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Title: Need to construct a flyover on N.H. 34 at Ranaghat Mission Gate Railway level crossing in the Ranaghat Parliamentary Constituency, West Bengal to facilitate smooth passage of traffic.
DR. SUCHARU RANJAN HALDAR (RANAGHAT): I represent 13-Ranaghat (SC) Parliamentary Constituency. Through my constituency National Highway No. 34 passes. This NH 34 connects Kolkata Harbour with North Bengal and thereby with the rest of the North Eastern part of the Country. Naturally, this road is heavily used by container trucks carrying tea, trailer trucks carrying huge logs of wood, day and night along with various types of small, big passenger vehicles and scores of tourists buses. But there is a big bottle-neck at Ranaghat Mission gate Railway level crossing. This railway track is also heavily busy due to passenger trains which connects Shantipur, Krishnagar, Lalgola, Gede, Bangladesh and Bongaon with Sealdah-Kolkata through the Ranaghat Railway Junction Station. Over and above , there are several goods trains from and to Bangladesh and Sealdah run along this railway track. As a result, NH 34 is blocked , sometimes for hours together causing severe traffic jam and frequent fatal accidents also. In view of these problems, construction of a fly-over on N.H. 34 on this railway crossing of Ranaghat Mission Gate is very necessary.