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National Highway 12 (India)

National Highway 12
Map of National Highway 12 in red
NH 12 at Barasat
Route information
Part of AH20 AH1
Major junctions
From	Dalkhola
Major intersections	List SH 98 (WB) at Tungidighi SH 10A at Raiganj NH 512 at Gajol SH 10 at Gajol SH 10 at Malda NH 31 at Farakka NH 122A from Dhuliyan to Baharampur NH 14 at Morgram SH 11 from Radharghat to Baharampur SH 14 from Plassey to Debagram SH 8atKrishnanagar SH 11 at Krishnanagar SH 11 at Ranaghat SH 1 from Chhatimtala to Birohi Bazar SH 1 from BarasattoRajarhat SH 2 from Barasat to Dum Dum NH 112 at Barasat SH 3 from Baguiati to Science City Kolkata-Diamond Harbour Road from AmtalatoDiamond Harbour SH 1 at Kulpi
To	Bakkhali
Location
Country	India
States	West Bengal : 612 kilometres (380 mi)
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian
← NH 12 → NH 112

National Highway 12 (NH 12), previously NH 34, is a National HighwayinIndia which runs entirely in West Bengal. It runs from its junction with NH 27atDalkhola terminating at Bakkhali.^[1]

Route[edit]

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NH 12 originates from its junction with NH 27 at Dalkhola in Uttar Dinajpur district and passes through Karandighi, Maharajahat Raiganj, Gazole, Malda, passes over the Farakka Barrage, Umarpur, Aurangabad, West Bengal Murshidabad, Baharampur, Beldanga, Bethuadahari, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Barasat, Belgharia Expressway, Dankuni, Santragachi, Behala, Joka, Amtala, Diamond Harbour, Kakdwip .

Development[edit]

In 2020, widening of a stretch of 66 kilometres (41 mi) from Jagulia to Krishnanagar in Nadia began.^[2] From 2021, works ongoing for Baharampur Bypass construction to bypass Baharampur Town, Road Overbridge at Ranaghat, Down Bridge on River Jalangi at Krishnanagar & River Churni at Ranaghat are being constructed. Work on Shantipur Bypass is being made along with construction of Kalyani Expressway link at Barjaguli is ongoing. Plan is to link NH 19 at Dankuni with NH 12 at Barjaguli via Kalyani, New Ishwar Gupta Bridge, Magra, Baidyabati, Serampore(Srirampur) & Uttarpara, so that Trucks going to Northern West Bengal from NH 16 & NH 49 can bypass Kolkata, Barasat & Jessore Road decreasing pressure on NH 12. Reconstruction of Kalyani Expressway from Belghoria Expressway is also being executed under NH 12 redevelopment scheme.

In2021 union budget, central government allocated highway projects for four election bound states, of which ₹25,000 crore (US$3.0 billion) was allocated for the development of 612 kilometres (380 mi) of this highway.^[3]

Cities and Towns of NH 12[edit]

Toll Plazas[edit]

All of NH 12 is located within West Bengal. Below is the list of all the toll plazas (districtwise) from Bakkhali to Dalkhola.^[4]

South 24 Parganas

Namkhana Bridge

Kolkata

2nd Hooghly Bridge

Howrah

Nivedita Bridge

Nadia

Bethuadahari

Murshidabad

Shibpur

Chandermore

Malda

17 Mile (Farakka Bridge)

Gazole

North Dinajpur

Panishala

Asian Highway Network[edit]

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The highway starting from BarasattoBelghoria is part of the AH1 (Asian Highway 1) network, which starts from Tokyo, Japan and ends in Istanbul, Turkey.

See also[edit]

• List of National Highways in India by highway number
• National Highways Development Project

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• NH 12 on OpenStreetMap

Wikimedia Commons has media related to NH 12 (India).