Tellabs 8110 MLLN Leased Line Modem Troubleshooting and Cisco Serial Interface Troubleshooting - Networking/Telecom Field Engineer Guide

Hi, I'm Sujoy from India and today I'll tell you how to troubleshoot Serial Interface on Cisco Router and Tellabs 8110 Leased Line Modem Troubleshooting by LED indications. Look at the picture below. It shows a Cisco 1905 router and Tellabs 8110 NTU modem.

Step 1: There are two types of serial interface cards for Cisco routers-
1)     WIC-1T = WAN Interface Card – 1T1/E1 Port = 60pin ‘thick’ serial port, deep blue colour. Old, slow, generally 256Kbps.
2)     HWIC-1T = High-speed WAN Interface Card – 1T1/E1 Port = ‘slim’ serial port, light blue colour. New, fast, 1.5Mbps or more. Also called HSSI (High Speed Serial Interface) or ‘Smart Serial’ by Cisco. In HWIC-2T two similar serial interfaces will be there.
Both the serial cards have one LED called ‘CONN’, or Connectivity LED. Now look at the serial interface on router. Is CONN LED glowing? If yes, Layer 1 (physical layer) is up, i.e serial interface Status is up.

Step 2: If CONN LED is not glowing, then look at the modem. Generally all modems have few LEDs on front for indication/troubleshooting purpose. (Some has LCD display and buttons for onsite troubleshooting, example- Tellabs STU-160). Our modem is- Tellabs 8110 NTU (Network Terminating Unit). Tellabs 8110 NTU has Power, PMA, DMA, Line 1, and Line 2 LEDs on front.

Power LED- If glowing, modem has power. If not, check power source/power adaptor.
PMA LED- Prompt Maintenance Alarm, if glowing then there’s connectivity issue. Check cabling and restart modem/Contact ISP.
DMA LED- Deferred Maintenance Alarm, if glowing then modem has hardware issue. Replace modem.
Line 1 LED- If glowing, line cable is connected. If not, check line cable on back or contact ISP.
Line 2 LED- If glowing, line cable is connected. If not, check line cable on back or contact ISP.

Tellabs 8110 NTU is a MLLN (Managed Lease Line Network) modem, generally managed by ISP remotely for line quality monitoring, testing, loopback test etc. The Tellabs® 8110 Network Terminating Unit (CTU-S) uses ETSI HDSL-based technology. It has a maximum symmetrical data rate of 4,544 Kbps and it has AC, DC and remote power feed options. The Tellabs 8110 NTU (CTU-S) is connected to the Tellabs® 8100 Managed Access System.

Step 3: Look at this picture below for essential connectivity on the back of a modem. It should have attest three cables connected. Power, Line, and DTE interface. (If modem has remote power feed, then power cable may not be there). Check cables/connectors if properly inserted or not. If everything is ok, we’ll check router next.

Step 4: Establish console session with router or have telnet session and go to Router# prompt (privilege mode). Issue command show ip int brief and check the output. If the serial interface in question is showing status- administratively down, then enable the interface by no shutdown command. Interface Status should become up (if card is not faulty).

Router# config t
Router(config)# interface serial 0/0/0
Router(config-if)# no shutdown

But if interface Status is showing up but Protocol is down, then there can be several possibilities. They are- No keepalives between router and switch, local router or switch misconfigured, leased-line or other carrier service problem, timing problem on facility, router hardware failure, or problem on local or remote DSU/CSU, wrong LMI type, wrong DLCI.

Step 5: At this point you can do two things. One- troubleshoot router interface and running-configuration. Two- contact your ISP for line checkups and change modem.
How to decide? If there are no recent configuration changes done on router before serial interface went down, then it can be issues with serial card or modem or line. You can check that by command- show run

Router# show run
Building configuration…
Current configuration : 9363 bytes
!
Last configuration change at 13:54:46 IST Wed Apr 20 2016 by Admin

If no configuration changes are done, contact your ISP to check line and change modem. In most cases, this fixes the problem.
If configuration changes are done, and link went down after that, you need to do serial interface troubleshooting, that is a long (!) process and I’ll discuss that in my next article.

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How to Upgrade to SBI Freedom v2.0.1 ,State Bank Mobile Banking Application on Android

Hi friends,

I'm Sujoy,today I'll tell you how to Upgrade to latest version of SBI Freedom Mobile Banking Application as the older version will be discontinued from 1st April 2016. You can read my old article on how to register/deregister/change your SBI mobile banking mobile number here- http://sujoyn70.blogspot.in/2014/03/how-to-change-registered-mobile-number.html

Step 1) Downloaded latest version of SBI Freedom v2.0.1 from Google Play Store here- https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sbi.SBFreedom

Step 2) Run the application and choose "Already Have User ID and default MPIN?" option if you have mobile banking registered and Have User ID and default MPIN from old application.

Step 3) Complete Steps 1 to 5. Enter your existing User ID and default MPIN. Choose a new PIN (can be alphanumeric).

Step 4) At step 5 it says you'll get a sms code from bank, but I did not get that. If you don't, then manually write an sms- MBREG and send to 9223440000.
You'll get an SMS from bank stating- Cannot process request. Your mobile number is already registered. Else you need to register for mobile banking freshly.

After that you should get your GPRS activation key from bank by sms.
If you don't, just follow steps 1 to 5 again. Once you've received 8 digit GPRS activation key, send sms- MBSGAC <GPRS activation key> to 9223440000.

Step 5) After that you'll get an SMS confirming GPRS now enabled for your account. You can now use SB Freedom over GPRS.

Step 6) Then you can login using your old userID and newly set MPIN (can be alphanumeric). If it asks for register, then please complete registration by visiting any nearest SBI ATM and choose Banking option and choose Mobile Banking Registration option. You can register from NetBanking also. Or visit home branch. I know it's frustrating!

Step 7) You can now login and enjoy new app!

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[Solved] % WAN interface is DSL Problem on Cisco 867VAE-K9 Router Branch WAN ISP Router

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I'm Sujoy from India and today I'll tell you how to fix a problem with Cisco 867VAE-K9 router. While configuring IP address and giving no shutdown command on GigabitEthernet1 interface, I got the error message % WAN interface is DSL and could not enable the interface. How did I fix it? Read below.

Physical overview of Cisco 867VAE-K9

If you look at the picture, you'll see the GE1 (GigabitEthernet1) is marked as WAN. So why can't I assign an IP address on that? Because Cisco 867VAE-K9 router supports both DSL and Ethernet medium for WAN connectivity, and DSL is default. So you've to convert it to Ethernet by giving command- Router(config)#wan mode ethernet
Below is the command output captured using PuTTy. Notice I've set speed to 10 (Mbps). Sometimes you need to manually set speed to 10Mbps and duplex full or as instructed by your ISP.

Router(config)#wan mode ethernet
% DSL interfaces will be disabled.
Router(config)#
*Mar  9 10:39:06.907: %CONTROLLER-5-UPDOWN: Controller VDSL 0, changed state to administratively down
Router(config)#int gigabitEthernet 1
Router(config-if)#ip address 10.75.0.162 255.255.255.252
Router(config-if)#no shut
Router(config-if)#
*Mar  9 10:41:05.979: %LINK-3-UPDOWN: Interface GigabitEthernet1, changed state to up
Router(config-if)#speed 10
Router(config-if)#duplex full

Don't forget to save changes by write command after all configurations are done by command- Router# write

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iostream.h Header File Not Supporting in Dev C++ Windows 64bit x64 [solved]_How To Do C++ Programming in Dev C++

Hi Friends, I'm Sujoy from India. And I'm back with another technology article for you. 
Today I'll tell you about how to do C programming and C++ programming on your Windows x64 PC or laptop. Lots of users ask me what is the best C++ compiler and IDE for Windows 8 64bit and Windows 7 64bit computer/laptop/pc? We all loved the Borland Turbo C++ IDE on our older 32bit Pentium or Celeron PCs/laptops running Windows XP; and many of us learned programming using the Borland Turbo C++. But Borland Turbo C++ is not officially available for 64bit versions of Windows 7 or Windows 8. However you can run older Borland Turbo C++ v3.0 using DOSBox on Windows 7 and 8.

But the problem is, the compiler itself is 16 bit, which runs virtually under DOSBox. And being a 16bit compiler, after compiling a program, the executable file which it produces (Windows .exe file) is itself 16bit. So you can't run the .exe file individually as standalone executable file on Windows 64bit computer. You've to generate the .exe file by compiling the original .cpp source-code every time from inside the DOSBox Turbo C++ to run them. And if you want to distribute your programs to your friend/colleague, he/she has to do the same in order to run them if they are on a 64bit machine.

Also the older Borland Turbo C++ v3.0 provides you with an older no graphical type of interface. Where everything runs slow and copy-pasting is difficult and managing large source-codes are tough. And you can't have a program name more than 8 characters!

So, as you can see, this solution is not optimal. So we've to move to a modern Compiler & IDE. And you can make 64bit codes supporting dynamic programming which can use all the capabilities of your modern 64bit processor. I'd suggest using Dev C++.  In that you can choose compiler version- 32bit or 64bit.

But there’s one problem with Dev C++.  That I'll tell you how to solve.

Problem Description:

In older Borland Turbo C++ IDE, we could directly write a simple 'Hello World' C++ program like below-

#include<iostream.h>

#include<conio.h>

int main()

{

cout<<"Hello World";

getch();

return 0;

}

But when I tried the same code in Dev C++, I got the following error- 1  21           C:\Users\Sujoy Krishna Das\Documents\Dev C++\Hello World.cpp [Error] iostream.h: No such file or directory  - compilation terminated.

The problem seems with the iostream.h header file, Dev C++ can't recognize it. And without the iostream.h header file, we can't do C++ programming. How did I fix it? Read below.

Problem Solution-

You need to do little modification in the code to run it on Dev C++. I used the Dev C++ v5.8.3. The updated code is below.

#include<iostream>

#include<conio.h>

using namespace std;

int main()

{

cout<<"Hello World";

getch();

return 0;

}

And it ran successfully!

Explanation-
What changes did I do? Dev C++ supports newer ANSI C++.  That has gone through many changes. In older style compiler IDE like Borland Turbo C++, you could use the <iostream.h> header file, now you've to use the ANSI C++ version-  <iostream> only. And another is using namespace std; . Where using & namespace are the two keywords of ANSI C++ and std is the namespace where ANSI C++ standard class libraries are defined.

In short, you have to write #include<iostream> and using namespace std; at the beginning of every program in Dev C++. That's it! Now you can make programs of your choice! I hope you've liked my article!

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5 Durga Puja Pandal in Kolkata You Must Visit This Season (Durga Puja Guide of Kolkata)

Hi friends,

I'm Sujoy. Kolkata is known as the "City of Joy". For Bengalis, it's Kallolini Tilottama (কল্লোলিনী তিলোত্তমা ). It's known for it's river Ganges, College Street, Rosogollas, Adda( chatting with friends), love and many more. And of course- Durga Puja.It's referred to as Bengalis Best Festival ( বাঙালির শ্রেষ্ঠ উৎসব). Let me present you some interesting facts about Durga Puja.

1. It's world's one of the largest celebrated festival.
2. It's also largest open air art exhibition in the world.
3. It's largest hindu festival.
4. It's biggest festival of state West Bengal.

Now let me tell you some good puja pandals you must visit if you are in Kolkata during Durga Puja. However,this information is NOT complete and ultimate. Listing best Durga Pujas of Kolkata in only 5 listing is NOT possible,this is just my small effort to present Kolkata's pride to India and to the world. Your views are welcome,share it below in comments with pictures. That'll also help other readers.

1) Mohammad Ali Park - College Square:
This puja is known for its lighting decoration + pandal design and theme puja + Durga Puja idol. This is one of the 'College Square' pujas, organised near the College Street,Kolkata. This puja is near the Presidency University, near Mahatma Gandhi Road metro station. Each year they decorate the park using LED and bulb lighting with some beautiful theme portrayed using lights! This year 2014,college square theme was- Globalisation. Do watch the video to know more. Also they also decorate the puja pandal in a theme. This year,the theme of puja pandal was Buddhism.

Plan to visit this puja- Come by metro,then visit this puja and other college square pujas (all are good) and then go for visit other pujas near Sealdah Railway Station or again board the metro and visit South Kolkata Puja.

2) Ekdalia Evergreen - Singhi Park:
This puja is also known for its street lighting decoration + puppets and figures made of lighting + pandal design and theme puja + Durga Puja idol. This is one of the best 'South Kolkata' pujas. This puja is near the Gariahat Crossing,near Ballygunge Railway Station. This puja is famous for LED street lighting and pandal decoration. Also this puja is popular because from this puja,you can go to many directions,towards other pujas.

Plan to visit this puja- Drop to Gariahat crossing or Ekdalia Crossing, visit this puja,next is Singhi Park Puja, then go for visit other South Kolkata pujas.

3) Dum Dum Park - VIP Lake Town:
Lots of pujas happen in this area. You can check pujas of 'Dum Dum Park','Shreebhumi','Tarun Sangha', 'Bharat Sangha', they do really good pujas and decoration. This puja is around 1.5km from the Nager Bazar Crossing, and around 1.5km from Belgachia Metro Railway Station. This puja is popular because from this puja,you can go either Salt Lake or can take metro and can go elsewhere.There are lots of  very good pujas are there in Salt Lake.

Plan to visit this puja- Drop to Nager Bazar Crossing, visit this puja,next is VIP Lake Town Puja, Salt Lake Shreebhumi then go for visiting other South Kolkata pujas.


4. Babubagan - Jodhpur Park:
You can see 'Jodhpur Park','Babubagan Agradut Club', 'Ashad Sangha', 'Mudiali Club' pujas and many more. This puja is around 500m from the Dhakuria Railway Station. Babubagan and Jodhpur Park  pujas are quite popular among pandal hoppers.

Plan to visit this puja- Drop to Dhakuria More, visit Babubagan puja,next is Jodhpur Park,then go for visiting other South Kolkata pujas.

5. Shovabazar Rajbari-
If you are not fond of theme puja and lighting gimmick, and want to enjoy a traditional puja; then this puja is for you. This puja belongs to royal family of Shobhabazar. Every year they do the worship with royal dignity and pleasing simplicity with devotion. Welcome to the 225 years old Durga Puja in Kolkata! Attractions of this puja are, 'Debi Boron' on Sasthi(first day of Durga Puja) with gunfire, 'Sindur Khela' on Navami, where women put Sindoor(vermilion) on each others forehead wishing for long life of their husbands, and the 'Bisorjon'(the immersion of Durga idol in river) on Dashmi. And the beautiful Durga idol is another attraction.
Bonus: Not to mention,you can find some celebrities in this puja!

You can watch my Durga Puja & Kali Puja videos of Kolkata from my YouTube channel here- http://goo.gl/NdmR6a
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Flipkart Affiliate Program Review India 2014 - My First Income!

Hello Friends,

I'm Sujoy. Many of you have heard about Flipkart Affiliate Program. Some of you might be wondering what this affiliate program is and some of you thinking is it another online scam in India? Well first let me assure that Flipkart Affiliate Program is not a scam, flipkart really pays to its affiliates. I've got my first payment from flipkart this week.

What is Flipkart Affiliate Program?
Flipkart Affiliate Program is a program where you post affiliate links(promotion links) of flipkart products on your own blog, youtube videos, facebook fan page, twitter feeds, google+ page etc. That is, you can post product links to any online media where you think maximum chances of people seeing it and thus maximum clicks on the link.

And when someone purchases something from flipkart following your affiliate link,you get a percentage commision of that sale! It's cool! You don't need to actively sale anything to anybody,still you get commission for each sale. And the good part is, even if the viewer don't buy that product following your link,but they purchase something else from Flipkart during the session,you get paid for that sell,even if you didn't promote it!

Basic Criteria of Joining Flipkart Affiliate Program?
You just need to have any online media where adequate and appropriate visitors visit regularly. Flipkart generally looks for media with more than 20000 monthly visitors. Flipkart sells products from books, fitness accessories, mobiles, tablets, digital camera/handycam, computers, cloths, home/kitchen appliances, menswear, womenswear, software and many more thing. You just have to think which product category( or more than one category) you can promote via your online media. For example if you have a website where you regularly review latest gadgets, then you can promote electronics items in it.
Or if your site provides college admission news/education info, then promote books/educational content,which has 10% commission rates. All commission rates and other details you can get in Flipkart Affiliate Program website here.

Some Things To Remember-
1. Be sure and sincere on what kind of product you can and you will promote. Try to give your audience best possible deals,so that they like to come to your site/blog/youtube channel regularly.
2. Use flipkart provided banners/search bar/links cleverly and beautifully in your blog/website without bothering your viewers too much with ads.
3. Each sale appears on your affiliate page within 24/48 hours of purchase, and one months sell is accumulated and calculated at the end of month,so don't worry if it is not showing in your affiliate home/landing page currently.
4. Each month's sale is paid after two months,before 15th of the month. For example,my May 2014 sales were accumulated & calculated at the end of May, and I got the payment on 14th of July 2014.
5. If you choose E-Gift-Voucher(minimum earnings Rs 250),then you can use that for purchasing items from flipkart, if item value exceeds voucher value, rest you have to pay. If you choose Cash Payment(minimum earnings Rs 1000),then flipkart will transfer the amount to your bank account via NEFT.
6. I'm not their marketing agent,I'm just sharing my own experience with you!

Why Join Flipkart Affiliate Program?
1. It's free!
2. Get upto 15% of commision on some product categories
3. No direct selling is required
4. Track your sales, page views, traffic report, earnings report online
5. Lots of affiliate tools from Flipkart
6. Timely payment
7. Option to choose either E-Gift-Voucher(minimum earnings Rs 250) or Cash Payment(minimum earnings Rs 1000).

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Some screenshots of my Earnings Proof and Spending That!

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My 3Days 2Night Weekend Trip to Dooars North Bengal,Day 2 - Elephant Ride at Jhallong Bungalow,Murti Resort

Hello My Dear Friends,

I'm Sujoy,and this is my 2nd day tour diary of my My 3Days 2Night Weekend Trip to Dooars North Bengal, covering Elephant Ride at Jhallong Bungalow,Murti Resort. To read about my yesterday's trip,click here. 

Today I woke up at 4:30am in the morning for the elephant ride,which I booked yesterday evening. More details given in my previous article. At sharp 5am,tour started. We were in Tata Safari car,heading towards the Jhallong Bungalow,which is around 5km from Jaldapara Tourist Lodge. There are only two elephant rides per day,first is from 5:30am-6:30am,next safari is from 6:30am-7:30am. After reaching the Jhallong Bungalow,we had to wait for another 45 minutes to get other teams arrive. Lazy people!

The elephant ride started from Jhallong Bungalow. Near the bungalow,there's a cement platform,you've to climb to it,elephant will be standing adjacent to it,then it becomes very easy to ride onto the elephant. Even elderly people can easily ride the elephant with this arrangement. 4 persons + 1 elephant pilot are allowed per elephant. Behind us,3 more elephants followed with other tourists. After getting onto the elephant,when it first started walking,I felt very uncomfortable. It seems like I'm over a moving earthquake! Sometimes left,sometimes right,oh my god! But after 10 minutes or so,I completely forgot the feeling and started enjoying.

As soon as we entered the jungle,I enjoyed the sound of birds, moistness of fresh jungle air, clean greenaries. A feeling immediately came into my mind that these jungle and wildlife are our national treasure,we must preserve them for our future generation,and of course for the planet Earth. The elephants are well trained,they easily went through the trees into the jungle. There are some small streams in the jungle,I was enthrilled when it crossed the stream. Chapp..chapp...chapp,sound of water was coming with every step of the animal! I felt like I'm covering the stream flying! We also met other elephants near the stream.

We first spotted some wild cuckoos,and one peacock. Ahead our path,there was one wild berry tree,we could easily have grasp of it from top,we picked some! It's fun! Suddenly the elephant was hurled to stop. What happened? The pilot indicated near elephant's legs,he just managed to save some eggs of peacock! They were of twice of size of duck eggs. Later we also spotted some beautiful birds on the trees. Next,we confronted another stream,walking through it,we saw the most anticipated animal of the day- the rhino! There's a huge rhino just 15 feet away from us! Half body under water. It just opened its mouth as we approached it! Like telling- hey stay there,don't disturb me. We took some cool photos of it! I also spotted the light-house far away, where I went yesterday during jungle safari!

It's return time! Our elephants rode us back to the Hollong Bungalow. On our way back bungalow,sky got covered with black clouds and it started thundering. As soon as we entered the Hollong Bungalow,it started raining heavily. We were so lucky to have finished the elephant ride in the first trip,people who were in second trip got terribly drenched in rain! Almost after 50 minutes when rain stopped,we returned to Jaldapara Lodge.

During the breakfast in dining hall,I met a nice family. They had booking in Murti Tourist Lodge (Murti Resort),another lodge of West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation Limited. I did not have any plan myself,so I joined them.

Soon after the breakfast,we checked out from the lodge at around 11am and headed towards the Murti Tourist Lodge in a Maruti Omni Van. We reached the lodge at around 2:30pm. Car cost Rs 1200. The road is just fantastic,it's smooth,wide and with beautiful landscapes on the either side. We crossed Goodrick Tea Estate and some other tea estates on our way. We passed parallel to some mountains and a saw bridge on a dry river. We stopped there to enjoy the scenic beauty. The river stretched far to the mountains,with a nice panoramic view to offer. The sky is clear blue there,not like dull blue sky in cities.

Before entering the Murti Lodge,we found that the small bridge over the Murti River is broken. Because of that we had to leave the car on the other side of the river and took our shoes off to cross the river bare-footed! Wow! The water was little cold and was crystal clear. We could see all the stones on the riverbed. The stream was moderate as it's not rainy season and water level was below our knees. The Murti Tourist Lodge(named Banani) is situated on the bank of River Murti. On the other side of the river,there's dense forest. Food is good at Banani,as I got to know from my co-travellers.

They had online booking in Murti Lodge,called Banani, you can book it online at-
http://app.westbengaltourism.gov.in/WBTBooking/wbtdc.html).

I did not have the booking so I went out to find an accommodation for myself as the Murti Lodge was full that day. I found an accommodation at- Dooars Residency. This lodge is good but little bit inside from the road. But anyway,it has four separate deluxe cottages,I got one. The rate is 1350 per cottage,but after little bargaining and as it was just start of the season,I got it at 1000 for a night,foods extra. Good deal! Whereas they had to pay 1500 for their room in Murti Lodge! From inside,the cottage is like any other hotel room with all amenities like jumbo double bed,Tv,wardrobe,attached bath with geyser etc.

We spend that day idle,enjoying good meal in our respective lodges,with sight of Murti River nearby. Good sight, fresh air, full of hospitality, what else do you need to spend a leisure day! We all needed a day like this apart from all hustles and bustles of our daily life!! In the evening we took a nice walk in the neighborhood alongside the Murti River and surroundings! My hotel staff told me to be a little alert as sometimes during the summer elephants come to Murti River to drink water. They also stand silently in the darks in the roadside! My day 2 ended like this!!

Coming up,day 3- Our seven point tour to Jhallong-Bindoo, to the farthest point of West Bengal,border of Bhutan and India, Jaldhaka Hydel Power Plant, rubber garden, Malbazar Hanuman Temple etc; all in my tour diary of day 3!

General Information about Jaldapara National Park-

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What To Watch in Jaldapara National Park- One horn rhinos, Bison, Leopard, Spotted Deer, Hog Deer, Sambar,Wild Tuskers,Wild Boars, Pythons, Monitor Lizards, Turtles and more animals. Jaldapara is paradise for bird watchers. Expect- Bengal Florican, Crested Eagle, Pallas's Fishing Eagle, Shikara, Peacocks, Jungle Fowl, Peafowl, Hornbill etc.

Best Time To Visit Jaldapara National Park- November to May (closed from June-September during monsoon)
Online Booking Guide- If you want to book your room in any govt tourist lodge/resort, it's advisable to book it at least 1 or 2 month earlier that your trip day. It's very hard to get instant bookings in Murti Resort, Jaldapara Tourist Lodge,Jhallong Bungalow etc as rooms are booked from 3 months in advance by many tourists.

Must Bring- Binoculars, Camera with preferably high zoom lens.

Duration of Trip- A 3-5 days trip is good for covering the Jaldapara and surrounding.

How to Reach Jaldapara National Park from Kolkata-

There are various ways to reach Jaldapara from Kolkata. Nearby train stations are Hasimara and Falakata both are around 19km from Jaldapara. Nearby bus stand is Madarihat,which is around 1km from Jaldapara National Park.
By road- Buses for Siliguri departs from Kolkata Esplanade(Dharmatala) bus stand. Then from Siliguri you can go to Jaldapara by hired car/or by train. But travel by bus is not always a better idea.
By train- Trains like Kanchan Kanya Exp,Kanchenjunga Exp,Howrah Guwahati Weekly Exp goes to Hasimara(19km from Jaldapara). Or get Teesta Torsa Exp,Uttar Banga Exp,Kamrup Exp to Falakata(19km from Jaldapara). My point is that, just get any train to North Bengal,reach any North Bengal stations such as- New Jalpaiguri,New Mal Junction,Mal Junction,AlipurDuar Junction,New AlipurDuar Junction and then book any car and head to Jaldapara.
Other Places to Visit from Jaldapara- Jaldapara National Park,Chilapata Forest(for dense jungle and jungle camp),Murti Tourist Lodge(a leisure day at jungle),Chapramari Wildlife Sanctuary,Jhallong-Bindoo Viewpoint(border of West Bengal & Bhutan,and hydel power plant),Gorumara Forest,Buxa Fort(historical place) and Tiger Reserve,Raja Bhat Khawa,South Khayerbari Leopard Rescue Centre,Jayanti River(nice scenic beauty),Kunjanagar Eco Park,Cooch Behar Palace(Coochbehar Rajbari),Baneswar Tortoise Project,Totopara Tribal Village(famous for orange orchard,anthropology),Raimatang via Kalchini(good sceneries),Bhutan etc.

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