Louhajang River edit
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 Louhajang River in Tangail District
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| Country | Bangladesh |
| Region | Dhaka Division |
| Major city | Tangail |
| Discharge at | Bangshi River |
| Source | Jamuna River |
| - location | Baisnabbari |
Louhajang River (Bengali: লৌহজঙ্গ নদী) is located in central Bangladesh. It branches out from the Jamuna at Baisnabbari in Tangail District. Thereafter it splits into two parts and both rhe parts meet again. It flows past Tangail town, Karotia and Jamurki before joining the Bangshi1Louhajang is linked with the Dhaleshwari2
Until around the 80s, launches and big boats carrying merchandise used to anchor at Tangail. A road at College Para in the town was named 'Amghat' as mangoes from Rajshahi were unloaded there. Besides, the river linked shoals in the western part with rest of the district. The river started dying after the Water Development Board constructed a sluice gate near the confluence of Louhajang and Dhaleshwari rivers in 1992 under its Flood Action Plan-20. Boats stopped plying the route since then as the river lost navigability. In the subsequent years, encroachment of its banks and shore areas increased.3
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