Girish Park

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Girish Park
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
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Girish Park
Location in Kolkata
Coordinates: 22°35′11″N88°21′44″E / 22.586461°N 88.362151°E / 22.586461; 88.362151
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata
Metro Station Girish Park
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward 25
Population
  TotalFor population see linked KMC ward page
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituency Jorasanko

Girish Park is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. it is named after famous Bengali Theatre personnel Girish Chandra Ghosh.

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Geography

Police district

Girish Park police station is part of the Central division of Kolkata Police. It is located at 138, Ram Dulal Sarkar Street, Kolkata-700006. [1]

Taltala Women police station covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the Central division, i.e. Bowbazar, Burrabazar, Girish Park, Hare Street, Jorasanko, Muchipara, New Market, Taltala and Posta. [1]

Flyover collapse

In the Vivekananda flyover collapse, when a portion of the under-construction flyover collapsed in the Girish Park neighbourhood on 31 March 2016, 81 persons were killed and 205 injured. [2] [3]

Transport

Road

Girish Park is the junction of Chittaranjan Avenue and Vivekananda Road. Beadon Street (Dani Ghosh Sarani/Abhedananda Road) also intersects Chittaranjan Avenue nearby. Many buses ply along these roads. [4]

Train

Burra Bazar railway station and Sealdah Station are the nearest railway stations.


Bus

Beadon Street Bus Stop

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References

  1. 1 2 "Kolkata Police". Central Division – Girish Park police station. KP. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  2. "Kolkata flyover collapse: 21 dead, 85 injured says Mamata Banerjeee". India Today. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  3. "As it happened, Kolkata flyover collapses, many dead". Hindustan Times. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
  4. Google maps