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Beleghata Metro Station
Beleghata (also known as Metropolitan), is a station of Orange Line (Kolkata Metro), Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro located in Beleghata at Biswa Bangla Sarani, Dhapa, India, Dhapa of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving Beleghata and Metropolitan areas. The station is elevated beside the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Location This station is located in Beleghata across the service road and footpath on the eastern side of Biswa Bangla Sarani. The main elevated railway, elevated structure of the station is situated along the service road and footpath adjacent to the New Garia-bound lane of Biswa Bangla Sarani near the end of Maa Flyover. It is geographically located at . The previous station of the station is Barun Sengupta metro station at a distance of and the next station is Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station at a distance of . History This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. The execution of this pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Railway, Kolkata
Metro Railway, Kolkata, is the owner and operator of Kolkata Metro, the oldest metro system of India. On 29 December 2010, it became the 17th zone of the Indian Railways, operated by the Ministry of Railways. History In 1969, the Metropolitan Transport Project was formed under Indian Railways. In 1971, MTP proposed to build 5 rapid transit lines for Kolkata. With help of Soviet specialists (Lenmetroproekt) and East German engineers, prepared a master plan to provide metro lines for the city of Kolkata, totaling a route length of 97.5 km in 1971. Lines Currently it owns and operates Blue Line, Purple Line, Orange Line and operates Green Line. It will operate other lines (Yellow, Pink) after their completion. From July 2019, KMRC handed over the operations of Green Line to Metro Railway, Kolkata. Construction Under Metro Railway, Kolkata It is currently constructing the Yellow Line. It is a 16.876 km long line from Noapara to Barasat. Total sanctione ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elevated Railway
An elevated railway or elevated train (also known as an el train or el for short) is a railway with the Track (rail transport), tracks above street level on a viaduct or other elevated structure (usually constructed from steel, cast iron, concrete, or bricks). The railway may be a Broad-gauge railway, broad-gauge, Standard-gauge railway, standard-gauge or Narrow-gauge railway, narrow-gauge railway, light rail, monorail, or a suspension railway. Elevated railways are normally found in urban areas that would otherwise require impracticably many level crossings. Usually, the tracks of elevated railways that run on steel viaducts can be seen from street level. History The earliest elevated railway was the London and Greenwich Railway on a London Bridge-Greenwich Railway Viaduct, brick viaduct of 878 arches, built between 1836 and 1838. The first of the London and Blackwall Railway (1840) was also built on a viaduct. During the 1840s there were other plans for elevated railways in L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nalban Metro Station
Nalban (Also known as Nicco Park) is a station of Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro. It is situated at just beside of Nicco Park. It will serve the area of Nalban, Salt Lake Sector IV and surrounding areas in Bidhannagar, Kolkata. The station is named after its adjacent locality, Nalban. Location This station is located beside Nicco Park on the Salt Lake Bypass branch of Biswa Bangla Sarani at Nalban. The main elevated structure of the station in the middle of Biswa Bangla Sarani with footover bridges on either side othe road. It is geographically located at . The previous station of the station is Gour Kishore Ghosh metro station at a distance of and the next station is IT Centre metro station at a distance of . History This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicco Park
Nicco Park is an amusement park located in Jheel Meel, Sector - IV of Bidhannagar, West Bengal, India. The park was created to attract tourists to the state by providing family-friendly recreation as well as educative entertainment. Nicco Park opened on 13 October 1991 and has since been referred to as the ''Disneyland of West Bengal''. Presently, the 40 acre park is home to over 35 different attractions and has served over 24 million customers. Nicco Park also provides a "green" environment. History Concept and construction The concept of an amusement park in the Kolkata region began with the 300th anniversary of the recorded founding of Kolkata (then Calcutta). While planning was under way for the tricentennial celebrations by the ruling State Government, Rajive Kaul, the current Chairman of Nicco Group, was in the US on a family holiday to Disneyland. As per the story, when Kaul returned, there was an inquiry as to why he left for America when he was very much req ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VIP Bazar Metro Station
VIP Bazar is a station of Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro located in the Tagore Park area of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving Tiljala and VIP Nagar areas. The station is named after the nearby market called, VIP Bazar. The station is elevated above the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. VIP Nagar and VIP Bazar are located next to the station. Location This station is located in VIP Bazar area. The geographical location of the station is . The previous station of the station is Hemanta Mukhopadhyay metro station at a distance of and the next station is Ritwik Ghatak metro station at a distance of . History This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport. In October 2011, an initial tender was awarde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gammon India Limited
Gammon India Limited is one of the largest civil engineering construction companies in India. Headquartered in Mumbai, it was founded in 1922 by John C. Gammon. Notable projects Gammon India has executed some notable civil engineering projects: * First Project ** The first precast reinforced concrete piling job in India—construction of the foundations of the Gateway of India, Mumbai in 1919 * Bridge Project ** Cable-stayed bridge at Akkar, Sikkim ** Gammon have built the largest number of bridges in the Commonwealth region. * Tunnel Project ** One of the longest railway tunnel in Asia for Konkan Railway at Ratnagiri, Maharashtra ** Mahatma Gandhi Setu spanning the river Ganges, between Patna and Hajipur in Bihar * Building Project ** Terminal building for Sharjah International Airport, UAE * Metro Project ** Elevated viaducts for Delhi Metro Rail Corporation * Nuclear Project ** India's first second-generation nuclear reactor Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor at Kalpakkam * T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RVNL
Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) is an Indian central Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) which works as the construction arm of the Ministry of Railways for project implementation and transportation infrastructure development. It was incorporated in 2003 to meet the country's surging infrastructural requirements and to implement projects on a fast-track basis as well as for creating a Railway equipment construction company. RVNL is a ''Navratna'' PSU in India under the administrative control of the Ministry of Railways, Government of India. The organization undertakes project execution from concept to commissioning and creates project-specific SPVs. RVNL’s mandate includes the mobilization of extra-budgetary resources (EBRs) through a mix of equity and debts via these SPVs. History Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) was established to implement the National Rail Vikas Yojana (NRVY), a project to develop railway infrastructure in India. The NRVY was announced by Prime Minister Ata ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport () is an international airport serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan area, the capital metropolis of the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the primary aviation hub for eastern and northeastern India. It is located in Dum Dum and in proximity to Jessore Road, approximately from Dalhousie Square and Howrah Junction via the Howrah Bridge. The airport is locally known as Dum Dum Airport before being renamed in 1995 after Subhas Chandra Bose, one of the most prominent leaders of the Indian independence movement. The airport's IATA code ''CCU'' is associated with "Calcutta", the former legal name of the city. Opened in 1924, the airport is one of the oldest airports in India. Spread over an area of , the airport is the largest hub for air traffic in the eastern part of the country and one of the four operational airports in the state, the others being Bagdogra Airport in Siliguri, Cooch Behar Airport in Cooc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamata Banerjee
Mamata Banerjee (; born 5 January 1955) is an Indian politician who is serving as the eighth and current List of chief ministers of West Bengal, chief minister of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal since 20 May 2011, the first woman to hold the office. Having served multiple times as a Cabinet Minister (India), Union Cabinet Minister, Mamata Banerjee became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the first time in 2011. She founded the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC or TMC) in 1998 after separating from the Indian National Congress, and became its second chairperson later in 2001. She often refers to herself as ''Didi'' (meaning, ''elder sister'' in Bengali language, Bengali). Banerjee previously served twice as Minister of Railways (India), Minister of Railways, the first woman to do so. She is also the second female Ministry of Coal, Minister of Coal, and Ministry of Education, Minister of Human Resource Development, Ministry of Youth A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beleghata Metro Station 05
Beliaghata, also known as Beleghata (বেলেঘাটা), is a neighbourhood of Central Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly in what is now Howrah district. The remaining 33 villages were on the Calcutta side. After the fall of Siraj-ud-daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal, it purchased these villages in 1758 from Mir Jafar and reorganised them. These villages were known en-bloc as ''Dihi Panchannagram'' and Beliaghata was one of them. It was considered to be a suburb beyond the limits of the Maratha Ditch. In 1889, the 'fringe areas' of Maniktala, Ultadanga and Beliaghata were added to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, p. 13, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Ox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gour Kishore Ghosh Metro Station
Gour Kishore Ghosh (also known as Chingrighata) is a station of Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro near the Chingrighata crossing, Tangra at Sukanta Nagar in Bidhannagar. The station is named in honour of famous Bengali writer and journalist, Gour Kishore Ghosh. Location This station is located in Tangra on the Salt Lake Bypass branch of Biswa Bangla Sarani at Sukanta Nagar near Chingrighata crossing. The main elevated structure of the station in the middle of Biswa Bangla Sarani with footover bridges on either side othe road. The previous station of the station is Beleghata metro station at a distance of and the next station is Nalban metro station at a distance of . History This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline of six years. The execution of this project has been entrusted to RVNL at a cost of Rs 3951.98 crore. It will help to reduce travel time between the southern fringes of Kolkata to Netaji Subhas Chandr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barun Sengupta Metro Station
Barun Sengupta (also known as Science City), is a station of Orange Line of the Kolkata Metro located at Parama Island in the Dhapa area of Kolkata, West Bengal, India, serving Dhapa, ITC Royal Bengal, JW Marriott and Science City areas. The station is named in honour of the founder of ''Bartaman'', Barun Sengupta. The station is elevated above the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass. Location This station is located in Dhapa across the service road and footpath on the eastern side of Biswa Bangla Sarani at Parama Island. The main elevated structure of the station is situated along the service road and footpath adjacent to the New Garia-bound lane of Biswa Bangla Sarani near Maa Flyover. It is geographically located at . The previous station of the station is Ritwik Ghatak metro station at a distance of and the next station is Beleghata metro station at a distance of . History This project was sanctioned in the budget of 2010–11 by Mamata Banerjee with a project deadline o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
