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Dankuni is a fast-growing industrial township near Kolkata, India. The town is part of the Hooghly District, in the state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority. It is well-reachable by road or trains from both Howrah Station and Sealdah Station. Dankuni Junction rail station is from Howrah Station. The "Heart of Dankuni" is Dankuni Railway Station. The nearest airport is the Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport located at Dum Dum, from Dankuni. Major industries like "Mother Dairy"," Coca Cola", "Dankuni Coal Complex Ltd", "Food Corporation of India", biscuit company "Anmol Biscuits Ltd." and many other have been established. The town has witnessed great changes and developments in the recent years. It is progressing very fast due to the growing industries and manufacturing units. ==Transport== Both NH 2 and NH 6 terminate at Dankuni. The Palsit-Dankuni section of NH 2 is also referred to as Durgapur Expressway. Other major arteries meeting at Dankuni are Belghoria Expressway connecting to NH 34 and the Dankuni-Memari Delhi Road. Presently, a Locomotive Factory for Railways under construction. Dankuni railway station is located on the Howrah-Bardhaman chord, which was constructed in 1917. The Calcutta Chord from Dum Dum to Dankuni over the Willingdon Bridge (renamed Vivekananda Bridge) was opened in 1932.〔Chaudhuri, Sukanta, ''The Railway Comes to Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, edited by Sukanta Chaudhuri, p. 239, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-563696-3.〕 It is part of the Kolkata Suburban Railway system. Already, there is a growing presence of freight and wagon movements around Dankuni Railway Station, which is important as it connects Eastern Railway with South Eastern Railway with a link line. Dankuni, has a fast-growing freight yard, where goods traffic is moved, sorted, and packed to deliver at other destinations. In the future, Dankuni will play a significant role because it will be the endpoint of the Ludhiana-Dankuni leg of the Dedicated Freight Corridor that is being built by Indian Railways. Traffic, especially that of freight, will continue to grow and will positively impact the railways. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dankuni」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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