Onboard Teesta Torsa Express: Blasting trough Sodpur while its Raining Cats and Dogs!
Camera: Nokia X2-01 Qwerty
Date 16 September 2012
OnBoard Haldibari Portion of 13141 Sealdah-Haldibari/New Alipurduar Teesta Torsa Express.
Here, Our Train Blasts...
more... at its best through Sodpur Station on Sealdah-Naihati mainline among Massive rains on a Sunday Afternoon
Sodpur is ofcourse my base since february 2011. Work on Increasing of Platform Sheds can be seen. which is now complete.
The Train was Hauled By Bardhaman Shed WDM3A that day.
The train is named after two rivers, Teesta and Torsha, It takes 18 hours to cover the distance near 670kms at an average speed of 42 km/hr, and follows the slow Sealdah- Naihati- Bandel- Katwa- Azimganj- New Farakka- Malda Town- - Kishanganj- New Jalpaiguri- Raninagar Jalpaiguri route. then the New Alipurduar portion separates and follows Dhupguri- New Cooch Behar-NOQ route enqoute to new alipurduar, whereas the Haldibari portion goes to haldibari Town in coochbehar distruct Touching jalpaiguri, my hometown.
The River Teesta, On which the Haldibari Portion is named, is said to be the lifeline of the Indian state of Sikkim, flowing for almost the entire length of the state and carving out verdant Himalayan temperate and tropical river valleys. The emerald-coloured river then forms the border between Sikkim and West Bengal before joining the Brahmaputra as a tributary in Bangladesh. The total length of the river is 309 km and it drains an area of 12,540 km². The river originates from Tso Lhamo in North Sikkim at an elevation of 5,330 m (17,487 ft) above sea level in the Himalaya. This lake lies to the east of the Donkia pass next to the Western base of Pauhunri and is formed by the melting of the Tista Khantse glacier..Before a large part of this was situated in Nepal. But after Sugauli Treaty it was acceded to British India.
and the River Torsa or Torsha ( also known as Machu and Amo Chhu) rises from the Chumbi Valley in Tibet, China, where it is known as Machu. It flows into Bhutan, where it is known as the Amo Chu. It has total length of 358 km, out of which 113 km in China and 145 km in Bhutan before flowing into the northern part of West Bengal in India.
[DESCRIPTION FROM WIKIPEDIA]
The Haldibari and the New Alipurduar portion is Named Respectively teesta and Torsa,
The Town of jalpaiguri is situated on the Right Bank of Teesta and the river torsha is very near to alipurduar and coochbehar town is is situated on the banks of it.
the new alipurduar portion crosses the river teesta between jalpaiguri road and new domohani stations
