KOLKATA (Metro Rail News): The West Bengal government’s committee examining proposals to rename roads, bridges and other public places is now planning to examine Kolkata Metro stations as well.
Netaji Bhavan Metro Station is one of the stations being considered. Netaji Bhavan has not been officially renamed. The station’s name is only under consideration by the committee at this stage. They are also considering the renaming of Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Station.
Both stations are located on the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro and are located in the Bhawanipore area (Netaji Bhavan) and Tollygunge ( Mahanayak Uttam Kumar Station).
Netaji Bhavan, originally known as Bhawanipore, was later renamed ‘‘Netaji Bhavan’’, reflecting its proximity to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s ancestral home and memorial.
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Tollygunge is closely associated with Bengali cinema and is home to several film studios. The station was renamed Mahanayak Uttam Kumar in honour of the legendary Bengali actor Shri Uttam Kumar, who is widely known as the ‘Mahanayak’ of Bengali cinema.
According to the report of Times of India, Senior BJP functionary and member of the panel Shri Tathagata Roy said, ” He would propose that metro stations named after famous persons be renamed based on their locations to avoid confusion among commuters. He wants Netaji Bhavan and Mahanayak UttaKumar stations to be reverted to their original names, Bhowanipore and Tollygunge, respectively.
Shri.Roy argued that Netaji Bhavan station is not located close to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s ancestral residence on Elgin Road and that using the locality name Bhowanipore could make the station easier for commuters to identify.
He also proposed the renaming of Hemanta Mukhopadhyay (Ruby Crossing),Jyotirindra Nandy(Mukundapur Crossing),Swapno Bhor(New Town). All three are on the Kolkata Metro Orange Line, which is planned to connect New Garia with the airport once the line is completed.
Shri. Roy also raised an issue with the name of Beleghata Metro Station on the Orange Line. He said that Beleghata station is actually located around Metropolitan on EM Bypass, away from the main Beleghata area.
Renaming Committee Chairperson Shri Swami Pradiptananda mentioned that the proposed changes were intended to address commuter difficulties, not for political reasons.
These are proposals by a member of the renaming panel, not approved station-name changes. The 10-member committee is expected to begin its formal work after Durga Puja, with road renaming proposals reportedly being taken up first.
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Finally some sense. Who on earth will know where Barun sengupta station is ? Please rename all the stations according to the location . I absolutely agree with this decision.
I completely agree with the suggestion of naming metro stations as per the names of locations which are known. How does it sound when I ask at the counter “give me two Mahanayak Uttam Kumar” or “three Satyajit Ray”! Does it show any respect to these persons? Or I ask “Khudiram Bose is after how many stations?”
I am also agreed with the proposal for renaming of metro stations as per locations. It will be helpful for the commuters.
Finally. I always mentioned the name of the place at the ticket counter as I was often .
In fact all such metro station names like Kavi Subhas, Shahid Khudiram, Kavi Nazrul, Masterda Surya Sen, Gitanjali which are also on Blue Line should be changed to be more clear about the location or locality. This will make it easier for commuters. Honouring eminent personalities is good and necessary but the method is absurd.
There are thousands of commuters who aren’t commuting daily. They face a lot of problem in deciphering where they have to deboard.
I absolutely agree…
Some good sense has prevailed. This is the practice world wide, Mamta govt took a strange decision to name after personalities not places
Finally some sense. Who on earth will know where Barun sengupta station is ? Please rename all the stations according to the location . I absolutely agree with this decision
It’s a very good decision for giving an appropriate shape of Metro stations inconsideration of the respective locations.
Yes instead of naming the stations to some legendary persons it’s better to name stations based on the location. It’s easier to identify. All the metro stations should be renamed back to their specific locations and not attributed to some personalities.
Thank you!
Renaming as per location/locality is practical and very much necessary for the benefit of commuters.
I totally agree with the renaming of metro stations according to the locations. This lifts up immense confusion among commuters who are not regular metro users. Every metro station should be named after their respective location names.
Very much welcome…please do change all these names to practical location wise names, which make sense to a commuter.
The entire line leading to Newtown, should have location based names too.
Very much welcome…please do change all these names to practical location wise names, which make sense to a commuter.
The entire line leading to Newtown, should have location based names too.
Agree with above proposal.
I agree with the Suggestion for Naming the Metro Stations according to the name of Location/ area commonly known
It will be very easy for passengers travelling
Know The station name’s are non practical / assumed/ confusion
One has to think & ask different public for the particular Station that which station for which locality.
Which often creates Huge Que in front of Ticket windows.
All The Metro Stations in & around Kolkata should be named accordingly as per the Locality/ area commonly known.
I agree with the Suggestion for Naming the Metro Stations according to the name of Location/ area commonly known
It will be very easy for passengers travelling
Know The station name’s are non practical / assumed/ confusion
One has to think & ask different public for the particular Station that which station for which locality.
Which often creates Huge Que in front of Ticket windows.
All The Metro Stations in & around Kolkata should be named accordingly as per the Locality/ area commonly known.
Stations name must be in the name of the locality. It sounds very funny, when some one asked for tickets saying give me to satyajit, one uttamkumar etc. etc. it is most disrespectful. Imagin when you are out side bengal, if the stations names are given as per the greatan of those states. Will it not be very confusing. What a tremendous idea this was!!!!!!!!!!
I also support the proposal of renaming metro stations according to their location or name of the area.
I also agree with the new proposal for renaming of the metro stations. In this regard I request to change the name of the metro stations on the road of Eastern Bye Pass such as (1) Barun Sengupta (2) Gour Kisshore Ghosh etc. etc. These names should be changed in the name of local areas.
I also agree with the new proposal for renaming of the metro stations. In this regard I request to change the name of the metro stations on the road of Eastern Bye Pass such as (1) Barun Sengupta (2) Gour Kisshore Ghosh etc. etc. These names should be changed in the name of local areas.
Couldn’t agree more.
Locations should be the basis of naming a station. Else a day might come when our future generations will not know the history and greatness of the old locations like Jorasankor, Bhabanipur, Kumortuli
etc. Let’s not add to the list of forgotten habitations like Sutanutis.
I agree with the change of naming of Metro Station. It is very difficult to know which station I have to get down if the name of station is Surya Sen or Barun Sen or Netaji Bhawan. It’s better if the name is as per area’s name like Bhawanipore etc.