Brief
Eliot Bridge, a glorious heritage of the district town, still attracts thousands of tourists from home and abroad. Built over the Baral in the middle of the town during the British rule, the bridge has no pillar. Popularly known as ‘Boropul,’ the bridge connects the eastern part of the town with its western part. The bridge stands as a witness to many important events of the this sub-continent. The western bank of the Baral was under the jurisdiction of the then Jaminder Siraj Ali Chowdhury. He realised the importance of the place and established a river port in 1808. Later, the area was named as Sirajganj after the Jaminder.
In 1869, Sirajganj municipality was established and later a police station was set up. In 1866, it was upgraded to a sub-divisional town and later a district town in 1984. In the 18th century, boats and steamers were found to move through the Baral. In absence of railway, goods laden water vessels plied to Assam and other parts of West Bengal through Sirajganj. Trade and business flourished on both banks of the river. In 1892, Bitsonbell, a Briton became the sub-divisional officer (SDO) of Sirajganj. Later, he became the governor of Bengal and Assam.
One day he was returning home from the western bank. All on a sudden, he heard a groaning sound of a poor man. The man bought food from his day-long earnings. As he had no single paisa, the boatman was not allowing him to get on board his boat. Observing his plight, Bitsonbell helped the man cross the river. After this event, Bell decided to build a bridge a bridge across the Baral. He formed a committee consisting of businessmen of the town. They contributed generously at its fund and the District Board granted Tk 1,500.
Sir Charles Eliot, the then government of Bengal and Assam laid the foundation of the 180 feet long and 16 feet wide bridge named after him on August 6. 1882. Stuart Hartland, a British firm constructed the pillarless bridge at a cost of Tk 45,000. The bridge was repaired during the immediate past BNP-led alliance regime.
SOURCE: Golam Mostafa Jibon, The Daily Star, Sirajganj
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Reju khal or Rezu khal and the bridge are situated far from the Cox's Bazar town. It’s near to the Enani beach. When you are traveling to the Enani beach, on the way, you'll find the bridge, and the canal. After few meters from the bridge, it just meets the vast Bay of Bengal Ocean.
The bridge over the canal was opened for people during 1995. It helped the transport facility from Cox's Bazar to Enani beach a lot. At the canal, there are several varieties of small fish, crabs, snails, mussels are available. It’s strictly prohibited to collect or catch those.
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রেজু খালের অবস্থান কক্সবাজার শহর থেকে বেশ দূরে ইনানী সৈকতের নিকটে। ইনানী সৈকত দেখতে যাওয়ার পথে সেতু এবং খালটি আপনার চোখে পড়বে। সেতু থেকে মাত্র কয়েক মিটার দুরেই এই খালটি বিশাল বঙ্গোপসাগরে মিলিত হয়েছে।
খালের উপরে অবস্থিত সেতুটি ১৯৯৫ সালে সর্বসাধারনের চলাচলের জন্য উন্মুক্ত করা হয়। সেতুটি নির্মাণের ফলে কক্সবাজার থেকে ইনানী সৈকতে পরিবহন ব্যাবস্থা অনেকাংশে সহজতর হয়েছে। রেজু খালে বিভিন্ন প্রজাতির ছোট মাছ, কাঁকড়া, শামুক, ও ঝিনুক রয়েছে। তবে, এসব জলজ প্রাণী খাল থেকে সংগ্রহ করা নিষিদ্ধ।
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Mirkadim bridge (মীরকাদিম ব্রিজ) spans the Mir Kadim canal (creek) which runs from Mir Kadim to Tangibari. It connects the village Abdullahpur and Panam area of Rampal Union Parishad under Munshigonj District. It is situated at a distance of about 5.50 km from the district headquarters. The local tradition claims it to have been built by King Ballal Sen, but the architectural features belie the local tradition. The bridge can architecturally be attributed to the Mughal period, not earlier than 17th century. The 53m long bridge consists of a central pointed arch of 4.40m span with two side arches of 2.25m span each. The central arch is 0.40m high from the water level of the creek and at present 31m wide. It is 6.15m wide with each wing measuring 16.80m in length. The central arch is flanked by an octagonal pilaster on each side. Similarly each of the side arches has a pilaster each crowned with a cupola. The plasters of the side arches rise above the spandrel of the arch but those of the central arch are shorter and so not reach the archivolt. The pier is 1.85m thick. It is reported that on either end of the bridge there were circular pillars but now these are buried under earth. It appears that there are 6 piers on each side of the bridge. The central arch is loftier and wider than the side ones and is set in a deep rectangular panel with plain plastered spandrel. Base of the arches provided with cut waters. The hump backed bridge rises to a central point from which its back gently slopes to either side. It has a 70 cm high parapet wall on either side. The surviving thickness of the bridge measures 4.34m.
It has been protected and repaired extensively by the Department of Archaeology.
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[post_content] => The sixth Bangladesh-China friendship bridge over the river Dhaleswari (ধলেশ্বরী) that connects Narayanganj and Munshiganj district is another attractive place to visit at Munshiganj. This bridge is at muktarpur, all buses from Dhaka to Munshiganj used to give a stoppage at the base of the bridge.
Muktarpur bridge was opened for public at 18th February 2008, and it was opened by the Chief Advisor of Bangladesh Government, Mr. Fakhruddin Ahmed. Before the bridge was established , people of that particular area used to cross the river with trawler boats, and the vehicles through Ferry. After its construction, now a days, it’s no more require the Ferry transport, but still some people used to cross the river using boat. The bridge is not allowed to take any Rickshaw, that's why I think people are still using this route.
It takes around 15 minutes to cross the bridge. Even though you are there at summer season, but at the middle of the bridge, there’s always plenty of cool airs from the river, and that was enough to ease the hot from the sun. It’s a lovely place to enjoy your time. At Every moment, under the bridge, different types of water vehicles are passing. Some are bigger in size, some are smaller. Some boats are carrying goods, like sand, woods, etc. Some are trawler that carrying people to their destination. Also from the middle of the bridge, you can enjoy the beauty of the river Dhaleswari. At the both side of the bridge there are lovely scene to watch. The water of the river is clean. Not dirty like other rivers from Dhaka or Narayanganj area. You'll find lots of people are having baths at the bank of the river. There is a stair at the bridge where the river bank started. If you want, you can get down from the bridge using the stairs, and enjoy the beauty of the bridge under the bridge.
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Shah Jalal Bridge is a bridge from where you can clearly view the Surma River.
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