Jamalpur is a very old Railway town located at a distance of about 120 KM from the capital city of Patna. The place is well known for a railway workshop and Indian Railway Institute of Mechanical Engineering which is located here. Apart from these two big government establishments the place is just a small town like many others.
Our purpose of visiting this town was our training attachment at IRIMEE Jamalpur for 2 weeks as part of our railway training. While visiting Jamalpur its easy for one to be lost in the History as the place has a lot of history ‘preserved’ in it. The present day town was settled in 1862 with the establishment of a locomotive workshop and since 1862 it has remained like the same till today.
It was a hot sunny day in the month of October 2020 when I along with few other batchmates decide to go to Kali Pahadi. The place is located at around 20 minutes walk form Yantrik hostel IRIMEET. The trail upto half way is easy and can be covered in 25 minutes or so. However once you reach the halfway mark the real thrill starts. There are a few temples located at the halfway mark where one can offer his prayers and take rest for sometime.
Shortly after the temples there is a waterfall located at around the halfway marks and after this waterfall there is no proper trail. You have to make your own way and climb. Although this climbing trail is only of 20 minutes it is the real thrill of the trek. Once you reach at the top you get the clear view of the surroundings. When we visited the place Bihar state was undergoing through the flood of worst kind. It was clearly visible to us from top of this hill. By climbing this hill we could better appreciate the miseries of the people affected by the flood.
It was also told to us by few locals that the area beyond the Kali Pahadi is affected by Naxals. However we did not see or experience any such thing. Overall our experience was good and I would advise everyone who visits Jamalpur should go to this place once.
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