History

Barasat was established during Mughal period and a historical city. Many ancestors’ footprints were revered in this city’s manifestation. Sankar Chakraborty, chief of King Pratapaditya Ray came to Kolkata from Jessore (present in Bangladesh) via Barasat. Sirajudullah who was the king of Murshidabad district of West Bengal, made his pathway to Kolkata, who travelled through these National Highways- NH 112 (current case study area) and NH 12 via Barasat. Even in histories pages, East India Company of British Emperor used to commute through NH 112 for economical perspective. During that British period, Indigo Dye was a popular industrial substance and merchants business strategy in this City. These merchants tortured the farmers brutally to produce more Indigo dye. Titumir was the first farmer who protested and fought against British Government by constructing a Bamboo Structure as a wall front side of this present highway NH 112. And this place is now pronounced as Titumir Bus Terminus from where most of the buses are commuting towards Kolkata and Bongaon via this road.

Besides, the most venerable face, Ishwar Candra Vidyasagar was the social stakeholder during his time. He efficiently regenerated and reformed this city in his hand. He helped to educate women and empowerment and many more educational initiatives. However, many schools, district health infrastructure, communities etc., were rooted with the upliftment and development of city and NH 112 (Barasat, 2020).

In the light of time frame, since 2006 to 2019, city becomes paved and processed with resettlement of livelihood and industrialism based on the activity onto NH 112. In the pictorial presentation of figure x in 2006, there were lot of vegetations and greenery; followed by in 2011, more developed can be experienced and more land occupied dependent on the possessivity by NH 112. Finally, in the era of 2020, local livelihood, socialism with well-beings and economy are influenced by NH 112 and interrelatedness.