Lake Town, Kolkata

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Lake Town
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1.Kolkata Time Zone Tower
2.Ultadanga Flyover ending on VIP Road in Dakshindari, Lake Town
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Lake Town
Location in Kolkata
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Lake Town (West Bengal)
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Lake Town (India)
Coordinates: 22°36′18″N88°24′18″E / 22.60500°N 88.40500°E / 22.60500; 88.40500
CountryFlag of India.svg India
State West Bengal
Division Presidency
District North 24 Parganas
Metro Station
Railway Station
Government
 • Type Municipality
 • Body South Dumdum Municipality
Languages
 • Official Bengali, English
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700048, 700089
Telephone code+91 33
Vehicle registration WB
Vidhan Sabha constituency Bidhannagar

Lake Town is a locality in South Dumdum of North 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). [1] [2]

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Geography

Lake Town, Kolkata
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260m
283yds
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Lake Town
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A view from Dakshindari, Lake Town

Police station

Lake Town police station under Bidhannagar Police Commissionerate has jurisdiction over Lake Town areas. [3]

Post office

Lake Town has a delivery sub-post office, with PIN 700089 in the Kolkata East Division of North 24 Parganas district in Calcutta region. Another post office with the same PIN is Kalindi Housing Estate. [4]

Time Zone Tower

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Big Ben Replica, Lake Town

Standing on the VIP Road, the Kolkata Time Zone Tower is a one-third sized replica of Big Ben in Westminster, London. Completed in October 2015, the tower was conceived by Mamata Banerjee, the Chief Minister of West Bengal, with the intention of incorporating London's architecture in Kolkata. The project, headed by the South Dum Dum Municipality, cost Rs 1.36 crores (USD 211997) and was the subject of widespread local opposition, including a door-to-door petition, on the grounds of both cost and of cultural inappropriateness. [5]

The tower is 30 metres in height, while the Big Ben is 96 metres. It has 10 floors and the 4 clock faces, sponsored by the Anglo Swiss Company, each are 3.6 metres in diameter, compared to 7 metres of the original. [6]

Real estates

A planned township with large open spaces, parks and a lake, Lake Town is one of the most sought-after residential areas of Northern fringes of Kolkata. Its proximity to Dumdum/Kolkata Airport and commercial centres like Salt Lake and New Town has been a catalyst for the rising property prices in recent years.

Some of Kolkata's prominent Real Estate firms have their presence in Lake Town.

Transport

Buses ply along Jessore Road, Lake Town Road and VIP Road in Lake Town. There is also Ultadanga Flyover which was inaugurated in 2011. The flyover connects EM Bypass (Bidhan Sishu Udyan, Ultadanga) with VIP Road (Dakshindari, Lake Town) and has reduced traffic jam at "Hudco More" of Ultadanga. [7]

Bus routes

Several Buses ply on Lake Town Road are as follows:


Bidhannagar Road station, Patipukur station, Kolkata Station and Dum Dum Junction are the nearest railway stations of Lake Town.

The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport is at a distance of about 7 kilometres from Lake Town.

Durga Puja

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Netaji Sporting Club
Lake Town 2021
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Lake Town Adhibasi Brindo 2020
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Sreebhumi Sporting Club 2023

In recent years, various organizations in Lake Town like Sreebhumi Sporting Club, Lake Town Adhibasi Brindo, Netaji Sporting Club Lake Town, Golaghata Sammilani and Dakshindari Youth Forum have come into limelight for their most elaborate and innovative theme Durga Puja. [8] [9] [10] [11]

Markets

Markets near Lake Town area are:

Notable residents

References

  1. ↑ "Base Map of Kolkata Metropolitan area". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 3 September 2007.
  2. ↑ "Lake Town police station". bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  3. ↑ "Bidhannagar City Police". bidhannagarcitypolice.gov.in. Retrieved 24 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Lake Town sub post office". postoffices.co.in. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  5. ↑ "Big Ben Kolkata: The London clock tower replica is not a Durga Puja marquee". www.indiatoday.in. India Today / Living Media India Limited. 17 October 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Majumder, Arindam (7 November 2015). "Kolkata's 'Big Ben'". www.business-standard.com. Business Standard Private Ltd. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
  7. ↑ "Ultadanga Flyover". The Times of India .
  8. ↑ "Kolkata's famous Sreebhumi Pandal turns into Vatican City and it's grand!". The Times of India. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  9. ↑ "দুর্গাপুজোয় চাঁদের দেশে, মণ্ডপের থিম চন্দ্রযান, লেকটাউনের নেতাজি স্পোর্টিং ক্লাবে একাধিক চমক". ABP Ananda. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  10. ↑ "Top Durga Pujas in North Kolkata and Dum Dum area". The Telegraph. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "পুজোর প্রস্তুতি: আজ-দক্ষিণদাঁড়ি ইউথ ফোরাম, শিকদার বাগান, গোলাঘাটা সন্মিলনি". ABP Ananda. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
  12. ↑ Shamik Bag (13 August 2010). "Not another brick in the wall". Mint . Retrieved 16 March 2013.
  13. ↑ Khan, Charu (4 July 1989). Charu Khan, Portrait of an Artist. M C Sarkar Sons Pvt Ltd. ISBN   9788171570133 – via Google Books.
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