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'''Kalyani Expressway''' is a {{convert|40|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}}, two-laned, [[toll road|tolled road]] which connects [[Kolkata]] with its satellite town, [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]] in [[Nadia district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwdwb.in/html/sh.php# |title=State High Way in West Bengal|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> The road starts from [[Nimta]] in the [[North 24 Parganas district]], in the North suburban fringes of Kolkata and ends in Kalyani. The road is maintained and controlled by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA). Currently it is being converted to 6 lane road till Muragacha and 4 lane from Muragacha to Kalyani by the KMDA.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mondal|first=Biswadeep|date=2018|title=Tender floated for six-lane elevated connector in West Bengal|newspaper=Times of India|url=https://www.projectstoday.com/News/Tender-floated-for-six-lane-elevated-connector-in-West-Bengal|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> The road is also being linked to | '''Kalyani Expressway''' is a {{convert|40|km|mi|adj=mid|-long}}, two-laned, [[toll road|tolled road]] which connects [[Kolkata]] with its satellite town, [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]] in [[Nadia district]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pwdwb.in/html/sh.php# |title=State High Way in West Bengal|access-date=11 March 2012}}</ref> The road starts from [[Nimta]] in the [[North 24 Parganas district]], in the North suburban fringes of Kolkata and ends in Kalyani. The road is maintained and controlled by [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] (KMDA). Currently it is being converted to 6 lane road till Muragacha and 4 lane from Muragacha to Kalyani by the KMDA.<ref>{{cite news|last=Mondal|first=Biswadeep|date=2018|title=Tender floated for six-lane elevated connector in West Bengal|newspaper=Times of India|url=https://www.projectstoday.com/News/Tender-floated-for-six-lane-elevated-connector-in-West-Bengal|access-date=4 June 2021}}</ref> The road is also being linked to [[Belghoria Expressway]] by an elevated corridor, land acquisition is complete and construction is going on in full swing despite COVID-19 scenario.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Mondal|first=Biswadeep|date=2017|title=Belgharia - Kalyani Expressway Link|work=Millennium Post|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/soon-belgharia-kalyani-e-ways-to-be-connected-with-elevated-corridor-221356}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Kalyani_express_highway.jpg|thumb|Kalyani Express Highway]] | [[File:Kalyani_express_highway.jpg|thumb|Kalyani Express Highway]] | ||
It makes access to AIIMS Kalyani easy | |||
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