The West Bengal Chief Minister recently laid the foundation stone of a 5-km-long bridge over the river Muriganga to connect Sagar Island with the mainland.
About Sagar Island:
Sagar Island, also known as Gangasagar or Sagardwip, is located in the Ganges delta, in West Bengal.
It lies at the mouth of the Hooghly River (a major distributary of the Ganges), an arm of which separates it from the mainland to the east.
Although Sagar Island is a part of Sundarbans, it does not have any tiger habitation or mangrove forests or small river tributaries as is characteristic of the overall Sundarban delta.
Situated at a point where the Ganges River system meets the Bay of Bengal, the island is held to be particularly sacred and is a noted Hindu pilgrimage center.
Thousands of pilgrims make their way to Sagardwip every year in mid-January to take a holy dip in the river during the Ganga Sagar Fair.
The Ganga Sagar Fair is the second most attended fair in the world, after the popular Kumbh Mela.
The Kapil Muni temple on the island is a popular pilgrim centre.
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