Bepin Behari Ganguly Street


Bepin Behari Ganguly Street, or B.B. Ganguly Street, formerly known as Bow Bazar Street or Bowbazar Street is an east-west road in Central Kolkata, capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. It passes through Bowbazar area and connects Baithakkhana Market and Sealdah Station with Bentinck Street/Rabindra Sarani crossing via Amherst Street crossing, Nirmal Chandra Street/College Street crossing and Central Avenue crossing. West of Bentinck Street crossing, B.B. Ganguly Street becomes Lalbazar Street. This road's name is a tribute for Bepin Behari Ganguly, a famous freedom-fighter and politician of India.

Significance

The multitude of commuters who deport train at Sealdah Station use this road to reach Lalbazar and B.B.D. Bagh easily. The eastern portion of the road is very congested due to the location of Baithakkhana Market. The road is one-way, traffic runs from the direction of Sealdah towards Lalbazar and B.B.D. Bagh.

In News

During July 2019, as tunneling work of East West Metro Railway was being undertaken, due to unforeseen or faulty soil testing, a part of underground tunneling affected the lad character of the Biwbazaar area adjacent to BB Ganguly street.This caused problems for the gold merchants of B B Ganguly area as their shops were affected badly.