All-in-One Tours and Travels Guide: Want to Know Ins and Outs of Dharla River?

The Dharla River, called as Dhorola nodi, is also known as Jaldhaka in Himalayas, where it actually originates, and becomes the main tributary of the river Brahmaputra. According to the researchers, this river flows approximately- 186 kms through some districts of West Bengal such as Sikkim, and Bhutan; while, the other 3 districts include-Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooh Behar. By flowing through these districts, the river then moves as a small downstream and passes the Rangpur district of Bangladesh continuously for about 307 kms; also, it is believed that, river passes through Lalmonirhat District and joins the Brahmaputra River, which then flows over the Kurigram District.

The minimum deepness of the water level of river Dharla, is found to be 12 feet height, i.e, 3.7 metres and maximum depth is 39 feet, which is 12 metres long, when Dharla resides in Kurigram. Also, the rivers Dharla and Jamuna have generated erosion and took a serious turn in the Lalmonirhat during the year 2007. In Lalmonirhat, the long flood will be about 7 kilometres long, which spreads over 2 kilometres, controls the embankment that had went through by the river Dharla.

Another point about Dharla is that, river contains huge numbers of inhabitants which includes herbivore fishes and so on.

Some mosques, temples, a primary school nearby; the green grass, bamboo trees, and other green plants, can also be seen with a muddy path, where people stand and watch the beautiful scenery; also, a wide pathway of a cultivable land is covered with yielded crops; and banana plantation around the river can also be visited as well.

There is even a park beside the Dharla at Kurigram. Bridge can also be seen at Dharla River, which looks awesome. The Dharla River looks beautiful when the water level is high, especially during the monsoon season. Whereas, during the summer season, water level of the river will be very low- it will be just the knee depth.

Course

The river Dharla originates in Himalayas and being a great tributary of Brahmaputra River, it passes through many districts such as- Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Cooh Behar. From these rivers, Dharla flows at the Rangpur district of the Bangladesh, as well as Lalmonirhat District and flows and join Brahmaputra River of Kurigram. The only thing that bothers people is the erosion that has made people to lose their homes due to the heavy flood.

The river is surrounded by many trees, plantations, including schools; also the crops are grown in plenty, but will not survive due to erosion. This river will be full in monsoon, and will come to half level, because of summer.

Dharla river rushes and drives towards the eastern side near Patgram Upazila and gets back to India. It later moves to the south and will run to the Bangladesh again through the Phulbari Upazila of Kurigram District and continuously wanders there over slowly. The main stream of this river resides in Kuch Bihar of India.

Tributaries of Dharla River

Murti

Murti is one among the main tributaries of Dharla or Jaldhaka River which are named as Naksal Khola, Sutunga and Diana (a main territory bank), where tourists arrive in abundance; and lies in the north of West Bengal, which is just 84 kilometres from Silguri.

Murti is actually a village, surrounded by the river called Murti; here tourists often visit to experience the delightful moment of bird watching, fishing, wildlife safari, and so on. There are even many beautiful spots beside Murti River; and thus, camping is done at river Murti.

Naksal Khola

Naksal Khola is another tributary of Jaldhaka or Dharla River, which lies in the right bank of Dharla and streams towards south east.

Sutunga

Sutunga is the other nearby tributary of Jaldhaka, which becomes the main place for coal mining activities; also, the small streams of Sutunga, holds a major role in draining lunar river.