Borhill Falls | Pantumai Jharna | Dawki, Meghalaya, India

Near the Indo- Bangladesh border, a spectacular waterfall known as Borhill can be seen. The waterfall has three layers only beheld on the Indian side. However, the last layer can also enjoy from Panthumai, a border village of both countries. As the water of the falls is coming down around a hundred feet high, the burble of the waterfall can be heard from afar way. This water is enriching an eye-catching bluish river well known as Piyain. To watch the waterfall, Bangladeshi people often flock on the banks of the Piyain located northeastern side of Bangladesh.

Front view of Borhill Falls

     

The waterfall has several names like Bophill falls, Pantumai falls, and Mayaboti Jharna though it is only called Borhill falls in India. Some people believe that the name of the fountain came from the river Piyain whereas others say that its name came from village Panthumai.

Borhill Falls

     

During the monsoon, the water level of the fountain gets by leaps and bounds. And it looks tremendous. To meet dear Piyain, the heavenly white stream is destroying all adversity in front of it and is falling toward the river. However, the waterfall is dry in the wintertime. According to the local people, a plane had crashed by hitting a big rock of the fountain and drowned at the river in the time of 1944 during the Japanese war.

On the Indian side, if visitors want to see the beautiful waterfall, they have to come to Dawki by hiring a cab or sharing a sumo service. As there are lots of beautiful places like living root bridge, Mawlynnong village, sky viewpoint, Shnongpdeng, and waterfalls, it is better to hire a cab for a whole day.  Moreover, the picturized hilly road from Shillong to Dawki gives an amazing feeling that is hard to explain in words.

A visitor is enjoying the falls from the truss bridge

                

As the road condition is not well, it is anything but difficult to go there from Bangladesh. First of all, visitors have to come to Pantumai village near Tamabil outskirt of Sylhet. From the village, tourists have to hire a boat known as a dingy. They can only see the waterfall from a far away.

This is a border area. So, visitors should control their curiosity and should not try to cross the border without legal permission.