National Highway 12 (India)


National Highway 12, previously NH 34, is a National Highway in India which runs entirely in West Bengal. It runs from its junction with NH 27 at Dalkhola terminating at Bakkhali.

Route

NH 12 originates from its junction with NH 27 at Dalkhola in Uttar Dinajpur district and passes through Karandighi, Raiganj, Malda, passes over the Farakka Barrage, Umarpur, Aurangabad, Berhampore, Beldanga, Bethuadahari, Krishnanagar, Ranaghat, Barasat, Belghoria Expressway, Dankuni, Santragachi, Behala, Joka, Diamond Harbour, Kakdwip and ends at Bakkhali.

Development

In 2020, widening of a stretch of from Jagulia to Krishnanagar in Nadia began. From 2021,
works ongoing for Baharampur Bypass construction to bypass Baharampur Town, Road Overbridge at Ranaghat, Down Bridge on River Jalangi at Krishnanagar & River Churni at Ranaghat are being constructed. Work on Shantipur Bypass is being made along with construction of Kalyani Expressway link at Barjaguli is ongoing. Plan is to link NH 19 at Dankuni with NH 12 at Barjaguli via Kalyani, New Ishwar Gupta Bridge, Magra, Baidyabati, Serampore & Uttarpara, so that Trucks going to Northern West Bengal from NH 16 & NH 49 can bypass Kolkata, Barasat & Jessore Road decreasing pressure on NH 12. Reconstruction of Kalyani Expressway from Belghoria Expressway is also being executed under NH 12 redevelopment scheme.
In 2021 union budget, central government allocated highway projects for four election bound states, of which was allocated for the development of of this highway.

Cities and towns of NH 12

All of NH 12 is located within West Bengal. Below is the list of all the toll plazas from Dalkhola to Bakkhali.
;Uttar Dinajpur
; Malda
; Murshidabad
;Nadia
;Howrah
;South 24 Paraganas

Asian Highway Network

The highway starting from Barasat to Belghoria is part of the AH1 network, which starts from Tokyo, Japan and ends in Istanbul, Turkey.