Across the Ganges to southwest Bangladesh and the Sundarbans
Across the Ganges to southwest Bangladesh and the Sundarbans
The next morning our group of 23 American and Bangladeshi students and professors crossed the Jamuna River, as the Brahmaputra is known here, to the Sirajganj Hard Point. This concrete embankment was built to protect the city of Sirajganj from the slow westward migration of the river. Because it now sticks out into the river, they have been extending the land to the north and south to even out the bank. The Hard Point also provided a great view across the Jamuna.
Our group walking along the embankment of the Sirajganj Hard Point along the Jamuna River.
During the long bus rides, we read, napped, ...