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2.10<br />

2.4. The eastern coastal zone – the Sundarbans<br />

The Sundarbans consists of the Coastal belt of the Bay of Bengal on the Southern most fringe of the<br />

State of West Bengal <strong>and</strong> Bangladesh, It forms part of the Gangetic Delta which has been built<br />

primarily by the silt, carried down by the Ganga <strong>and</strong> Brahmaputra river system bounded by river<br />

Hooghly on the west <strong>and</strong> Padma - Meghna on the east. The l<strong>and</strong> is very fertile. The total expanse of<br />

the Sundarbans is above 2.07 Million Hectares out of which only 38.54 percent, that is, 0.791 Million<br />

Hectares lie in India <strong>and</strong> the rest in Bangladesh.<br />

The Sundarbans area is situated in the Southern portion of the District of 24-Parganas bounded by<br />

the river Hooghly on the west, Bay of Bengal on the South <strong>and</strong> Ichhamati-Kalindi-Raimangal river<br />

system on the east bordering Bangladesh. The northern boundary was demarcated from the rest of<br />

24-Parganas district in 1831 by Survey of India by means of what is known as the Dampier-Hodges<br />

Line, This line runs a slightly zig-zag course from Ichhamati near Basirhat in the North-east to the<br />

Hooghly near Kulpi in the South-west.<br />

Figure 2-6. The Sundarbans of West Bengal – reclaimed areas <strong>and</strong> the existing forest areas<br />

(From Paul, 2002)

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