National Highway 12 (India)

Not to be confused with new National Highway 34 (India).

National Highway 12 (NH 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.^[1]

National Highway 12
Map of National Highway 12 in red
Nivedita Setu over NH 12 in Kolkata
Route information
Part of AH20 AH1
Length	612 km (380 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Dalkhola
Major intersections	List SH 98 (WB) at Tungidighi SH 10A at Raiganj NH 512 at Gajol SH 10 at Gajol SH 10 at Malda NH 31 at Farakka NH 122A from Dhuliyan to Baharampur NH 14 at Morgram SH 11 from Radharghat to Baharampur SH 14 from Plassey to Debagram SH 8 at Krishnanagar SH 11 at Krishnanagar SH 11 at Ranaghat SH 1 from Chhatimtala to Birohi Bazar SH 1 from Barasat to Rajarhat SH 2 from Barasat to Dum Dum NH 112 at Barasat SH 3 from Baguiati to Science City Kolkata-Diamond Harbour Road from Amtala to Diamond Harbour SH 1 at Kulpi
South end	Bakkhali
Location
Country	India
States	West Bengal: 612 km
Primary destinations	Raiganj Malda Berhampore Krishnanagar Ranaghat Barasat Kolkata
Highway system
Roads in India Expressways National State Asian
← NH 11 → NH 13

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

Nivedita Setu over the Hooghly river

In 2020, widening of a stretch of 66 kilometres (41 mi) from Jagulia to Krishnanagar in Nadia began.^[2] 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(Srirampur) & 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 ₹25,000 crore (US$3.0 billion) was allocated for the development of 612 kilometres (380 mi) of this highway.^[3]

Cities and towns of NH 12

• Dalkhola(Xing towards Siliguri, Purnia & Katihar)
• Karandighi
• Raiganj
• Gazole(Xing towards Balurghat)
• Malda(Xing towards Rajshahi, Bangladesh)
• Sujapur
• Kaliachak
• Farakka(Xing towards NH 33)
• Dhuliyan
• Aurangabad, West Bengal
• Morgram(Staring point NH 14 to Kharagpur)
• Jangipur
• Baharampur(Xing towards Lalgola & Jalangi)
• Beldanga
• Bethuadahari
• Krishnanagar(Xing towards Nabadwip Dham)
• Shantipur
• Ranaghat(Xing towards Bangaon & Gede)
• Chakdaha
• Kalyani(Xing with Kalyani Expressway)
• Barasat(Xing towards Bangaon & Hasnabad)
• Madhyamgram
• Birati
• Belgharia
• Dankuni(Xing towards NH 19 & SH 15)
• Kona(Xing towards NH 16)
• Alipore
• Taratala(Xing towards Budge Budge)
• Behala
• Amtala(Xing towards Baruipur)
• Diamond Harbour
• Kulpi
• Kakdwip(Alight here for Gangasagar)
• Namkhana(Alight here for Gangasagar)
• Bakkhali(Alight here for Frazergaunge)

Toll plazas

All of NH 12 is located within West Bengal. Below is the list of all the toll plazas (districtwise) from Dalkhola(north) to Bakkhali(south).^[4]

Uttar Dinajpur

Panishala toll plaza (0+40)km

Malda

Gazole toll plaza (0+98)km

18 Mile toll plaza (0+151)km

Murshidabad

Chandermore toll plaza (0+192)km

Shibpur toll plaza (0+246)km

Nadia

Sali-Bamandanga toll plaza (0+308)km

Howrah

Nivedita Setu toll plaza (0+447)km

Vidyasagar Setu toll plaza (0+465)km

South 24 Paraganas

Namkhana Bridge toll plaza (0+572)km

Asian Highway Network

The highway starting from Barasat to Belghoria is part of the AH1 (Asian Highway 1) network, which starts from Tokyo, Japan and ends in Istanbul, Turkey.

See also

• List of national highways in India
• National Highways Development Project