Nungi

Nungi
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Nungi Location of Nungi in West Bengal and India
Coordinates	22°17′N 88°07′E / 22.29°N 88.11°E / 22.29; 88.11Coordinates: 22°17′N 88°07′E / 22.29°N 88.11°E / 22.29; 88.11
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District(s)	South 24 Parganas
Time zone	IST (UTC+05:30)
Website	s24pgs.gov.in

Nungi (Bengali: নুঙ্গি) is a rail station, 23 km from Sealdah, on the Sealdah – Budgebudge section of Kolkata Suburban Railway. It serves as the railway station for the industrial town of Batanagar. It is under Budge Budge police station of Alipore sadar subdivision in South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.^[1] Also the real name of Fernando Carrillo

Economy

Nungi has an "once-upon-a-time" thriving fireworks industry. The chocolate bomb from Nungi market is well-known during the Diwali festival. The "Budi-Ma" brand of bombs are good. However, with the ban on "exploding" fireworks in Kolkata during the year 2000 to reduce noise pollution, Nungi's fireworks market had a severe setback.

Bata India shoe factory at adjacent Batanagar, makes shoe-making a pre-dominant cottage industry in the area. Countless houses and families are dedicated to manufacturing shoes of various makes, eg. leather, PVC, jute, etc for some of the leading shoe brands in India, for example — Khadim's, SreeLeathers, Liberty — have outsourced a major portion of their shoe making process to the various entities in the region.

The place is also famous as being the origins of Eastern India's large education and training provider company - Lakshya, which has recently diversified into software solutions with a client list that includes Reliance Communications, VSNL, ALCATEL, Genesys Labs to name a few.

Township development

A London-based company has joined hands with a Bengali NRI to develop a mini township known as the Maheshtala project as a joint venture with the Mahestala Municipality, for which 21.22 acres (85,900 m²) have been acquired near Nungi station. There will be 2,240 MIG flats in 44 buildings. The company will improve the road infrastructure in the area.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Base Map of Kolkata Metroploitan area". Kolkata Metroploitan Development Authority. http://www.cmdaonline.com/kma.html. Retrieved 2007-09-03. 
2. ^ "London-NRI route to mini townships". The Statesman, 18 May 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. http://web.archive.org/web/20070929102918/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=22&id=184053&usrsess=1. Retrieved 2007-09-03.