Jessore Road
Jessore Road is an International road connecting Shyambazar through Dum Dum in Kolkata, India to Jessore in Bangladesh. While the Dum Dum-Barasat sector is now part of NH 12, the Barasat-Petrapole sector is now part of NH 112. It continues in Bangladesh as N706 from Benapole to Jessore. The whole road is part of Asian Highway 1. The road acts as a major link between places in and around Kolkata, especially Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport and Barasat. Metro stations on this road include Shyambazar, Belgachia and Jessore Road.
Several locations lie between Patipukur and Barasat on Jessore Road such as Patipukur Railway Station, Lake Town, Bangur Avenue, Dum Dum Park, Nagerbazar, Dum Dum Cantonment, Birati, Madhyamgram, Barasat etc.
According to legend, the road was made by Kai Prasad Poddar, a landlord in Jessore. For building the massive road, the HM Government awarded him the title of "Chowdhury".
Poem
wrote a poem "September on Jessore Road" after visiting refugee camps in 1971:Bellies swollen, with big round eyes
On Jessore Road—long bamboo huts...