These photographs had been taken while I was traveling to all-weather Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram road in Kishoreganj, Bangladesh on 2nd October 2020.
In the picture a tree is showing Hijol or Indian oak (Barringtonia acutangula, family: Lecythidaceae) is a medium-sized evergreen tree, native to riverine Bangladesh. This water-loving tree is found in the wetlands of Bangladesh. In rural areas, it can be seen standing in the water.
A haor (Bengali: হাওর), is a wetland ecosystem in the north eastern part of Bangladesh which physically is a bowl or saucer shaped shallow depression, also known as a backswamp. During monsoon haors receive surface runoff water from rivers and canals to become vast stretches of turbulent water. They turn into a vast inland seas within which the villages appear as islands. Occasional high winds during the rainy season (July to September) generate large waves in the haor, which may cause considerable damage to homesteads. However they all but dry up in the post-monsoon period. During winter, these haors are vast stretches of green land.
The road popularly known as the “Haor Road” paved the way for direct road connectivity between the haor region and other parts of the country including Dhaka, Sylhet and Chittagong. It is about 29.73–km spectacular road.
The Itna-Mithamoin-Austagram road goes straight through a vast haor area in parallel with Dhanu and Baulai rivers starting from Itna Upazila Sadar to Austagram via Mithamoin Upazila. The road has already been turned as one of the most beautiful destinations for travelers, holidaymakers and thrill-seekers.
A huge number of tourists flock regularly to the road to enjoy its scenic beauty of the road and its surrounding Haor areas.
Haors are unique wetlands and have started attracting tourists. The best time to visit the haors is at the end of the monsoons, say around August–September, when they are full with water. Thereafter, the water in the haors starts receding but still provides an awe-inspiring sight. In winter, the haors and beels receive thousands of migratory birds.[6] It is the ideal season for bird-watchers, but then the haors are reduced in size and lose much of their watery grandeur. As summer sets in the haors are no more there, but one can still see numerous beels.
N.B. This is my first post in the Local Guides Connect, for this I dedicate to Mr. Mahabub Hasan, Admin, Bangladesh Local Guides from whom I have got inspiration.
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