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{{short description|Road in Kolkata, India}}
{{infobox street
| name = Kazi Nazrul Islam Sarani
| native_name ={{native name|bn|কাজী নজরুল ইসলাম সরণি}}
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| image = File:KolkataVIP road.jpg
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| former_names = VIP Road
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| length_km = 8.1
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| location = [[Kolkata metropolitan area|Greater Kolkata]] ([[North 24 Parganas district]] and [[Kolkata district]]), India
| metro_system = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| metro = [[Biman Bandar metro station|Biman Bandar]](under construction), [[VIP Road metro station|VIP Road]](under construction), [[Bengal Chemical metro station|Bengal Chemical]]
| client =
| maint = [[Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation]], [[South Dum Dum|South Dumdum Municipality]] and [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]
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| direction_a = north
| terminus_a = [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]] Gate no. 1
| direction_b = south
| terminus_b = [[Ultadanga]]
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| completion_date = 1962
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'''VIP Road''' (officially '''Kazi Nazrul Islam Sarani''') is a major thoroughfare connecting the city of [[Kolkata]] with [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|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 (West Bengal)|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.

==Description==

{{VIP Road}}

* VIP Road runs from [[Ultadanga]] (Hudco More) to [[Jessore Road]] in [[Dum Dum]], ending near the entrance of the [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport|DumDum/Kolkata Airport]], the sole airport serving the metropolis. Several locations lie along this road, such as [[Ultadanga]], [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake Town]], [[Bangur Avenue]], [[Dum Dum Park]], [[Kestopur]], [[Baguiati]], [[Teghoria]] and [[Kaikhali]]. In fact, the growth of VIP Road has facilitated the growth of these localities after independence. These localities have an extremely high population density.{{Citation needed|date=November 2021}}
* The stretch of VIP Road to the north of [[Baguiati]] is home to numerous residential complexes, hotels and shopping malls.
* VIP Road provides access to the planned township of [[New Town, Kolkata|New Town]] via Rajarhat Main Road at [[Baguiati]] Jora Mandir and [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]] at Haldiram ([[Teghoria]]).
* [[Belghoria Expressway]], which provides access to [[National Highway 16 (India)|NH 16]] and [[National Highway 19 (India)|NH 19]], begins 2 km north of the junction with [[Jessore Road]].
* VIP Road runs just north of [[Salt Lake City, Kolkata|Salt Lake]] Sector 1 and is well-connected to it by several footbridges and {{Lang|bn-latn|kheyas}}. Lake Town Footbridge leads to the part of Salt Lake from where one can easily reach 4 no tank.{{Clarify|reason=what is 4 no tank?|date=November 2021}} Similarly, the footbridge at Kestopur leads to Baishakhi bus stop in Salt Lake.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

==Landmarks==

[[File:Big Ben Replica - Lake Town - VIP Road - Kolkata 2017-05-10 7583.JPG|thumb|[[Big Ben]] Replica, [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake Town]]]]

* Eastern Paper Mills, [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake Town]]
* [[Big Ben]] Replica, [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake Town]]
* Famous [[Baguiati]] Bazaar
* [[Big Bazaar]], [[Baguiati]]
* Bazaar Kolkata and Vishal Mega Mart, [[Baguiati]]
* [[Haldiram's|Haldiram Bhujiawala Pure Foods]], [[Teghoria]]
* 2CBPO Military Camp
* Ridhi Sidhi Banquet Hall
* [[Kolkata Airport|Dumdum/Kolkata Airport]]

==Legacy==
VIP Road was renamed after the great revolutionary poet [[Kazi Nazrul Islam]].

==In popular culture==
[[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 (film)|Bombaiyer Bombete]]''.{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}}

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

== Gallery ==
{{wide image|Panorama of VIP Fly Over Bridge.jpg|1150px|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, Kolkata|Lake Town]], [[Ultadanga]] and the left end leads to Raghunathpur, [[Teghoria]], [[Kaikhali]], [[Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport]].}}
<gallery widths="220">
File:North-eastern Ramp - Ultadanga Flyover - VIP Road - Kolkata 2016-08-04 5650.JPG|Ultadanga Flyover ending point, VIP Road, Dakshindari, [[Lake Town, Kolkata|Lake Town]]
File:Haldiram's - Teghoria - Kolkata 2012-04-11 9423.JPG|[[Haldiram's|Haldiram Bhujiawala Pure Foods]], VIP Road, [[Teghoria]]
File:VIP Road With Jessore Road Junction - Airport 1st Gate Area - Kolkata 2017-08-08 3969.JPG|VIP Road with [[Jessore Road]] Junction, [[Kolkata Airport]] 1st Gate Area
</gallery>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Streets of Kolkata}}
{{Kazi Nazrul Islam}}

[[Category:Roads in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Kazi Nazrul Islam]]
[[Category:State Highways in West Bengal]]

VIP Road, Kolkata - Revision history

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