National Highway 12 (NH 12), previously NH 34, is a National Highway in

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which runs entirely in West Bengal. It runs from its junction with NH 27 at Dalkhola terminating at Bakkhali.

Route

NH 12 originates from its junction with NH 27 at Dalkhola in Uttar Dinajpur district and passes through Karandighi,

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, Malda, passes over the Farakka Barrage, Umarpur,

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, Berhampore, Beldanga, Bethuadahari, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Barasat, Belghoria Expressway, Dankuni, Santragachi,

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, Joka,

Diamond Harbour Diamond Harbour is a town and municipality located in the South 24 Parganas district of the Indian state of West Bengal. Situated on the eastern banks of the Hooghly River, it serves as the administrative headquarters of the Diamond Harbour su ...

, Kakdwip and ends at Bakkhali.

Development

In 2020, widening of a stretch of from Jagulia to Krishnanagar in Nadia began. From 2021, works ongoing for

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Bypass construction to bypass

Town, Road Overbridge at Ranaghat, Down Bridge on River Jalangi at Krishnanagar & River Churni at Ranaghat are being constructed. Work on

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Bypass is being made along with construction of Kalyani Expressway link at Barjaguli is ongoing. Plan is to link NH 19 at Dankuni with NH 12 at Barjaguli via Kalyani, New Ishwar Gupta Bridge, Magra,

Baidyabati Baidyabati is a city and a municipality of Hooghly district in the State of West Bengal in India. It is under Serampore police station of Srirampore subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KM ...

Serampore Serampore (also called Serampur, Srirampur, Srirampore, Shreerampur, Shreerampore, Shrirampur or Shrirampore) is a city in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Srirampore subdivision. It is a part ...

(Srirampur) &

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, so that Trucks going to Northern West Bengal from NH 16 & NH 49 can bypass Kolkata, Barasat & Jessore Road decreasing pressure on NH 12. Reconstruction of Kalyani Expressway from Belghoria Expressway is also being executed under NH 12 redevelopment scheme. In 2021 union budget, central government allocated highway projects for four election bound states, of which was allocated for the development of of this highway.

Cities and towns of NH 12

* Dalkhola(Xing towards

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Katihar Katihar (; ), is the tenth largest city in the state of Bihar in India in terms of population, Along with being one of the largest economic, educational and administrative centre in the eastern part of Bihar. The city situated in the eastern ...

) * Karandighi *

* Gazole(Xing towards

Balurghat Balurghat is a city and municipality located in the Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal, India, serving as the district headquarters. Strategically positioned on National Highway 512, it is well-connected by road and rail, facilitating trad ...

) * Malda(Xing towards

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) * Sujapur *

Kaliachak Kaliachak is a town in the Kaliachak I Community development blocks in India, CD block in the Malda Sadar subdivision of Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Kaliachak consists 4 Census Town Silampur, Karari Chandpur, Baliadanga a ...

* Farakka(Xing towards NH 33) * Dhuliyan * Aurangabad, West Bengal * Morgram(Staring point NH 14 to

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) * Jangipur *

(Xing towards Lalgola & Jalangi) * Beldanga * Bethuadahari * Krishnanagar(Xing towards Nabadwip Dham) *

* Ranaghat(Xing towards

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& Gede) * Chakdaha * Kalyani(Xing with Kalyani Expressway) * Barasat(Xing towards

& Hasnabad) * Madhyamgram * Birati * Belgharia * Dankuni(Xing towards NH 19 & SH 15) * Kona(Xing towards NH 16) *

Alipore Alipore is a neighbourhood of Kolkata, South Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is flanked by the Tolly Nullah to the north, Bhowanipore to the east, the Diamond Harbour R ...

* Taratala(Xing towards

Budge Budge Budge Budge () is a city and a municipality of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). Geography Area overview Alipore Sadar subdiv ...

) *

* Amtala(Xing towards Baruipur) *

* Kulpi * Kakdwip(Alight here for Gangasagar) * Namkhana(Alight here for Gangasagar) * Bakkhali(Alight here for Frazergaunge)

Toll plazas

All of NH 12 is located within West Bengal. Below is the list of all the toll plazas (districtwise) from Dalkhola(north) to Bakkhali(south). ;Uttar Dinajpur :Panishala toll plaza (0+40)km ; Malda :Gazole toll plaza (0+98)km :18 Mile toll plaza (0+151)km ; Murshidabad :Chandermore toll plaza (0+192)km :Shibpur toll plaza (0+246)km ;Nadia :Sali-Bamandanga toll plaza (0+308)km ;Howrah : Nivedita Setu toll plaza (0+447)km : Vidyasagar Setu toll plaza (0+465)km ;South 24 Paraganas :Namkhana Bridge toll plaza (0+572)km

Asian Highway Network

The highway starting from Barasat to Belghoria is part of the AH1 (Asian Highway 1) network, which starts from

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and ends in

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References

External links

NH 12 on OpenStreetMap
{{IND NH12 sr AH1 National highways of India National highways in West Bengal Transport in Howrah Transport in Murshidabad