Sundarban

 Sundarban : 

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My name is Sylvia Sen Gupta. If you love to enjoy visit of  Sundarban , you should  see the writing part along with photographs until the end to get a proper guidance of that particular destination, which would make your travel easy and comfortable.

Sundarban stands with its natural beauty having its largest mangrove forest ,it also support an exceptional  bio-diversity with a wide range of flora and fauna including the Bengal Tiger creating a main source  of  tourist  attraction. In  the  year 1997  UNECO’s  has  declared Sundarbans as world heritage sites . The largest delta of world is Sundarban which has been formed by way of sedimentation of River Ganges and its tributaries . Indian part of Sundarban exist in the district  of South Paraganas and North Paraganas  of West Bengal . Extending between 21⁰ 40”  and 22⁰ 40” North latitude  and between 88⁰ 05” and 89⁰  East longitude  ,the Bay of Bengal on the south .The area consists of 54 island and the land area is about  9629sq.km ,out of this 4493 sq.km stands as in habited by people ,the rest about 5136 sq.km is reserved forest. The soil of these area are fertile owing to continuous silt desposit . The forest area of Sunderarban region could be separated into two broad catergories : (1) Salt  Water Heritieria , (2) Mangrove .The main forest species are Goran ,Passur  ,Keora , Bain , Garjan  ,Tora ,Hental etc. Faunal diversity  in Sundarban are 481 types of Vertebrate Species, 1 type of Hemicordate Species ,1104 type of Invertebrate Species ,106 type of Protozoan 58 type of Reptiles. The annual average maximum temperature is generally about 35⁰  .While average humidity is about 82% which remains the same due to the proximity to the sea. The average annual rainfall 192cm out of which 75% is received  during June to September . A treaty of 1757 signed by Mir  Jafar ,through which the lands of undivided 24 parganes ,were handed over to the East Indian Company. The present settlements originated from the plan conceived by Clod Russel ,Collector  General in 1771  and the then British Government leased  out the forest land to the cleaning prospective landlords , Cleaning of forest from 1781 by Tillman Henkel ,the DM Jessore district .Initally ,forest was cleared in its northern part by 1873 .Gosaba had been cleared for human settlement in the year 1875-1876 ,the government felt to protect the uleased area as reserved forest and  placed it under the control of  forest department .Many tourst spots ,parks and reserved forest are located at Sundarban area such as : Tiger Reserve ,Sundarban  National Park, Sudhanyakhali Watch Tower, Piyali ,Kanak ,Netidhopani ,Sujhe Khalibird Sancturay ,Tinakon Island ,Holiday Island , Dablar Char Island ,Sanekali Watch Tower ,Lothian Island Bird Sancturay and Hiran

All these parks are surrounded by rivers and boat is the only mode of transport to explore the park extensively .  Cruise services  also  available from Kolkata to Sundarban and back. Nearest airport DumDum ( Subhas Chandra Bose ) with a distance of 166 km from Sundarban while nearest railway station is canning 48 km away from Sundarban. Road transport also available from Kolkata.  Type of festival &  fair  available  in  Sundarban are : Bonbibi Festival,Durga Puja,Hilsa Festival anfd Bengal New Year . Type of Cuisine available in Sundarban are : Tiger Prawn ,Crab Curry and Hilsa Fish Curry . Type of  Accomodation available in Sundarban are: Banani Resort, Hotel Apanjan,Hotel Krishna Kunj, Sundarban Mangrove  Retreat ,Sundarban  Tiger Camp ect. Type of Transport  available in  Sundarban  are : Air Service ,Road Service and Sea service.

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