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Last updated on Fri May 21 11:59:28 IST 2010.

Navigating yourself inside Salt Lake

First take a printout of this simple map or this more informative map which shows the blocks, roads, islands and some important places.

Salt Lake has a confusing layout of look-alike roads. The maps will help you to find your way in the maze, but only after you take time to familiarise yourself with the map. Here are some exercises to get your started.

Salt Lake map

Look at this map and notice the following points.
  1. Salt Lake is basically shaped like a kite, tapering off towards the south.
  2. Near the centre we have the Central Park which is hexagonal in shape. Each of the 6 corners are important land marks. The most important in Karunamayee, the least important being the municipal school. The City Centre is near the Prasasan Bhavan corner.

    The corners of the central park

  3. Next remember that there are two roads emanating from each of the top 4 corners, one road from each of the other 2 corners, and also one going south from the Netaji statue.

    Important roads from the corners of central park

  4. There are two more roads to remember and you'll get the hang of the main roads of Salt Lake.

    Two more roads

    The blue road (whose official name is 1st avenue, though few seem to be aware of it) is one of the most traffic infested roads of Salt Lake. The red road which intesect the blue road at the Punjab National Bank (PNB) junction provides the main bus connection from the northern to the southern part.
  5. Keep the above grid of roads in mind when you want to locate a point in Salt Lake.
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© Arnab Chakraborty (2010)