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''Blessed by Nature with abundant rainfall, smiling sunshine, green forests, high plateaus, bewitching valleys, crystal rivers, tumbling waterfalls and dreamy streamlets, here are some of the most beautiful sights, each one an unforgettable aesthetic-feast to every visitor.''
Thlumuwi Located on the sixteenth Km of the Jowai-Muktapur-Dawki Road at a place called Thlumuwi, the stone bridge was built by U Mar Phalyngki and U Luh Lyngskor Lamare under the order of the Jaintia King. Tradition has it that when the Jaintia king shifted the kingdom's summer capital from Sutnga to Nartiang, he required his trusted lieutenants U Mar Phalyngki and U Luh Lyngskor Lamare to cause construction of a bridle-path from Nartiang to Jaintiapur to enable the king and his entourage to frequently commute between Nartiang, the summer capital and Jaintiapur, the regular capital of his kingdom without much inconvenience. The bridle path was constructed and completed with a magnificient stone bridge over the thlumuwi stream. The bridge was made of immense slabs of stone supported upon huge, tall stone pillars. Hundreds of years later during the turn of the present century, one of the stone slabs broke when a reckless elephant trader led some elephants, caught in a Kheddah Operation in Jaintia Hills, over the stone bridge instead of causing them to wade through the stream on their way down to Sylhet. The stone bridge with the collapsed and broken segment is still in position. The banks of the Thlumuwi stream with the cascading Muwi waterfall which overlook the stone bridge presents a memorable scenic panorama to every visitor.
Dawki Dawki is located on the Indo-Bangla Frontier at the end of the Guwahati-Shillong-Dawki Road. i.e. N.H-40. As one crosses the international frontiers at Dawki, one steps on to Tamabil to converge onto the Tamabil-Sylhet-Dhaka Highway of Bangladesh. Very close to the Dawki customs checkpost flows the Dawki river with Jaintia Hills District on one side and East Khasi Hills District on the other. An eye-catching motorable suspension bridge spans the Dawki river to complete the missing link of NH-40. The bridge, an engineering feat was constructed by the British before India became independent,as the overland life-line between the provinces of East Bengal and Assam. The bridge, though old, is an impeccable standard of maintenance, adding to the general beauty of the picturesque border town of Dawki, known for its sweet, juicy orange market.In this river Umngot where the bridge is suspended,there is a Boat rowing Competition organized annually by the villagers during the month of February /March,which includes also swimming,water polo,etc. |
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