Girish Park
Girish Park | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
Coordinates: 22°35′11″N 88°21′44″E / 22.586461°N 88.362151°E | |
Country | India |
State | West Bengal |
City | Kolkata |
District | Kolkata |
Metro Station | Girish Park |
Municipal Corporation | Kolkata Municipal Corporation |
KMC ward | 25 |
Population | |
• Total | For 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.
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.
References
- ^ a b "Kolkata Police". Central Division – Girish Park police station. KP. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "Kolkata flyover collapse: 21 dead, 85 injured says Mamata Banerjeee". India Today. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ "As it happened, Kolkata flyover collapses, many dead". Hindustan Times. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ^ Google maps
External links
- Kolkata/South travel guide from Wikivoyage