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Dawki or Dauki is a town in West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya, India.
Geography
It is located at Template:Coord,[1] on the border between India and Bangladesh.[2]
Dawki Border-crossing
Template:See also Dawki Integrated Check Post or Dawki border crossing is on Dawki-Tamabil is one of the few road border crossings between India and Bangladesh in West Jaintia Hills district in the state of Meghalaya, India, the corresponding post in Bangladesh is Tamabil post. Dawki ICP foundation stone was laid in January 2017 and will become operation in 2-18.[3] It is used mainly for coal transportation to Bangladesh. Some 500 trucks cross the border every day in peak season.[4][5][6]
Some shared transport is available from Iewduh in Shillong to the border post at Dawki every morning. Buses are also available for the Template:Convert journey from Shillong. On the other side inside Bangladesh the Tamabil bus station, Template:Convert away, has regular bus service to Sylhet Template:Convert away.[7][8]
Places of interest
Dawki Bridge, is a suspension bridge over the Umngot River. It was constructed in 1932 by the British.[9]
See also
- Living Root Bridge: type suspension bridge created with living plant roots
References
- ↑ http://wikimapia.org/559420/Dawki Wikimapia
- ↑ A trip to Dawki: A hidden paradise and a friendly international border(5 February 2016).
- ↑ Dawki ICP foundation stone laid.
- ↑ Travel and Tourism Information.
- ↑ Coal-laden trucks stranded on Bangladesh border. The Hindu Business Line, 13 December 2011.
- ↑ Notification No. 63/94-Cus. (N.T.) dtd 21/11/1994 with amendments - Land Customs Stations and Routes for import and export of goods by land or inland water ways.
- ↑ Shillong to Sylhet{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. India Lonely Planet(15 September 2010). ISBN 9781742203478
- ↑ From India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Bangladesh Lonely Planet(2008). ISBN 9781741045475
- ↑ http://en.structurae.de/structures/data/index.cfm?id=s0010632 Dawki Suspension Bridge