমোহিত হবেন। এক কথায় সাঙ্গুনদী দেখে আপনি শুধু অবাকই হবেন না বরং মুগ্ধতা আপনাকে গ্রাস করবে।

Kangsha (কংস), a river from Bangladesh (বাংলাদেশ). It has several names, Kangsha (কংস), Kangshai (কংসাই), Kangshabati (কংসবতী), etc. This flows through Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) and Netrakona (নেত্রকোনা). All of the photos of this river were taken from Netrakona (নেত্রকোনা).

The river is originated from the Garo Hills (গারো পাহাড়) of India and flows as Kongsho (কংস), and later joined with the Shomeswari (সোমেশ্বরী) river at Jaria-Jhanjail (জারিয়া-ঝান্জাইল). The river kept the name Kangsha (কংস) after joining together.

Near the bridge you'll find two bazaar at either side. One is Jaria (জারিয়া), and other one is Jhanjail (ঝান্জাইল). People used to call this place as Jaria-Jhanjail (জারিয়া-ঝান্জাইল) together.
During its course the river become too narrow and before demising it has joined with another great river of Bangladesh, Shurma (সুরমা), at Sunamganj (সুনামগঞ্জ).

All the photos of this article were taken from the car while crossing the Kongsho Bridge at Jaria-Jhanjail. GPS coordinate of the bridge at (25° 0'46.59"N, 90°38'50.00"E)

বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম এই নদীটির বিভিন্ন নাম রয়েছে যেমনঃ কংস, কংসাই, কংসবতী ইত্যাদি। ময়মনসিংহ এবং নেত্রকোনা জেলার মধ্যে দিয়ে এই নদীটি বয়ে গিয়েছে। ভারতের গারো পাহাড় থেকে উৎপত্তি হয়ে এই নদীটি কংস নামে বাংলাদেশে প্রবেশ করেছে এবং জারিয়াঝানজাইল নামক স্থানে সোমেশ্বরী নদীর সাথে মিলিত হয়েছে। সোমেশ্বরী নদীর সাথে মিলিত হবার পর নদীটির নাম কংসই রয়েছে।

কংস সেতুর কাছে নদীর উভয় প্রান্তে দুটি বাজার রয়েছে। একটি বাজারের নাম জারিয়া এবং অপরটির নাম ঝানজাইল। স্থানীয়রা এই জায়গাটিকে জারিয়া ঝানজাইল নামে বলে আসছে। ধীরে ধীরে নদীটির চলার পথ সরু হয়ে এসেছে এবং সুনামগঞ্জে এই নদীটি বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম নদী সুরমার সাথে মিলিত হয়েছে।

জিপিএস এ কংস নদীর অবস্থান হল (২৫°০'৪৬.৫৯"উ, ৯০°৩৮'৫০.০০"পু)

In Bangladesh, the Brahmaputra (ব্রহ্মপুত্র) river is joined by the Teesta (তিস্তা) river (or Tista), one of its largest tributaries. Below the Tista, the Brahmaputra splits into two distributary branches. The western branch, which contains the majority of the river's flow, continues due south as the Jamuna to merge with the lower Ganges called as Padma river. The eastern branch formerly the larger, but now much smaller is called the lower or old Brahmaputra.

Mymensingh (ময়মনসিংহ) district stands just beside the old Brahmaputra river. It curves southeast to join the Meghna River near Dhaka. The Padma and Meghna converge near Chandpur and flow out into the Bay of Bengal. This final part of the river is called Meghna.

The Brahmaputra enters the plains of Bangladesh after turning south around the Garo Hills below Dhuburi, India. After flowing past Chilmari, Bangladesh, it is joined on its right bank by the Tista river and then follows a 150 miles (240km) course due south as the Jamuna river. South of Gaibandha, the Old Brahmaputra leaves the left bank of the main stream and flows past Jamalpur and Mymensingh to join the Meghna river at Bhairab Bazar.

There are lot of bridges over this river at several districts. Near the Mymensingh town, you'll find two bridges. One is for the road transports, and other one is only for railway service. From one bridge other one can be seen and a traveler can enjoy the whole view of river while walking through a passage just beside the river.

Mighty river Meghna's branch is located eastward to the Narsingdi Sadar. It is used as a river ghat to move in various directions from Narsingdi District. If someone pays a visit there at the Ghat, he/she may observe a cluster of wood made engine boats awaiting for passengers. It is a place largely of gatherings all the day long. The launch terminal is just steps away from this Ghat.

There are some attractions around the river ghat that make people wondering this place at their leisure time. Some remarkable are Ansar Camp, Saw mill (wood market), Store house of Jute (built in British period) and a rice mill belonging a large brick made platform.

Every year in a certain time a large number of people gather around this place to watch traditional boat race ( নৌকা বাইচ) in live and during the vacation of Eid people move there with their friends & family to enjoy a charming view of Meghna River Branch.