New Bongaigaon (; is a city in the

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

n state of

Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...

. The City included or new part of municipal board of

Bongaigaon District Bongaigaon district (Prpn:ˈbɒŋgaɪˌgãʊ) is an administrative district in the state of Assam in northeastern India. The district headquarters are located at Bongaigaon. The district occupies an area of 1,093 km2. Etymology According ...

. The town, divided into two parts – Old Bongaigaon and New Bongaigaon, is situated north west of

Guwahati Guwahati (, ; formerly rendered Gauhati, ) is the biggest city of the Indian state of Assam and also the largest metropolis in northeastern India. Dispur, the capital of Assam, is in the circuit city region located within Guwahati and is the ...

. To meet the demands of

Bodos Boro (बर'/बड़ो ), also called Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India. They are a part of the greater Bodo-Kachari family of ethnolinguistic groups and are spread across northeastern India. They are ...

of Assam, Bongaigaon was divided up to give way for

Chirang district Chirang District is an administrative district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam state in the North-East of India. History It is a relatively new district in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam. Chirang district has been carv ...

. Bongaigaon has a major

petrochemical industry The petrochemical industry is concerned with the production and trade of petrochemicals. A major part is constituted by the plastics (polymer) industry. It directly interfaces with the petroleum industry, especially the downstream sector. Compan ...

, the Indian Oil Corporation Limited ( IOCL BGR). The town occupied a place in the map of

Indian Railways Indian Railways (IR) is a statutory body under the ownership of Ministry of Railways, Government of India that operates India's national railway system. It manages the fourth largest national railway system in the world by size, with a tot ...

with the establishment of the railway station in the year 1908. Most of the institutions like ITI, Bongaigaon College, Office of the

Assam State Electricity Board The Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB) ( Assamese: অসম ৰাজ্যিক বিদ্যুৎ পৰিষদ) is a State Statutory Body of the state of Assam in India. It is under the ownership of Department of Power, Government of ...

in the early 1960s and in fact the very base of the development of the town was laid in this decade only. The development further gained momentum with the establishment of the

Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited The Bongaigaon Refinery & Petrochemicals Ltd. (BRPL) now IOCL, Bongaigaon Refinery (BGR) is a petroleum refinery company in India. It was incorporated on 20 February 1974 by the government of India. The company began with initial funds of Rs. ...

(BRPL) Complex in the year 1972 at

Dhaligaon Dhaligaon is a locality area inside of Bongaigaon city, India. This is the one of major place of Bongaigaon city or also of Bongaigaon district. Bongaigaon Refinery The refinery of Bongaigaon ( Bongaigaon Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited) is ...

and also Thermal Power Plant at Salakati. Though these area are not within the limit of Bongaigaon Municipality the town also caters to the demand of this population. The Bongaigaon Town Committee was first constituted in the year 1961 and was upgraded to a Municipal Board in the year 1977. Presently the Municipal Area consists of 25 nos. of wards covering an area of 14.31 sq m.

Railways

Bongaigaon falls under the

Northeast Frontier Railway The Northeast Frontier Railway (abbreviated NFR) is one of the Zones and divisions of Indian Railways, 19 railway zones of the Indian Railways. It is headquartered in Maligaon, Guwahati in the state of Assam, and responsible for operation and e ...

zone of the

. There are two stations in Bongaigaon -

New Bongaigaon railway station New Bongaigaon Junction is a major railway junction station of Barauni–Guwahati line, and New Bongaigaon–Jogihopa–Kamakhya line of Northeast Frontier Railway. The one and only railway station in India which is located over a river named Tun ...

(2nd largest railway junction of

state) and Bongaigaon (old) station. Major trains serving Bongaigaon with major cities are Guwahati Rajdhani Express,

Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express The 22449 / 22450 ''Poorvottar Sampark Kranti Express'' is one of the Sampark Kranti Express trains of Indian Railways. It connects New Delhi, the capital city of India with Guwahati, the capital city of Assam. The train is named as Poorvottar ...

Saraighat Express The 12345 /12346 ''Saraighat Express'' is a daily Superfast train which runs between Howrah, Kolkata (West Bengal) and (Assam), via in Siliguri, North Bengal. It is one of the premium trains that connects Kolkata to the north east, and is ...

Brahmaputra Mail The 15657 / 15658 ''Brahmaputra Mail'' is a daily train that connects Old Delhi with Kamakhya (an important town in Assam). Introduced in 1972 after the construction of the rail section of the Farakka Barrage, the train originally ran as the T ...

, North-East Express, Guwahati Bangalore Express, Guwahati Ernakulam Express,

Kamrup Express The ''Kamrup Express'' is a daily Express train which connects Howrah (Kolkata) in West Bengal with Dibrugarh, a major town in upper Assam. Originally the train ran between Howrah and Guwahati (which is the district headquarters of Kamrup dis ...

. It is the largest station in

Western Assam Lower Assam division is one of the 5 administrative divisions of Assam. It was formed in 1874, comprising Undivided Kamrup district of Western Assam, undivided Darrang and Nagoan districts of Central Assam and Khasi & Jaintia hills of Meghalay ...

after Guwahati. According to 2012 budget, New Bongaigaon Jn. is considered to be the Adarsh Station of India. Science Express

Construction of the long

broad gauge A broad-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge (the distance between the rails) broader than the used by standard-gauge railways. Broad gauge of , commonly known as Russian gauge, is the dominant track gauge in former Soviet Union (CIS ...

Siliguri-Jogihopa line, between 1963 and 1965, brought broad gauge railways to Assam. It also was the reason for setting up the New Bongaigaon railway station. New railway track from New Bongaigaon to Guwahati was commissioned in 1984.

Saraighat Bridge The Saraighat Bridge is a rail-cum-road bridge over Brahmaputra River in Assam, India and is the first of its kind bridge over the river in the state. The length of the bridge is 1492 meters (4895 feet) and the road on the bridge is 7.3 meters ...

opened in 1962, initially carried a metre gauge track, which was later replaced by broad gauge.

Electrification of New Bongaigaon Rly. Jn.

Electrification of the Barauni-Katihar-Guwahati line was sanctioned in 2008. In the document on Vision 2020 – A Blue Print for Railway Electrification Programme, in the list of ongoing projects the entire route km (836) is shown as balance work as on 1 April 2010. The entire electrification project is scheduled to be completed by October, 2015.

References

External links

District website
{{Assam Cities and towns in Bongaigaon district Bongaigaon

Railways

Electrification of New Bongaigaon Rly. Jn.

See also

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