Gour Express: আমের শহর মালদা থেকে রোজ যায় শিয়ালদা - Joydeep Roy

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Reminiscing the now (temporarily) closed ghat section.
Pic 1 : Some concrete structure visible behind the foliage below a river.
Pic 2 and few other pics : Perpetually mist covered dense forest.
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3 : Since seeing the wiki page click here I wanted to capture that forest bridge, and I did :)
Pic 12, 14 : Lot of such fast flowing muddy rivers which originate on these mountains. Lot of projects going on, these streams and rivers are drying up in the summer in recent years due to deforestation.
Pic 13 - 26 : SBHR.
The greenish low level PF 2 - 3.
PF 1 work is on.
KSRTC buses waiting for the train. just outside the station.
Antyodaya coach.
Freights with their bankers all set to climb to SKLR.
A view of the SBHR running room, which won the award as best running room of SWR. I think they are the ones ensuring food supply for the workers stationed in the ghats - /blog/post/3677629
Whereas, its SKLR which has the machinery to clear the ghats, like right now due to landslides /blog/post/3682994
Pics 27 - 35 : View of the DD coach.
A seat for the physically challenged with braille indication.
Knurled handlebars for better grip inside the coach and while climbing.
Some snacks - Crunchy Maddur vade and crispy Uddina vade with red chutney.