A small town of eastern Assam, named after Italian Queen. It has a history, in 19th century then NEFA (North East Frontier) constructed a railway bridge to transport coal from the Margherita and near by coal fields. Chevaliar Robert Paganini ,the chief Engineer of the project was an Italian gentleman, he named that small new born town as Margherita after the reigining Italian Queen. Before that it was known as Ma-Kum which means abode of all tribes.
It is 42 K.m from Tinsukia town, you have to take N.H 38 from Makum to reach Margherita. Green tea garden will welcome you to the city of Black Diamond. On the way you will get Digboi, the place where Oil was found for the first time in India. You must see the refinary which is very near to the highway. Another important place to see is the war cemetery. You will realise the terror of war and how some one beloved lost their life. There you will find grave of many young people who were only son of their parent and died at a very young age.
On the way from Digboi to Margherita you have to cross a small hill which is a part of its beauty. There you will find the Burhi Dihing flowing through the middle of the town. It is famous for its sands colour and is a mai tributary of Brahmaputra. Do you want to taste ethnic cuisine then this is the best option for you. You can visit Singphoo Villa and Resorts and other restaurants which provides you a long menu of ethnic cuisines. If you have taken food then we can move forward to see the coal fields of North Eastern Coal Field where you will see the hazards of open cast mining and development due to industrialization. Here you will find Asia's first mechanized break factory and under ground coal mining. Your eyes may catch the Himalayan range also if the sky is clear. Yes!you are right this is the famous Patkai range, Ahom ancestor Sukafa came to establish Mung Dun Sun Khan (The Valley of Golden Paddy) through this this road only. Hei look at that elevation strange na! Its human made elevation. Now we will see some souvenir of second world war. It is the air strip used by the Western Allience and that is the Budhist tample, known as Mulang Budhist Tample. If you are interested in folk culture study than Margherita can be a Ideal palce here as it is a place of many tribes, Ahom, Miching, Nepali, Chingpho, Tai fake, Tai Khamti, Tangsa, Jemi, Moran, Mottuk, Sonowal, Kochari, Maan etc. Now we will go to Still well park from which point famous Still Well Road or Barma road is starting. This Lekha pani station is the last east point railway station. Now if you are interested in wildlife then Dihing patkai reserve forest is there.....
Yes I am Impressed with Margherita what about you................
No comments:
Post a Comment