sagar island

Gangasagar marks the quiet, yet profound, end of the Ganges' 2,500-km journey, where the sacred river merges with the Bay of Bengal. This unique pilgrimage site, despite its humble, ever-changing landscape, draws thousands annually for the Gangasagar Mela. It offers a powerful spiritual experience, symbolizing the river's ultimate dissolution into something greater.

Residents in Jeypore are expressing frustration over the significant delay in the rejuvenation of the 250-year-old Neelakantha lake. The project, aimed at transforming the historic water body into a tourist hub, has stalled despite being over 80% complete. Officials are now preparing to issue a showcause notice to the executing agency due to repeated missed deadlines.

sagar islands, West Bengal: Two persons died in separate mishaps in sagar islands in the South 24 Parganas district where nearly two lakh people have congregated for a holy dip in the confluence of the Ganges and Bay of Bengal on the 'Makarsankranti Day' on Monday.

Are climate change fears coming true in the Sunderbans? An unexpected high tide has left a major portion of sagar island flooded, leaving environmentalists worried about its future.

The state tourism department has identified a new spot at sagar islands that could be developed as a new beach to make it an attractive tourist destination.

A Detailed Project Report (DPR) is being prepared for a road-cum-rail bridge across the Muriganga River between Kakdwip in South 24-Parganas and Kochuberia on sagar island.

Some 200,000 Hindu monks and pilgrims are travelling to sagar island for the festival of Makar Sankranti where they will immerse themselves into the confluence of the Ganges river and the Bay of Bengal.

If the state government has its way, seers and devouts may be greeted with better infrastructure at next year's Gangasagar Mela.

Kolkata port, now known as the Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port (SMP), is set to start night navigation between Kolkata and sagar island in the next three months, KoPT chairman Vineet Kumar said on Friday.

KOLKATA: Thousands of pilgrims took the holy dip at Sagar on Wednesday morning during Mahendrajog (the auspicious hour for the holy dip) despite the dense fog, which wrapped the entire sagar island affecting visibility.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken serious exception to allegations of environmental degradation of the mangroves on the sagar island due to construction of a housing complex named ‘Banglar Abas’. It has been alleged by environment activist Subhas Datta, who is also the amicus curiae appointed by NGT on the Sunderbans, that the housing complex is being constructed on land that falls under the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) without seeking any clearance.

The aftermath of Cyclone Bulbul threatened to accelerate coastal erosion of sagar island, something, which might make the Kapil Muni ashram, situated close to the coast, vulnerable yet again, experts and district officials feared

About 30 families at Sunderbans' Ghoramara Island - a fast-sinking delta landmass on the Muriganga river in South 24-Parganas, 150 km south of Kolkata - could be casting their last votes at home constituency this Assembly election

They were always there. But on Thursday, three beaches in South 24-Parganas got a name each as chief minister Mamata Banerjee landed in sagar island with a retinue of industrialists and top bureaucrats to shift work on the tourism circuit to top gear.

Nearly 200 people from nearby villages took shelter at the pilotage station of Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT) on sagar island even as Cyclone Bulbul made landfall around 8.30 pm on Saturday

The Sagar Mela is going to witness a major turn out this year in absence of the Kumbh Mela.

If that happens, the proposed eco-tourism project in the sagar islands would be in a limbo, said sources.