Jessore Road to be redeveloped by end of 2023 after a decade's delay

The national highway connecting Kolkata to Bangladesh, would be made into a 2-lane highway with modern infrastructure.

- DIBYENDU MONDAL

The important National Highway (NH) 112, that connects Barasat to Petrapole border (India-Bangladesh border), is likely to be redeveloped by the end of 2023.

Earlier last month, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari had said that this national highway, also known as Jessore Road and connecting Kolkata to Bangladesh, would be made into a two-lane highway with state-of-the-art infrastructure. The works for this highway would begin by the middle of this year and would be completed by the end of 2023.

This development comes after a letter from Bongaon MP Shantanu Thakur was sent to Nitin Gadkari in September last year, where Thakur had requested Gadkari to look into the development of this highway as it caters to the important transport link between India and Bangladesh.

Shantanu Thakur told The Sunday Guardian said that he is happy that the Minister has considered his proposal for the development of this important highway and that he is assured that this long pending task will now be completed.