Today it is another river from Bangladesh named Dhepa river. A river from north Bengal. During my Dinajpur tour I saw this river. More precisely it was near to the famous Kantajew Temple of Dinajpur. River Dhepa originates from the river Atrai, and then it falls into the river Punarbhaba. This is a shallow river and the average depth of the river was around 2-4 feet during my summer visit. The length of the river is around 40 kilometer (according to wikipedia).
The Dhepa river is itself a beautiful one. The two banks of the river made it more beautiful due to the various kinds of crops. Main crop field was the corn, but there were others like paddy, and some vegetable fields. The water of the river was not muddy, it was clear. Due to the shallowness of the river you could easily see the bottom of the river easily. Also there was some very small mound of soil visible throughout the whole river.
Another beauty of the river was the nest of the bird Green Bee Eater at the bank of the river. There were some places where the banks were too high. In the soil those Bee eater birds made their nest. There were few nests built by the Common kingfishers too.
While going and coming back from Kantajew Temple I had a chance to use the local boat to cross the river. That boat used to help local people crossing the river. Due to the shallowness of the river the boat couldn’t go near the bank of the river. That’s why local people had to walk in water for a few steps before boarding the boat.
Written by Lonely Traveler,
For blog alonelytraveler.com
Sunday, 23rd May 2010
