Due to unabated heavy erosion by the Gangadhar river, Golakganj, the gateway of Assam, Bangladesh and North Bengal, is likely to disappear from the map. The town was nerve centre of the business community up to 1970. The meaning of ganj’ is a centre of business. Golak Chandra Barua of the erstwhile Gauripur Royal Estate donated land for construction of the railway station at Golakganj during the British rule and as a sign of his benevolent act, the original name of South Tokrerchara was changed into Golak’. Golok added ganj made it as Golakganj. From that time onwards the place was known as Golakganj.The turbulent Gangadhar river flows along the Golakganj Bazar area. Once, the river was the source of income of the fishing community and a tasteful variety of fish called Gharaiya Rui’ was available but those days are gone. There was a big field on the bank of the river and there were a number of jute godowns beside the field. There was also an aluminium factory, a number of rich families and an attractive Shiva temple and a banyan tree. Hundreds of devotees performed Shiva Chaturdashi every year and a big mela was also held. The railway bridge over the Gangadhar river which was opened in 1901 served the purpose of transportation for all the traders of the area and North Bengal. In 1974, the Gangadhar washed away the approach road of the NH-31 but no effective measures were seen taken by the concerned authority and, as a result, the water of the restless river began to erode a major portion of the eastern bank and the road communication was totally disrupted causing untold hardship to lakhs of people living in the western part of the river. The unabated erosion swallowed a vast area of the eastern bank and as a result the trading community was compelled to shift the godowns and the aluminium factory. A major area of the police station was also swallowed by the river. Now the entire area is in the middle of the river. The NH-31 was diverted two km away from Golakganj and a footbridge named Bir Chilarai Setu was constructed eight km away. Golakganj has now virtually become a deserted place. The river takes a U-turn from Pestarghat area and in the last two years, North Tokrerchara, a nearby village of Golakganj was washed away by the restless river and the villagers had to take shelter on the embankment. No measures for their rehabilitation were seen undertaken. The only crematorium for the Hindu community on the bank of the river was washed away and only a part of it is standing in the middle of the river and it has turned into a river island having no communication. Temporary measures were taken to check erosion but that too were of no use. The former Congress MLA and the MP visited the place of erosion and assured the people to save their lives and property from erosion but nothing was taken up. The people have been left at the mercy of God. A major part of the Rahmatganj Madrassa has already gone under the river. The people of the area have urged the government to undertake permanent protection to check erosion without which Golakganj may disappear from the map of the district of Dhubri like South Salmara on the south bank of the Brahmaputra within a few years.