VIP Road, Kolkata

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Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue
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Native nameকাজী নজরুল ইসলাম সরণি (Bengali)
Former name(s)VIP Road
Maintained by Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation, South Dumdum Municipality and Kolkata Municipal Corporation
Length8.1 km (5.0 mi)
Location Greater Kolkata (North 24 Parganas district and Kolkata district), India
Nearest Kolkata Metro station Biman Bandar(under construction), VIP Road(under construction)
north end Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport Gate no. 1
south end Ultadanga
Construction
Completion1962

VIP Road (officially Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue) is a major thoroughfare connecting the city of Kolkata with Dumdum/Kolkata Airport. Located in the North-Eastern outskirts of the city, it was built in 1962 to provide speedy connection with the city and its sole airport. VIP Road is part of State Highway 3. To reduce traffic jams especially in the crossings of Kestopur and Baguiati, a flyover is constructed over the stretch between Dum Dum Park and Raghunathpur, which opened in March 2015. Another flyover connecting VIP Road with EM Bypass was opened in 2011, reducing traffic bottlenecks at Ultadanga crossing. This road is renamed after Kazi Nazrul Islam, a famous Bengali poet from India.

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VIP Road
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Prafulla Kanan Road
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Landmarks

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Big Ben Replica, Lake Town

Legacy

VIP Road was renamed after the great revolutionary Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.

Feluda (aka Pradosh Chandra Mitter) and his friend Jatayu (aka Lal Mohon Ganguly) and Felu's cousin Topshe (aka Tapesh Ranjan Mitter) are seen in a taxi driving down VIP Road towards Dum Dum Airport in a taxi in the movie Bombaiyer Bombete .[ citation needed ]

Alternate route

Another bypass route (Biswa Bangla Sarani) to Dumdum/Kolkata Airport via New Town is created, which connects Haldirams on VIP Road to Chingrighata on EM Bypass, passing through Salt Lake and New Town.

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Panorama of the flyover above VIP Road in the crossing of Baguiati. The right end of the flyover leads to Dum Dum Park, Bangur Avenue, Lake Town, Ultadanga and the left end leads to Raghunathpur, Teghoria, Kaikhali, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

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