Gabkhan Channel is a canal connecting
Pirojpur District
Pirojpur () is a district (zilla) in southern-western Bangladesh. It is a part of Barisal Division.
Etymology
According to myth, the second son of Subedar Shah Shuja, Firoz Shah, died in this area, and the area became known subsequently as 'Fi ...
of
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ...
with
Jhalakati District.
The canal was excavated during the British period in 1918 to connect the
Sandha River
Samdha is a village development committee in Mahottari District in the Janakpur Zone of south-eastern Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census
The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of ...
of Pirojpur district and the
Sugandha River of Jhalakati district with a view to reducing the distance on the Dhaka-Mongla and Chittagong-Mongla river routes by about . This canal length is 18 kilometers.
It is known as the
Suez Canal of Bangladesh,
starting from
Kawkhali near the village of Ashoa.
References
Barishal Division
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