The Sundarban is the border in between India and Bangladesh. Most of the part is situated inside India whereas the rest part is situated in Bangladesh. It’s low-lying Island of the Bay of Bengal. There is a huge mangrove forest in the Sundarban area for it’s salty water. At the ancient lots of tigers were living in the mangrove forest. The word royal Bengal tiger is invented from here. Royal Bengal tigers were moving from here to there freely in the mangrove forest for searching food. Later a tiger reserved park named sundarban national park is developed by both central and state governments. Sundarban is full of natural beauties like mangrove forests, tigers, wild animals, crocodiles, birds, etc. The people of Sundarban are very honest in nature. They maintain their daily life by collecting honey, wood from the jungle. They also collect fish and crabs in the river and sub cannel in the mangrove forest. Sometimes many peoples are fallen in the hunt for the royal Bengal tiger. Many of them have saved their lives and many have lost their lives. From this we know that there are too much data are available in the sundarban for many species. Therefore I can say the relationship between Sundarban and researchers is very compact.
The researchers can collect a huge amount of data in the Sundarban. Many of these are as follows:-
- Data regarding soil and water:- The soil of sundarban is a little different from the other parts of India. The water of the sundarban area is a little salty. Therefore, you can collect the composition of chemical elements of soil which is very necessary for cultivation in this area. Similarly, you can experiment with the water also. Which can help in many fields like drinking, salt production, cultivation, etc.
- Data regarding mangrove trees:- As per the environmental weather condition mangrove trees are growing here very fine. Generally, mangrove forest is seen in the Sundarban area in West Bengal. So that researchers can experiment with mangrove forests.
- Research on tigers:- There are too many tigers are available in the Sundarban. Tigers are also moving there freely in the mangrove forest and sundarban national park. Therefore, the researcher can collect sufficient data by watching tigers closely regarding hunting, liking, health, production time, attacking process, avoidance, and many more.
- Collect data on birds:- More than 500 species of birds are available in Sundarban. Not only do these birds come from other parts of India but also come from many regions of the world. You can watch birds closely and clearly from many watchtowers like sudhanyakhali watchtower, sojnekhali bird watching tower, etc. So that you can collect sufficient data on the birds.
- Live hood of the people:- The people in the Sundarban are very honest and simple in nature. They maintain their life by collecting honey, crabs, fish, and wood. They have been following this way from the very beginning till date. So that you can collect sufficient data on the people and their lifestyle along with culture.
If you will make a trip for sundarban tour then you can get more and more opportunity to know many new things along with your better enjoyment. There are many sundarban tour operators are available in Kolkata and Gosaba to make sundarban tour for tourists. They provide many sundarban tour packages, you can select a sundarban tour package which can fulfill your need. Many of them provide customized sundarban tour packages within the budget of their customers. So you can make a customized sundarban tour package also. But remember there are lots of information are available in Sundarban which can give you the best data for your research.