Picnic Garden

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Picnic Garden
Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta)
Picnic Garden
Interactive map of Picnic Garden
Coordinates: 22°31′50″N88°22′54″E / 22.53056°N 88.38167°E / 22.53056; 88.38167
CountryFlag of India.svg  India
State West Bengal
City Kolkata
District Kolkata [1] [2]
Metro Station VIP Bazar (under construction)
Municipal Corporation Kolkata Municipal Corporation
KMC ward 66
Time zone UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
700039
Area code +91 33
Lok Sabha constituency Kolkata Dakshin
Vidhan Sabha constituency Kasba

Picnic Garden is a neighbourhood of East Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Location

Technically Picnic Garden is a locality in the Tiljala area, extending between Bartala More and VIP Nagar. For all practical purposes and in popular parlance, Picnic Garden refers to the area east of the Bondel Gate, off Ballygunge Place.

Transport

Buses ply along Picnic Garden Road and Chandra Nath Roy Road (C.N. Roy Road) in Picnic Garden. [3]

Bondel road railway over bridge Picnic Garden Road BondelFlyover.jpg
Bondel road railway over bridge

Bus

Private Bus

Mini Bus

The auto-rickshaws running in three routes bring the important crossings of Ballygunge Phari, Gariahat and Park Circus within easy reach.

The construction of the Bondel Gate Rail Overbridge above the Kolkata Suburban Railway (Sealdah South Section), between Picnic Garden Road and Bondel Road, completed in 2006 after a long legal wrangle over land dispute, has eased up much of the traffic congestion. The proposed widening of Picnic Garden Road and G. S. Bose Road is yet to take place. [4]

Metro

The newly opened VIP Bazar Metro Station on the Orange Line upon being commissioned will serve the locality.

Train

Picnic Garden is served by the Sealdah South lines of the Kolkata Suburban Railway. Ballygunge Junction railway station and Park Circus railway station are 1.4 km and 1.8 km away from Colony Bazar respectively.

Culture

The Ras Purnima is celebrated with an elaborate fair and a circus show.

Sunil Nagar club won the prestigious Asian Paints Sharad Shamman "Best Durga Puja" award three times in 1992, 1995 and 1999.

References

  1. ↑ "South 24 Parganas district".
  2. ↑ "Electors Details As On 30-10-2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Google maps
  4. ↑ "The Telegraph - Calcutta : Metro". www.telegraphindia.com. Archived from the original on 27 December 2007.
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