Calcutta Reach

Calcutta Reach is a section of a stream in Howrah, South Bengal, West Bengal. Calcutta Reach is situated nearby to the suburb Barabazar, as well as near the locality Salkia.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Howrah Station and Netaji Indoor Stadium.

Howrah Station

Photo: Tirthankar Maiti, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Howrah Station, also known as Howrah Junction, is a major railway station of Kolkata in India. It not only connects the city to the rest of the country, but also acts as a major hub to connect different destinations of West Bengal and beyond.

Netaji Indoor Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Gangulybiswarup, CC BY 3.0.

The Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose Indoor Stadium is an indoor sports arena in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The facility seats 12,000 people. This indoor stadium is located just beside Eden Gardens.

Howrah Bridge

Photo: Pradip paswan, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Howrah Bridge is a balanced steel bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India. Commissioned in 1943, the bridge was originally named the New Howrah Bridge, because it replaced a pontoon bridge at the same location linking both sides of Kolkata.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include BBD Bagh and Howrah.

BBD Bagh

Photo: Rangan Datta Wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0.

BBD Bagh, short of Benoy-Badal-Dinesh Bagh, is the colonial-era precinct of Kolkata. Formerly known as Dalhousie Square or simply Dalhousie, the district takes a visitor back to the British Raj era with nostalgic overtones.