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Phoolbagan
Phoolbagan is a neighbourhood in North Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subhas Sarovar is one of the famous tourist attraction of Kolkata present in the locality of Phoolbagan. Geography Police district Phoolbagan police station is part of the Eastern Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at P-86, CIT Road, Scheme VIIM, Kolkata-700 054. Ultadanga Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Suburban division i.e. Beliaghata, Entally, Maniktala, Narkeldanga, Ultadanga, Tangra and Phoolbagan. Transport Phoolbagan is the junction of CIT Road ( Hem Chandra Naskar Road) and Narkeldanga Main Road (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani). EM Bypass passes along the eastern boundary of Phoolbagan. Many buses ply along these roads. ‘CIT Roads’ created by CIT through congested areas in the 1930s, developed such neighbourhoods as Beliaghata, Tiljala, Kankurgachi and Phoolbagan in eastern Kolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Line (Kolkata Metro)
Green Line, also known as East–West Metro, is a rapid transit metro line of the Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It currently consists of two distinctly operational sections from Salt Lake Sector-V metro station, Salt Lake Sector-V to Sealdah metro station, Sealdah, and Esplanade metro station, Esplanade to Howrah Maidan metro station, Howrah Maidan by going underneath the Hooghly River. A future eastern extension from Sector-V to Teghoria is planned. It will cover a distance of and consist of 17 List of Kolkata metro stations, stations from Teghoria (Haldiram) in the east to Howrah Maidan metro station, Howrah Maidan in the west, of which it will consist of 11 elevated and 6 underground stations, and the operational section consists of 6 elevated and 6 underground stations, with a total distance of . It is expected to derive a very high ridership, since it will connect India's two largest Kolkata Suburban Railway, commuter railway and long-distance railway term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoolbagan Metro Station In Kolkata
Phoolbagan is a neighbourhood in North Central Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Subhas Sarovar is one of the famous tourist attraction of Kolkata present in the locality of Phoolbagan. Geography Police district Phoolbagan police station is part of the Eastern Suburban division of Kolkata Police. It is located at P-86, CIT Road, Scheme VIIM, Kolkata-700 054. Ultadanga Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Eastern Suburban division i.e. Beliaghata, Entally, Maniktala, Narkeldanga, Ultadanga, Tangra and Phoolbagan. Transport Phoolbagan is the junction of CIT Road ( Hem Chandra Naskar Road) and Narkeldanga Main Road (Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Sarani). EM Bypass passes along the eastern boundary of Phoolbagan. Many buses ply along these roads. ‘CIT Roads’ created by CIT through congested areas in the 1930s, developed such neighbourhoods as Beliaghata, Tiljala, Kankurgachi and Phoolbagan in eastern Kolk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoolbagan Metro Station
Phoolbagan (also known as LIC Phoolbagan for sponsorship reasons) is an underground metro station on the East-West corridor of the Green Line of Kolkata Metro in Phoolbagan, a north neighbourhood of Kolkata, India. The underground station is at the Phoolbagan crossing on the Narkeldanga Main Road. It is near to the Gurudas College and Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee Institution. The station opened on 4 October 2020 and commercial services started the next day. History Construction The Station Structure This is the first underground station in this line and has island platforms. Layout Connections Rail is 500m away from the metro station. Air Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is via VIP Road & C.I.T Road. See also *List of Kolkata Metro stations This is the list of the stations of Kolkata Metro, a Mass Rapid transit Urban Railway network serving the city of Kolkata, India. It was the first underground railway to be built in India ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt Railway Station
Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt railway station is a Kolkata Suburban Railway station in Narkeldanga, Kolkata. It serves the local areas of Narkeldanga and Phoolbagan in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A few trains run through this station and halt here. The station has two platforms. Its code is SGBA. Station complex Earlier on the platform was not well sheltered. The station lacked many public facilities including water and sanitation. However, in 2017, there have been many improvements to this station, wherein shelters and seats were added for passengers, water dispensers were placed, and floodlights have been positioned to ensure safety at night. The platform too, was considerably elongated to accommodate longer trains. In the recent past, there has also been a surge in the number of passengers utilizing the station. Connections Auto Phoolbagan to Sealdah auto route connects the station to Sealdah railway station. Bus Bus route number 12C/2, 44, 45, 217B, 221, 223, 235, 253 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Divisions Of Kolkata Police
Kolkata Police is divided into nine administrative divisions. Each division is under a Deputy Commissioner of Police. North and North Suburban Division With its divisional head office at 113, Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road, Kolkata-700009, the North and North Suburban Division has the following police stations: Eastern Suburban Division With its divisional head office at 105, Hem Chandra Naskar Road, Kolkata-700010, the Eastern Suburban Division has the following police stations: Central Division With its divisional head office at 138, S.N.Banerjee Road, Kolkata-700013, the Central Division has the following police stations: South Division With its divisional head office at 34, Park Street, Kolkata-700016, the South Division has the following police stations: South East Division With its divisional head office at Park Court, 2, Syed Amir Ali Avenue, Kolkata-700017, the South East Division has the following police stations: South Suburban Division With its divisional he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ultadanga
Ultadanga is one of the most crowded junctions in North Kolkata. The place is located at the north-eastern fringe of the city and marks the limit of Kolkata district. Prominent places in Ultadanga are Telenga Bagan and Muchi Bazar. Etymology Ultadanga lay outside the Maratha Ditch, beyond Halsibagan, where the Sikh billionaire Legendary personalities in Bengal#Umichand, Umichand had a garden. It was the land on the opposite bank (''ulta'' in Bengali).Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal emperors, Mughal emperor Farrukhsiyar, in 1717, the right to rent from 38 villages surrounding their settlement. Of these 5 lay across the Hooghly River, 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata Metro
The Kolkata Metro is a Urban rail transit in India, rapid transit system serving the city of Kolkata and the Kolkata metropolitan area, Kolkata Metropolitan Region in West Bengal, India. Opened in 1984, it was the first operational rapid transit system in India. It is the second busiest metro network in India after the Delhi Metro and the Urban rail transit in India#List of systems, fifth-longest metro system in India after the Delhi Metro, Namma Metro, Hyderabad Metro and Mumbai Metro. It has one fully operational, and three partly operational lines for a total of . Two other lines are in various phases of construction and planning. The system has a mix of underground, at-grade, and elevated stations using both Broad-gauge railway, broad-gauge and Standard-gauge railway, standard-gauge tracks. It operates on a List of railway electrification systems, 750 V DC Third rail system. Trains operate between 06:30 and 22:00 Indian Standard Time, IST and the fares range from ₹5 to ₹ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beliaghata
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 Chaudhur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kankurgachi
Kankurgachi (Bengali language, Bengali: কাঁকুড়গাছি) is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, North-East Kolkata, in Kolkata district, West Bengal, India. With a cosmopolitan crowd and several commercial buildings and restaurants, Kankurgachi is considered one of the upmarket and elite places in Kolkata. Kankurgachi has become a very important part of Kolkata for its excellent connectivity and infrastructure. Kolkata Airport, Bidhannagar Road railway station, Bidhannagar, Salt Lake (which houses the technological park of Kolkata, Sector V) and New Town, Kolkata, New Town are close to Kankurgachi. Etymology It was an area which was reclaimed early from the Salt Lakes. ''Kankur'', a species of melon, grew well in the area.Nair, P.Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, pp. 14-15, Edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, Oxford University Press, 1995 edition. History The East India Company obtained from the Mughal e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kolkata Police
The Kolkata Police () (formerly "Calcutta Police"), is the Law enforcement in India, territorial police force responsible for law enforcement and crime prevention within the Kolkata metropolitan region, metropolitan area of the city of Kolkata, West Bengal. It is one of the two primary police forces in West Bengal, the other being the West Bengal Police. The main operational area covered by the Kolkata Police is the Kolkata Metropolitan Region, excluding the neighbouring cities of Howrah (covered by the Howrah City Police), Barrackpore (covered by the Barrackpore City Police), Chandannagar (covered by the Chandannagar City Police) and the neighbouring locality of New Town, Kolkata, New Town (covered by the Bidhannagar City Police) The primary functions of the Kolkata Police Force are maintaining law and order in the city, traffic management, prevention and detection of crime and co-ordinating various citizen-centric services for the people of Kolkata. , Kolkata Police has ten d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Kolkata
North Kolkata encompasses the northern part of Kolkata, including the city's oldest neighborhoods. Notable areas within North Kolkata include Shyambazar, Bagbazar, Kumartuli, Shobhabazar, Posta, Jorasanko, Rajabazar, Phoolbagan, Maniktala, Kankurgachi, Ultadanga, Chitpur, Belgachia, Tala, Sinthee, Dum Dum, Nagerbazar, Cossipore and Baranagar. This region is known for its old heritage buildings and temples, such as the Shovabazar Rajbari. Due to its rich cultural heritage, it is commonly referred to as "Babu Kolkata." North Kolkata is home to several palatial structures, including Laha Bari, Pathuriaghata Ghosh Bari, and Thakur Bari. This area also houses the main campuses of several universities, including the University of Calcutta, Presidency University, The Sanskrit College and University and Rabindra Bharati University. It features major railway junctions like Dum Dum Junction and metro stations and serves as a business hub, stretching from the Sinthee crossing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bidhannagar Road Railway Station
Bidhannagar Road is a Kolkata Suburban Railway junction station on the Sealdah–Ranaghat line. Its code is BNXR. It is linked to the Sealdah South lines via Sir Gurudas Banerjee Halt railway station. It is located in Ultadanga, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It serves Ultadanga, Kankurgachi, Salt Lake and other surrounding areas in Kolkata. Naming Under the initiative of former West Bengal Chief Minister Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the town was built by pumping the alluvium containing the Ganges' saline water to fill the low-lying areas, hence the name was made 'Saline Lake' or 'Salt Lake'. In 1972, under the leadership of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the Calcutta Session of the Indian National Congress was to be held in this 'Salt Lake'. Congress delegates from all over India kept coming through Ultadanga station of Indian Railways. Incidentally, at that time, i.e. in 1972 AD, the name of 'Salt Lake' town was changed to 'Bidhanagar' and 'Ultadanga railway station' w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
