Garden Reach
Garden Reach | |
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Neighbourhood in Kolkata (Calcutta) | |
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Garden Reach is a neighbourhood of
.History
Nawab Wajid Ali Shah in exile
This area is connected to the history of Nawab
Heartbroken after leaving
Surinaam Ghat
Owned by the
In the Honour of Indian indentured workers who had migrated to Suriname, an aluminium statue of a plainly-dressed couple carrying a potli which symbolizes the first Indian man and woman to set foot on Suriname was set up as a memorial. It was unveiled by Union External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on 7 October 2015. The statue is a replica of the Baba and Mai monument in Paramaribo, Suriname's capital and is gifted by the government of Suriname.[8][9]
Economy
Industry
Some of the major industries in the Garden Reach area are:[citation needed]
- Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers - the premier warship building company in India[citation needed], under the administrative control of Ministry of Defence.[10][11]
- ITC Ltd., Garden Reach, the Kolkata-based largest cigarette manufacturer in India, which has diversified into Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), hotels etc.[12][11]
- Paharpur Cooling Towers Ltd., Garden Reach, pioneers and leader in cooling towers.[13][11]
- General Electricals Co. Ltd., Paharpur, Kolkata.[11]
- Hindustan Unilever, Garden Reach, consumer goods company.[11]
- Britania Biscuit Co. Ltd., Hide Road, Kolkata.[11]
- Balmer Lawrie & Co Ltd., Hide Road, Kolkata.[11]
- VideoconGlass and Appliances Factory
- CESC Limited
- Danieli
- A bottling plant unit of Indian Oil Corporation.
- Hindustan Petroleum
Educational institutions
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Government schools :
- Arya Parishad Vidyalaya
- Badartala High School
- Bartala Library School
- Bengali Bazar High School
- Garden Reach Kesoram Cotton Mills High School
- Garden Reach Maulana Azad High School
- Garden Reach Mudiali Girl's High School
- Garden Reach Mudiali High School
- Garden Reach Nut Behari Das Boy's High School
- Garden Reach Nut Behari Das Girl's High School
- Kendriya Vidyalaya Garden Reach[14]
- Maulana Hasrat Mohani Memorial Girls High School
- Metiabruz High School
- Nadial Ucchobidhyalaya
- Santoshpur Shyama Prasad Vidyalaya For Girls
Private schools :
- All Saints High School, Garden Reach
- Badartala High Madrasa
- Crescent Public School (English Medium) Madrasa School
- Dar Al-Arqam International School
- Guru Nanak Modern School
- Little Steps School (Ashoka Hall Group)
- Mali Sofiuddin Memorial School
- P.A.J's English Day School
- Sir Syed Ahmed Free Primary School (Urdu)
- St Mathew School
- St. Jacob's High School
- The Study Park
Colleges :
Hospitals
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- Garden Reach Maternity Hospital.
- Garden Reach State General Hospital.
- Unipon Hospital.
- S.E Railway central Hospital
- Metiabruz Super-Speciality Hospital
- Susrut Eye Foundation
Notable people
Police station
The area is served by the Garden Reach police, Metiabruz police, Nadial Police, Rajabagan police, Rabindranagar Police[15][16]
Crimes
- On 11 February 2013 a police officer, Tapas Choudhury, was shot dead as members of the students' wings of Indian National Congress and Trinamool Congress violently clashed at Harimohan Ghose College while filling the nomination papers for the students' union election. Four students were injured in the violence.[17][18]
- On 18 March 1984 during a clash between residents, a mob clashed with the police and the police fired several rounds. As a result, a deputy commissioner, Vinod Mehta, and his bodyguard, Mokhtar Ali, were killed by anti-socials.[19][20]
Road transport
Transport system of Garden Reach has been improved. Although traffic jam occurs at late night after 11pm. Garden Reach Flyover, which connects Garden Reach with Majherhat, helps in smooth transportation of vehicles. The port area is congested primarily because of the trailers.[21][22] However, people of Garden Reach are now using this flyover from brook lane in the Garden Reach area to reach Diamond Harbour Road easily. The foundation stone of the flyover was laid on 1 March 2014, after being approved by Central Government. Its estimated project cost is of Rs 313.27 crore.[23] The project was completed in 2018.[24]
References
- ^ "Kolkata South district".
- ^ "South 24 Parganas".
- ^ "Electors Details As On 30-10-2010" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013.
- ^ Kolkata Municipal Corporation censusindia.gov.in
- ^ Garden Reach Archived 26 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine | Clickindia.com
- ^ a b Nabab Wajid Ali Shah Archived 16 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine kolkataonwheels.com
- ^ "River retreats". The Telegraph. India. 22 March 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2018.
- ^ a b New memorial for Indian migrants to Suriname By Shubha Singh The Indian Diaspora 23 Apr 2015
- ^ In honour of labourers who left for Suriname, a memorial to Baba, Mai indianexpress.com | 8 October 2015
- ^ "Garden Reach Shipbuildera and Engineers Ltd". GRSE. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Brief Industrial Profile of Kolkata District" (PDF). Some major large scale industries. Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development Institute, Kolkata. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "ITC's 'sab saath badein' in action". ITC. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ "About Paharpur". Paharpur. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
- ^ Official website of Kendriya Vidya Garden Reach
- ^ "Kolkata Police". Port Division. KP. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
- ^ "Midnight change of guard – 17 more police stations come under Lalbazar". The Telegraph, 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2018.
- ^ Cop killed in firing as student wings of Congress, Trinamool clash during Kolkata college election India Today | Kolkata | Soudhriti Bhabani |12 February 2013
- ^ Police officer shot dead in violence at Calcutta college over elections The Telegraph | 12 February 13
- ^ Horror retold: DC lost & found telegraphindia.com | SUVRO ROY | 13 February 2013
- ^ I didn't want Kolkata to forget Vinod's murder: 1984 victim's widow Times of India |Subhro Niyogi,TNN | 14 Feb 2013
- ^ Mob torches police bikes after accident timesofindia.com | 4 August 2011
- ^ Two dead in road accident telegraphindia.com | 11 September 2013
- ^ Flyover on fast-forward - City of unfinished projects gets another foundation stone telegraphindia.com | 3 March 2014
- ^ Congested Garden Reach to have flyover freepressjournal.in | 4 March 2014