Approaching Gungaram means arriving at BD

The Ganga Darjeeling road was an idea turned into reality by the British regime. The Britons were fond of climate full of  hills and cold and earmarked such areas during their early settlements of company rule in these regions. The gangetic region was hence tried to be linked with the so-called queen of hills and this roadmap and the entire idea  slowly evolved. Today this is also known as NH31. To travel along it gives you a joy of driving. The road is comparatively broad and smooth without  dense   habitation. A number of rivers fall however during this highway with  both short and long road bridges. Till recent times a wooden bridge used to be found in the Limka book of records as the only wooden roadbridge  on a national highway in India happened to be that. Once you start for Bagdogra airport which also happens to be the nearest and the only airport in the region a natural inclination arises to see a series of tea
estates. One has also to remember that the hilly region provides a world class crop of tea leaves through which the road advances towards the Himalayan foothills  covered thoroughly by one of the finest varieties of tea plantation side by side with thick  shades of forests atop hills in distant horizon. A vast tea estate nearest to BD  airport is Gungaram. Once you spot this gungaram you be sure that your journey  is almost to end.