Good view of Padma River

1. You All To The Presentation Of
Ayesha Akter

3. History
The Padma ,Sangskrit meaning Lotus Flower is
mentioned in Hindu mythology. As a byname For the
Goddess Lakshmi.
It is the main distributary of the Ganges. The name
Padma is Given to the lower part of the Bhagirathi River.
The Bangla Name of this river is Podda.

4. In the map of Bangladesh

5. FURTHER DETAILS
Main Source ; The Himalayas
RiVer MoutH : Bay of Bengal
RivEr System : Ganges River System
Length : 120 km.
Discharge rate of water:
35000 cubic meter par second
Location in Bangladesh
: Nawabganj, Razsahi,Pabna,
kushtia, Faridpur and
Chandpur district.

6. RAJSHAHI IS SITUTATED ON THE BANK OF IT

7. Geography
The Padma enters Bangladesh from India
near Nawabganj and meets the Jamuna near
aricha . But finally meets With Meghna near
Chandpur and adopts its name Meghna
before flowing into the Bay of Bengal. The
Padma forms the whole of the southern
boundary of the Pabna district of about 120
km. Rajsahi, a major city in Western
Bangladesh is situated on the north bank of
the padma.

8. Farakka Barrage, a death trap
for Bangladesh
After the construction of
Farakka Barrage on West
Bengal , the maximum
flows in the Padma
river were reduced. It
created a lot of problems
such as, loss of fish spaces
increasing saltwater etc.

9. Our dream, The Padma Bridge
The Padma Bridge, Bangladesh s
Largest estimated project. However the
future of the Bridge became uncertain
when World Bank cancelled its 1.2 billion
Over corruption allegations. But the
Govt. of Bangladesh started the work
without the loan and hired a Chinese
firm to construct the 6.15 km main part
of the bridge. Govt. hired a South
Korean firm to supervise this mega
project.
They have a dream to finish the project
by 2018.

10. The famous boatman of Padma

11. The famous novel named Padma
Nodir Majhi by Manik
Bondhapaddhay was written on
the bases of Padma river

12. The Golden fish ,HILSHSA
The Hilsha of
Padma is
famous not
only in
Bangladesh but
also in the
world too.

13. The secnic beauty of Padma river

14. Even the Moon has its dark side..
So The Padma does some harm too

15. Some things should stop quickly

16. Reference
All the
information
s and photos
were taken
from
internet …

17. Thank you for being with me

18. If you have any question about it I
will try my best to answer them …