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Dankuni (Template:Lang-bn) is a fast-growing industrial township near Kolkata, India. The town is part of the Hooghly District, in the state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.[1]

It is well-reachable by road or trains from both Howrah Station and Sealdah Station. Dankuni Junction rail station is 15 km from Howrah Station. The place is linked by Delhi Road, Mumbai Road, Benaras Road and Durgapur Expressway.

Major Industries like "Mother Diary","Coca Cola" and many other have been established.

The "Heart of Dankuni" is Dankuni Railway Station.

Transport

Dankuni is located on the Howrah-Bardhaman Chord line, which was constructed in 1917. The Calcutta Chord to Dankuni over the Willingdon Bridge (renamed Vivekananda Bridge) was opened in 1932.[2]It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system.

Economy

Township project

A new township is being developed at Dankuni. According to the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) the project area is 4,846 acres (19.61 km2) of which 4,069 acres (16.47 km2) is township area and 777 acres (3.14 km2) is earmarked as industrial area. The project area covers 20 mouzas (villages) – 5 full and 15 part, spread across four police stations, namely Dankuni, Chanditala, Singur and Serampore. Important railway stations in the project area are Gobra, Janai Road and Begampur, apart from the important station at Dankuni itself, all on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord. Important road corridors cutting across the project area are Durgapur Expressway (NH2), Delhi Road, Naity Road and Serampore-Siakhala Road.[3][4] The township is being developed by DLF.[5] Once the on-going work on the second Vivekananda Setu (across the Hooghly River) and the Belghoria Expressway through Nivedita Bridge is completed Dum Dum airport will be 20-25 minutes from Dankuni.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Base Map of Kolkata Metroploitan area". Kolkata Metroploitan Development Authority. Retrieved 2007-09-03.
  2. ^ Chaudhuri, Sukanta, The Railway Comes to Calcutta, in Calcutta, the Living City, Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.
  3. ^ KMDA website
  4. ^ Project Map – KMDA
  5. ^ Google satellite view
  6. ^ The Telegraph 24 April 2006

See also

Template:Development hubs in West Bengal

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