Garia

:"This article is about the suburb of Kolkata. For the town in Canada, see Garia, Newfoundland and Labrador. For the town in Bangladesh, see Garia, Bangladesh."Garia is a suburb located in the southern parts of Kolkata, India. It is bounded by Jadavpur to the north, Naktala to the west, Narendrapur to the south and the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass to the east. It is also represented by an important, ever-busy, and ever-crowded traffic junction from where a variety of public transports ply in different directions, making it a principal spot of south Kolkata.

History

Garia is one of the oldest settlements around the region, and is located on the Tolly Nullah connecting Kolkata to the Vidhyadhari River to the east. It was primarily a peaceful residential rural neighbourhood before. The partition of India changed the very fabric of the area. Overnight refugees came and settled down in the farm lands and country houses of the rich landowners of Kolkata in Garia, increasing the population of the area by many thousands.

Garia became another refugee settlement along with Jadavpur and Tollygunge in the southern fringes of the city. Slowly, after the initial upheaval, development of the area started and it grew to become a peaceful middle-class neighbourhood.

But again another change was coming to the region. With the expansion of Kolkata to the east and the south during the 90s, the area witnessed its latest change. Garia was the southern end of the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, the next 'Chowringhee' of Kolkata. This road connected Garia to the northern parts of the city and the newly developing areas like Salt Lake City and Rajarhat, and also to the airport thus opening the way for rapid commercialization of the area. Already home to two major bus terminus, Garia became the transport and commercial hub for the region.

It is now home to some of the finest upcoming apartment complexes in the cityFact|date=February 2007, and a haven for people looking to get away from the congestion of the main city .

Transport

Garia is home to four major bus termini (popularly named as No.5, No.6, C5 ,S-21,S-7 and the 45A after the routes they originally used to serve) and is connected by all varieties of bus services to all parts of the city.

The Kolkata Metro is being extended to Garia [cite web | url = http://www.kolmetro.com/features/expansion.html | title = Kolkata Metro Expansion Plans] and will further provide impetus to the development.

Garia is served by the Garia Railway station on the Sealdah South section.

Medical Facilities

* Bengal Rural Welfare Service (BRWS) Hospital, junction of Raja Subodh Mullick Road and Baishnabghata Connector.
* Peerless Hospital, at Panchasayar.
* Lifeline Hospital, at Pratapgarh
* Namita Devi Eye Hospital at Garia Station
* Hindustan Health Point, at Hindusthan Bus Stop

Educational institutions

# Naktala High School, Naktala
# B.D. Memorial Institute, N.S.C.Bose Road, Pratapgrh, Branch : Bijoygarh, Bansdroni, Golf Green
# Dinabandhu Andrews College, Raja Subodh Mullick Road
# Dinabandhu Andrews Institute Of Technology And Management, Raja Subodh Mullick Road
# Welland Goldsmith School, Baishnabghata Connector
# Horimoti School, Garia Station Road (For Girls only)
# Baroda Prasad High School, Garia Station Road (For Boys only)
# Netaji Subhash Engineering College, an Engineering Institute Near Garia Station
# Anukul Chandra High School, Garia Station
# Techno India Model School,Near Garia Station
# Miranda High School, 69, Boral Main Road, Kol-84, 24350083
# Heritage Institute of Technology
# Future Institute of Engineering and Management,an Engineering Institute in Sonarpur
# Chatterjee Institute For Education(Class I to X(All Subjects)XI-XII(Commerce),Private & Proper Guidance), Ramgarh, Opp.C.E.S.C. Office, 2429-1530.
# Mukul Bose Memorial Institution for Boys & Girls(Separate), Ramgarh, Near Luna Bakery.
#Panchasayar Siksha Niketan ; Panchasayar ; kolkata-700094
#Garia Vidyabhavana;garia station

Places of interest

* Hiland Park is the tallest tower in Kolkata and is located in Chak Garia on the E. M. Bypass.
* Big Bazaar, located near Hiland Park is a shopper's paradise,& food-lover's delight.
* Clown Town is the only functional ice-skating rink in the city. It is located at Patuli, just east of Garia.
* Garia Bazaar is one of the largest vegetable markets in Kolkata.
* Sant Sri Asaramji Ashram, near Netaji Subhash Engineering College.
* Bharat Sevasram Sangha, it is located near Briji Village and can be reached through the road started from the opposite of the Mahua Cinema Hall.
* A very old twin temple at Garia Burning Ghat.It is said that Chand Sadagar, a famous character of Manasa Mangal in History of Bengali literature made this temple .
*VIP Ground
*New Metro Station under Construction.
*A very old temple namely Tripur Sundari Mandir near Boral High School.

Famous Inhabitants

*Ashapurna Devi, the precursor of Bengali feminist literature
*Mahasweta Devi, author and social activist
*Sri Sukumar Samajpati, football player
*Sri Tapas Sen, artist.
*Sri Samir Aich, artist.
*Parimal Sengupta, Wellknown Social Activist
*Meera Mukhopadhay, painter and sculptor
*Rashid Khan, classical singer
*Cactus Band, famous Bengali band hailing from Garia

Resturants

TTK restaurant, Babumaoshai Bar cum Restaurant, Chopstick, Maharaj, Marlin Bar, Palki, Anand, Mahabhoj, Bapi's roll corner, Bindushri, Zeeshan.

References

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