Beautifully shot... Remember crossing Farakka river by a steamer when the bridge was not there in 1968, on a trip to Darjeeling. 😊

The Ganges looks like an Ocean

My grandfather was the Chief Engineer of the Farakka Barrage project. My aunts and mother grew up watching the project start to finish. I was able to spend few years of my childhood here in Farakka, remember going into the control room with my grandfather and being mesmerised by the control panel. My grandfather is no more, but he lives through these videos for me.Thanks for making me revisit my childhood 😊

@ManiVijay

4 жыл бұрын

Very nice to hear that. You must be proud to see this barrage.

@abhishakemitra

4 жыл бұрын

Mani Vijay every time

Remember going by train to Siliguri from Sealdah about 55 Years back ! There was no bridge over Ganges at Farakka at that time ! One had to ferry across Ganges and than change to other train waiting o take passengers to Siliguri ! Times have really changed !

@ManiVijay

3 жыл бұрын

You must have started your journey on a broad gauge train, then switched over to metre gauge after the ferry journey, right?

@hakamsharmafamily7370

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6iI1pKhc9rFp9I.html

wonderful journey . I lived in project colony of Farrakha in 1964-65 as a 3yr old kid My father was first batch of IIT and one of the first engineers to be associated with construction of Barrage. How nostalgic!

@ManiVijay

6 жыл бұрын

Good to know that. What a wonderful structure it is.

Human made wonder. wow engineering ka adbhoot namoona hai yeh.kiska dimaag tha yeh or kaise banaya hoga isko..😨

Jai mata ganga

@VlogBhander

11 ай бұрын

Jai ma

What is the right month to cross Faraka bridge on Ganga when full water is there? Beautiful bridge. Where this bridge is exactly located ?

@avhishekbaishya8343

8 жыл бұрын

+Ramanathan Subramanian (rsubram24) monsoon season is right for it and the bridge is located in farakka, Dist : murshidabad, West Bengal

Traveled on this route countless times during my childhood days while staying in Jalpaiguri. Brought back lovely memories. Always enjoyed this marvelous build.

@ManiVijay

4 жыл бұрын

Very nice to hear that. When did you live in Jalpaiguri? What routes did you usually travel on at that time? My first room-mate in graduate school (in US) is from Jalpaiguri - Sujit Bhowmick. He used to tell me all kinds of interesting stories.

@priyamganguly

4 жыл бұрын

We used to live there in the 80s. My father was posted there. It was such a neat and quiet town beside the Teesta river. People were so friendly then. No apartment culture was there at that time. There was a warm coherence among the neighbourhoods. So we used to visit neighbours' and relatives' places frequently and watch Ramayan, Mahabharat and Chitrahaar together on Doordarshan. My schooling started there. I was a student of Holy Child School run by the Missionaries. As Jalpaiguri was close to the hills, we used to have outings to the mountains every month. And once a year, we used to have that grand picnic from my father's office in the hills and forests of Dooars, including Bhutan. One of my father's friends was tea garden audit inspector. By that virtue, we had the opportunity to visit numerous tea gardens and experience the best hospitalities of the gardens, that's probably unavailable to the outsiders. By the grace of one of my uncles, who was a forest officer, we got to tread deep into the Lataguri jungles twice. The wonder years of my childhood!

@priyamganguly

4 жыл бұрын

Regarding rail routes, we enjoyed the ride from Siliguri to Darjeeling on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway. We also traveled up till the border of Bangladesh at Haldibari, that's around an hour from Jalpaiguri town. From NJP, we traveled up to New Alipurduar. There used to be a metre gauge route around Coochbehar. I experienced my metre gauge ride there. There's another route from NJP that goes to Alipur Duar Junction traversing through the greeneries of Dooars, tea gardens and the foothills of the Himalayas that included Sevok, New Mal Junction, Hasimara, Raja Bhat Khawa, etc. All these are significant points of the Dooars forest. At that time, all these routes were dominated by mighty & huge steam locomotives, along with WDM-2 locos with the quintessential 80's livery. Now, these routes are dotted with modern DEMU rakes as well as ALCOs from MLDT and EMDs from SGUJ. My knack on railfanning started from this point of time, instilled by my father.

@ManiVijay

4 жыл бұрын

@@priyamganguly Wow! That sounds like the perfect childhood. And Dooars is simply an amazing place to be close to.

@ManiVijay

4 жыл бұрын

@@priyamganguly That is just great to hear. How I wish I had visited that section when MG was still alive? I can only imagine the legendary AT and Assam Mails running through Sevok, New Mal, Binnaguri, etc. During my 2013 sojourn, I did cover the remaining MG sections south of Lumding. Also, did Capital Exp. from Kamakhya to NJP and then the Shatabdi to Howrah.

Thanks! A barrage is always a fascinating piece of work.

Interesting to see, especially to the Ganga, I'm from odisha, and waiting chance to see Ganga, Brahmaputra, Narmada etc in life.

Travelled along this route a few times and it is really frightening to see the water just beneath the tracks

i live in farakka ...but now studying at delhi .....this video reminds me of my home ... thanks for uploading :) ...cheers

@ManiVijay

9 жыл бұрын

Very glad to know that you liked the video. How long back were you in Farakka?

@harshsingh5109

6 жыл бұрын

Saale apni biography kisko de rha hai

@mdafrojkhan9415

6 жыл бұрын

Dharmendra Kumar

@AyeshaKhan-dn3ol

5 жыл бұрын

Bhai maza too Bogota aaya

@AyeshaKhan-dn3ol

5 жыл бұрын

Bhai agli video can bhai

It was then when I was kid and travelling from Guwahati to Howrah. I don't remember the train name. It was day time and rainy season. Our train was crossing Farakka the great barrage. Suddenly our train stops on the bridge. It was completely in middle of the bridge. Nature was killingly silent. But water beneath bridge was making deadly noise. My father shown me that scenario. Barrage was almost full and doors were opened. Just imagine the running water with full force. That image still haunts me. I am still scared of The great Farakka.

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Wow! That must have been very scary. I still remember how I saw water rushing through some of the open gates and it was quite scary - the view and noise.

@sayonlajim9129

6 ай бұрын

Mmm😂😮,r🎉vvcc ..😊😊

@sayonlajim9129

6 ай бұрын

Mmm😂😮,r🎉vvcc ..😊😊

to cross this bridge by which train I have to take from which station ? Please provide me the details.

@abhishekmahajan175

8 жыл бұрын

Its between Malda town and Farakka.

@rsubram24

8 жыл бұрын

Abhishek Mahajan Thanks. What are the day trains from Howrah to pass this bridge?

@sukumarbaidya423

7 жыл бұрын

it is actually between Khaltipur station and New Farrakka Jn.

@rsubram24

7 жыл бұрын

SUKUMAR BAIDYA Thanks a lot

@tapashchakraborty9983

6 жыл бұрын

kamrup Express from Howrah..daily runs at 3.50 pm

I think ganga become widest before entering bangladesh . My grandmother from Chandpur in bangladesh used to tell us story of padma(ganga) aboot its sheer size. It used to resemble ocean after two mightest river Ganga and bramhaputra joining and creating a mega river.

My husband work here.... In NTPC...n i really love this farakka township

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Great to hear that. Seems like a very nice town. Do you go there often?

@smritysinha2750

5 жыл бұрын

@@ManiVijay yes i always go... 🙂

@DeepakKumar-ov5zh

4 жыл бұрын

I also job here .... 😊😊😊

@abhianchorvlogs3681

4 жыл бұрын

Ap Kabhi Gaye ho waha

@m.smalik8bp259

4 жыл бұрын

I miss you

This reminds me of the old memories... Whenever I used to travel from Guwahati to Howrah..I used to see the Farraka Barriage.. Sadly I don't live in Guwahati now that's why I thought to see this video... Nice work bro !!! :)

That's my Bengal.....Joy Bangla 💙

@TharkiChachaa

3 жыл бұрын

After 30-50 years Muslim will be in majority in Bengal then there will be no joy for u there...

@doctordark8057

3 жыл бұрын

@@TharkiChachaa fuck you 🖕

@rz4283

3 жыл бұрын

Joi Poschimbongo, Bharat Mata ki Jai

@rz4283

3 жыл бұрын

@@doctordark8057 Shotti kotha ta oi angul ta dekhiye jodi palte jeto tahole khub bhaalo hoto

@rz4283

3 жыл бұрын

@@doctordark8057 I wish whatever he said would've been proven wrong by u just showing that particular finger

Thanks :-) That huge curve forms a portion of a triangle in order to connect the Azimganj-Katwa line.

you are great sir. your coverage of this water mountain called farakka barrage excellent

@hakamsharmafamily7370

2 жыл бұрын

@Israf Sakh kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6iI1pKhc9rFp9I.html

Har har gange thanks indianrailway

@Purvasoni12309

3 жыл бұрын

🙏

Thanks! I always request the railway board for a permission letter before undertaking such trips.

@yasindhali9216

3 жыл бұрын

Ofcx

@yasindhali9216

3 жыл бұрын

Oooo

@sararajpoot8329

3 жыл бұрын

So Horrible😲 Rivers and Sea are Dangerous because of Having Snakes,Crocodiles,Shark etc. Anyway Beautifuly Captured👌

@IndianAirForceBrats

3 жыл бұрын

@@sararajpoot8329 lol

@sambhusarkar4896

2 жыл бұрын

@@yasindhali9216 x

Incredible ! I felt I was actually there.The background shots were also very good.Great narrative.THANK YOU Vijay sir .

Spent my Whole Childhood @ Farakka Most memorable place - the Farakka Barrage and the train route... Thank You so much for d upload !! - Kailash Chennai

@ManiVijay

10 жыл бұрын

Seems like a great place to grow up!! Glad you enjoyed the video!

Ganga ji pura Samudra jaisi Vishal lag rahi hain 🙏

You are great, thank you very much for uploading this video. India and Indians are great.

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Congratulations to all Indians. Full of water, nice scene crossing of water from the spills/gstes. Bridge is sign of a modern techniques. Reasonable speed of train, both up and down tracks with a clean and wide road. I m very glad to c all the things at on place.

What a magnificent video! Great curve after the barrage...you could see the ALP sitting in the cabin! :)

Very good video with the rail and road going together on the barrage. The capture of the wdp4 on the bend was nice.

is that ocean?

ganga itni lambi h????

@ManiVijay

6 жыл бұрын

Haan....wahan to bohut hi chauda hai.

@udaysinhranavaya6530

6 жыл бұрын

THE NEW BRIDGE CUM ROAD IS MORE THAN 10 KILOMETERS LONG JUST GOT INTO SERVICE

@onthestreet4350

6 жыл бұрын

Here Ganga is very wide...this barrage is 2.24 KM long.

@aradatali1049

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm

Thanks! Glad it brought back some good memories for you :-)

This train, this very route and the mighty WDP 4D engine, , not a journey but a nostalgia. I am a frequent traveler through this route and in this very train due to my work and studies, great video, Thanks for the upload mate :)

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

It's great that you enjoyed the video and felt very nostalgic. That is really why I upload these videos :-)

Was that a WDP-4D (dual cab) loco pulling the train?

Love ❤Ganga River 🙏🙏🙏

GREAT video..India is magnificent!!

@ManiVijay

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Where are you from?

@ConstantinCatalin

9 жыл бұрын

Hi.. i m from Romania.

@bazlur-Vancouver

9 жыл бұрын

Your govt and people raped the mother Ganga. The river is filled with silts all over the river due to dam. Floods occurs frequently because of that reason. Before the dam the water level in Varanasi was 7-8m deep and now 2-4m deep full of shits , dead bodies half burnt, dead animals and sewage from 300 cities and the water is not potable and unfit for take a holly bath too. This dam has brought more harms than goods intended too, means punish Bangladesh

@amalvarma1

7 жыл бұрын

Great engineering work

@rz4283

3 жыл бұрын

@@bazlur-Vancouver Hey Jihadi u r everywhere

कितनी चौड़ी नदी है यार!😨 नदी है या समंदर!!??

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Yeh 2.2 kilometers hai. Yeh Ganga nadi hai.

Can I use /re upload few parts of this video with giving you Credit ?? Please reply as soon as possible. I will also promote your channel on my video . Please give permission to use this video .

respect mother nature

Kolkata jabar somoy..rater bela pore farakka ta protibar e..oto rate uthe eta dekhar mojai onnorokm😚osadharon😙romanchokor

Reminds me of my old day's when I use to travel a lot...missed my old days...:( Thanks for the upload...:)

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

Did you travel a lot through this route earlier?

@harishkumar173

7 жыл бұрын

Well not that frequent but almost like once in 6 month or so...

Wich state

wow man what a quality..superb..u rock sir

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks :-)

See how clean it was couple years ago

Which camcorder u use ?

Thanks and my big salute to the great achievements. Jai Bharat Mata.

Jai Ganga Mata Namah 🌺 💐🙏

Glad you enjoyed the video!

Train passing over a barrage must be an adventurous moment

Is this really a ganga river and why this is soo big

Forget the shear size of that thing and imagine how it would have been constructed

Came across this video... really nice to see the landscape and the holy river.. thanks for uploading. Would love to see in person if I ever visit India.

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks! This is the mighty Ganga. You should definitely visit this place.

Great to see your video which was uploaded 9 years back.. Me too made a farakka sightseeing tour video recently... And things changed a little bit now..🙂🤗👍🏼

Awesome video... It reminded me about my childhood days in Farakka..

This footage was uploaded in 2013, I can't believe that 60fps format has been there since.

Awesome Video But Not Allowed Video Capturing 😐😐 I'm live in farakka

Few day ago i crossed this beautiful site what fillings

Which r u living now????

were u not scared to stand on the door ?? that too water front of u 😱😱??

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

I have to admit it was a little unnerving.

@ghulamnabi8685

6 жыл бұрын

Kan han Pathak

farraka barrage is a no photography zone, its a matter of national security

@koushikdas1992

6 жыл бұрын

asif ikbal It's filming

@kabirulsk9094

6 жыл бұрын

BENGAL RIDER 🤣🤣🤣🤣

@rajansheshadhri939

6 жыл бұрын

Koushik Das Even this is not lawful. But the big question is who will enforce the Regulations in the train?

@mousumisaha606

6 жыл бұрын

Asadharan

@aradatali1049

5 жыл бұрын

You are right

Any1 can tell me how long dis bridge

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Around 2.2 km.

Simply mind-blowing ❤️

If you cross the barrage without train by the road on left you would see a board after every 200m saying STRICTLY NO PHOTOGRAPHY

@rabibasfore9751

6 жыл бұрын

Big Man .Tyrone

@aradatali1049

5 жыл бұрын

You are right

@Subhadip-om1sm

4 жыл бұрын

This is no photography. It is videography

@borntoaspire5908

4 жыл бұрын

@@Subhadip-om1sm jyada dimag LGA rha hai launde 😂🤣

@mrflash352

4 жыл бұрын

Reason, reduce road accident or for smooth traffic on bridge

Zabardast .

Jo baraze ke baad jo station paas hua wo kaun sa station thaa

@ManiVijay

4 жыл бұрын

Woh New Farakka station hai.

Y river kha padta h

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Yeh Farakka ke paas liya hai - Ganga hai.

Road is more dangerous than it. I experienced it in 2018 August.

Just by the sheer nature of the weather and environment, North Bengal is beautiful. PEACE of mind.

Ami Farakka badh dekhe chi kintu rate eai prothom bar dine deklam THANK YOU 😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉😉

Very nice view of ganga river having filled with heavy waters.

Main left eye se blind hoon kya main without visual handicapped certificate ke bina ... As a normal person apply kar sakta hoon ... For CPWD , CWC Eye disability certificate allow h with 25% of eye disability certificate kya main eligible hoon for CPWD ke liye.

What a superb video!! Loved the mighty Ganga, and the scenic area through which the train is passing. I have yet to see some of these lovely parts of India. Many thanks for this lovely upload.

Jai maa ganga💐🙏

thanx

great video man. I wish I could visit this place :)

@ManiVijay

8 жыл бұрын

+Irfanul Islam Nehal You should definitely plan a trip so that you cross this barrage :-)

@ardhendumajumdar5135

6 жыл бұрын

Irm😴q

@VlogBhander

11 ай бұрын

Hare have a fine video about farakka bridge

Thank you for this wonderful collection of footage!

@ManiVijay

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Sir, the video is just awesome...!!! I had seen the same place at about the midnight, on board on Darjeeling Mail bound for Sealdah. The video made me remember the enormous barrage.. thanks a lot for posting the video..:)

beautiful seen

@hajikulalam5107

7 жыл бұрын

Fife

@sankardas9656

6 жыл бұрын

Satyanarayan Tiwari .

Farakka barrage ka pic Lena gayerkanooni hai Apne pura video banake KZread Mai upload kar diya . Yeh Desh ka security ka sawal hai . Thora sochiye .yeh Hum logo ka sampatti hai hum logo Ko sochna pahrega .

@riponbiswas1243

5 жыл бұрын

You are right

@Ahmad-ik6vz

5 жыл бұрын

Aajkul satellite ka daur hay aur kisi dais ki koi cheez kisi say bhee chuppi hui naheen swayy jo kuch aap kay dmagh main hay.Net par dunia kee hur cheez aa jati hay.

I can remember only the deasel line(not electrified) of that time. the deasel line of north frontier railway.

Thanks, Deepak!!!!

Thank you very much..lovely video

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it :-)

@marutidas2248

6 жыл бұрын

Prashant Srivatsa faeka dam

This was related one victorian names I. e. Jessop builds the famous bridge. But now the factory has become completely closed.

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info.

This is one of the superb video I have seen from an ongoing train

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

Very glad you enjoyed it :-)

what is the length of the bridge.?

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

Around 2.2 km.

Nicely done! thanks for sharing :)

@ManiVijay

7 жыл бұрын

Anuj Bandyopadhyay Thanks!

I live in farakka

Great job man wonderful railway bridge and ganga space are beautiful

@ManiVijay

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Yes. 40089 from Siliguri shed.

Bangladesh-India friendship barrage.

@bclassic2474

5 жыл бұрын

East Beast not really india diverts ganga water before it enters bangladesh

Jai gange maiya🙏

Beautiful in every respect..thanks a lot..What a New Farakka Jn.

@ManiVijay

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks a ton for this vidoe, u brought my childhood memories of rail fanning back.... I use to stay there back in 1990-93 and witnessed the construction of doubling on barrage and canal. Felt nostalgic

@ManiVijay

8 жыл бұрын

Really glad you enjoyed the video!

@hakamsharmafamily7370

2 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/X6iI1pKhc9rFp9I.html

Jay sardar patel

asadharan

@ManiVijay

6 жыл бұрын

Dhannobad.

@prashantgupta8228

3 жыл бұрын

@@ManiVijay r u from Bengal?

How many km is the bridge

@debojitkole

Ай бұрын

2.24

Amazing Videography!!!

Hi

Visited Farakka nearly 20 Years back !