When we were in Saudi Arabia, my mom told me about The Padma river. It's a very big river in Bangladesh. The colour of this river is muddy. My grand parent's (Maternal) house was in Faridpur. If we wanted to visit Faridpur from Dhaka, we had to cross the river by ferry or launch (Very small ships). When people wanted to cross the river by sitting in a bus or car, they took the ferry. It is bigger and safer. But it took a long time to cross the river. So, an alternative option is a launch. Here people will leave their bus on one side of the river, then had to cross the river by launch and take another bus from another side. It takes less time and money. But passengers had to carry their bags and baggage by themselves from the bus to launch and then launch to the bus. The river was so big that during the crossing in the middle we came to a point where we can't see any land around us. You will feel you are in an ocean. Little wind could make big waves in the river.
As I told you earlier, every year we used to visit Bangladesh and including Faridpur. Every year while crossing the river I had waited for that moment. Then there won't be any land around us. But last 2 times I couldn't find that moment. I felt like it's a channel, not a river. It doesn't have enough water. What happens to this river. After grown up I get to know, the water flow has been stopped from the upper side of the river from our neighbour country, India. So, the river became much smaller. What can we do, when the river is in their side, they can utilize the water as they wanted. But it is making some natural disaster.
Now we have the bridge on this river. I am sure this will help businesses and also general people to cross the river easily. Also, this could be a good tourist spot. But the thrill of crossing the river has gone permanently.
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