Jadukata River and Barik Tila

Type: River

Contributed By: Nayeem ,Arifin Billah,Mr Basar

Brief

Jadukata River and Barik Tila are located in the same place. Jadukata River is another blue river at Sunamganj. Jadukata River is originated from the Meghalaya Hills of India & flows into Bangladesh. The river is very wide in the rainy season. If you visit in the winter, the mile long sandy bank will tell you about the fierceness of the river at rainy season. The color of the water is bluish. It’s very clear that you can almost see the river bed from the bank. You’ll find lot of large stones everywhere on the bank.

There is a hillock beside the river with 150 feet of height. It is said as Barik Tila or Barikka Tila by the local people. There is a pillar available at the hill which defines the border of Bangladesh and India. On top of it everything looks very small. The pillar between the hills is the border line between Bangladesh and India. You should be very careful about Indian BSF.

This river has produced lot of brunches & canals, but all of those joined with the Surma River.

How to go

You need to reach Sunamganj at the very beginning. The GPS of the Jadukata River is (25°11’27.03″N, 91°14’56.05″E). You need to hire motor bike. It is around 300 taka for two people on a bike (same from Sunamganj town). It will take 60-80 minutes to reach the beautiful river.

How To Reach: Sunamganj District

You can reach Sunamganj only by road. There is no direct rail, air or water transportation system available.

By Road

1. Hanif Enterprise:
Arambagh Counter: 01713-402671
Sayedabad Counter: 01713-402673

2. Shyamoli Paribahan:
Arambagh Counter, Dhaka. Phone-7102291, 0193626023
Sayedabad Counter, Dhaka. Phone-0171-8075541, 7511019, 7550071

3. Mamun Enterprise:
First tip – 7:30am, last tip – 12:30am (bus in every 1 hour)
Sayadabad -01718438732, Jonopath mor-0191777061, Fakirapul- 0191287467

You can also try to go there by train or air. You need to reach Sylhet first & afterwards you can ride on a local bus towards Sunamganj. It will take one hour from Sylhet. To know more about how to reach Sylhet, please visit our Sylhet district page.

Where to Stay

There are a number of hotels in the Sunamganj town. You can find hotels according to your budget over here. Few names are given below for your convenience:

1. Hotel Nader Riaz
Address: Thana Road, Derai.
Phone: 01712715916

2. Zila Parshad Dak Bungalow
Manager: Upazila Executive Officer
Address: Sadar Upazila, Derai
Phone: 01911534466

3. Surmavally Residential Resort
Address: Sunamganj Sadar
Contact: Nazir Hussain
Mob:01711438803
Phone :008828913956
fax no:0088-2-9880615
email: surmavally@hotmail.com

4. Hotel Ali Brothers
Manager/Owner: Hazi Muhammad Ambor Ali
Address: Derai college road, Derai
Phone: 01724112036

Things to do

Stand on top of the Tila and enjoy the view of river.
Take a boat ride.
Take some pictures.

Eating Facilities

There are not much eating facilities despite some shops where a bit of snacks, juice are found. It’s better to carry food if someone wants to go there.

Map

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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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Dholai River is originated from the Cherapunji Hills (চেরাপুঞ্জি পাহাড়) of India and entered the country through the Bholagonj of Sylhet. After flowing very poorly in our country, it joined with the River Surma.

Dholai River (ধলাই নদী) is famous for the stones. People used to collect the stone from the river. I have walked at the bank of the river from Bholagonj to “dosh number point”. The river bank seems too high for me. Possibly during rainy season, the river may have lot of water with heavy current.

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ধলাই নদী ভারতের চেরাপুঞ্জি পাহাড়ে উৎপত্তি হয়ে সিলেটের ভোলাগঞ্জ দিয়ে বাংলাদেশে প্রবেশ করেছে। বাংলাদেশের অভ্যন্তরে সল্প মাত্রায় প্রবাহিত হয়ে এই নদীটি সুরমা নদীর সাথে মিলিত হয়েছে।

পাথরের জন্য ধলাই নদীর খ্যাতি রয়েছে। মানুষজন একসময় এই নদী থেকে পাথর সংগ্রহ করতো। ভোলাগঞ্জ থেকে ‘দশ নং পয়েন্ট’ পর্যন্ত আপনি ধলাই নদীর পাড় ঘেঁষে হাঁটতে পারবেন। হাঁটার সময় নদীটির পাড় আপনার কাছে বেশ উঁচু মনে হতে পারে। বর্ষাকালে পানি বেড়ে যাওয়ায় ধলাই নদীর সৌন্দর্য পূর্ণমাত্রা অর্জন করে।

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Shomeswari River (সোমেশ্বরী নদী), one of the most beautiful rivers of Bangladesh, located at the Netrakona (নেত্রকোনা) District. During the Birisiri (বিরিশিরি) tour, any traveler must have to meet with this river. River is shallow during winter, but fierce during rainy season for its enormous flow.

The river is created from the streams from the Garo Hill (গারো পাহাড়) at the north of our country in India. Entered at Bangladesh through the Bijoypur (বিজয়পুর) of Netrakona. The bank of the river is a bit higher compare to others from Bangladesh.

Near to the Birishiri (বিরিশিরি) town, the river segregated into two. One is called old Shomeswari (সোমেশ্বরী নদী), which later shrunk in size. The other one (new one) later joined with river Kongsho (কংশ নদী) and keep that name Kongsho (কংশ নদী) until joined with river Shurma (সুরমা নদী).

During winter, the level of the water at Shomeswari River stays very low and anyone can cross the river by walking. During rainy season, you can hire engine boat and have some boat journey. It is recommended to visit the river during rainy season to enjoy the maximum beauty.

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নেত্রকোনার বিরিশিরিতে আসলে আপনাকে অবশ্যই বাংলাদেশের অন্যতম সুন্দর এই নদীটি দেখতে হবে। শীতকালে সোমেশ্বরী নদীতে পানি কম থাকে তাই পায়ে হেটেই নদীটি পাড় হওয়া যায়। তবে, বর্ষাকালে এই নদীটির পানি অনেক বেড়ে যায় বিধায় নৌকা ছাড়া নদীটি পাড় হওয়া অসম্ভব। পানিতে পরিপূর্ণ এই নদীটির সৌন্দর্য উপভোগ করতে বর্ষাকালই এখানে আসার সবচেয়ে ভাল সময়। ভারতের গারো পাহাড় থেকে উৎপত্তি হয়ে সোমেশ্বরী নদীটি নেত্রকোনার বিজয়পুর দিয়ে বাংলাদেশে প্রবেশ করেছে। দেশের অন্যান্য নদীর তুলনায় এই নদীর পাড় খানিকটা উঁচু।

বিরিশিরির কাছে সোমেশ্বরী নদীটি দু ভাগ হয়েছে। একটি ভাগের নাম পুরাতন সোমেশ্বরী যেটি পরবর্তীতে সংকীর্ণ হয়ে গিয়েছে। অপর অংশটি কংশ নদীর সাথে মিলিত হয়ে কংশ নামধারন করে সুরমা নদীর সাথে মিলিত হয়েছে।

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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).

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বাংলাদেশের দক্ষিন ভাগের একটি অন্যতম বড় নদীর নাম কচা নদী। হুলারহাটের কাছে জনপ্রিয় দুটি নদী মধুমতি নদী এবং সন্ধ্যা নদীর মিলনের ফলে এই নদীটির সৃষ্টি হয়। বঙ্গোপসাগরে মিলে যাওয়া পর্যন্ত এই নদীটি কচা নদী হিসেবেই বয়ে গিয়েছে।

যোগাযোগ ব্যবস্থার সুবিধার্থে দক্ষিন বাংলাদেশে অবস্থিত বেশীরভাগ প্রধান নদীর উপরেই সেতু রয়েছে। তবে, অজ্ঞাত কারনে কচা নদীর উপর কোন সেতু নেই যদিও বাগেরহাট অথবা পিরোজপুরের সাথে বরিশালের যোগাযোগ রক্ষার ক্ষেত্রে এই নদীটির ভুমিকা অপরিসীম। এই নদীটি অতিক্রমের জন্য কখনো কখনো আধ ঘণ্টা থেকে দুই ঘণ্টা পর্যন্ত অপেক্ষা করতে হয়। অথচ একটি সেতু থাকলে নদীটি অতিক্রম করতে মাত্র কয়েক মিনিট সময়ের প্রয়োজন হতো।

একটি মাত্র ফেরির মাধ্যমে কচা নদীতে সবধরনের পণ্য ও যাত্রী পরিবহন করা হয়ে থাকে। ফেরীতে করে এই নদী অতিক্রম করতে সময় লাগে ১৫ মিনিট থেকে ২০ মিনিট। কচা নদী এবং ফেরি ঘাটের জিপিএস অবস্থান হলো (২২°৩৪'৩৫.৫১"উ, ৯০°১'৫৫.৪৯"পু)।

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