Dhapa, India

Dhapa is a locality on the eastern fringes of Kolkata, India. The area consists of landfill sites where the solid wastes of the city of Kolkata are dumped. "Garbage farming" is encouraged in the landfill sites. More than 40 per cent of the green vegetables in the Kolkata markets come from these lands. There are four sectors in Dhapa for dumping garbage that are filled with 2,500 tonnes of waste per day.

Dhapa is located near the Parama island on the Eastern Metropolitan Bypass, on the eastern side of Kolkata. The Eastern Metropolitan Bypass lies on the east, Beleghata/Tangra/Sealdah on the west, China Town on the south and the Metropolitan Cooperative Housing Society on the north. The closest landmarks near Dhapa are the ITC Sonar hotel & Silver Spring housing which fall on the east side, Milan Mela ground or the permanent trade fair ground which is on the south side and Mathpukur five point crossing which is on the west side. In the West side of Dhapa an oldest and important landmark exist which is the Awatar Bhavan that has Dhapa Post Office in it. It also has the St. Thomas school. This building was once built by Late Yadunandan Singh in the year 1920 and is currently owned by his son Shatrughna Prasad Singh. Apart from that some other old landmarks are Dhapa Kutchery also built by Late Yadunandan Singh in 1920's.

Dhapa under the administrative jurisdiction of South 24 Paraganas and is under the Pragati maidan Police Station. A small police outpost - the Parama Investigating Centre is also an intermediary Police Station that handles minor and petty cases which is positioned on the Parama Island - a roundabout that connects the EM Bypass with Gariahat and Park Circus. The local court is the District Sessions Court (South 24 Pgs) near Bhavani Bhavan at Alipore. The area falls under ward 58 of the Sonarpur Constituency.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is responsible for providing the basic civic facilities and amenities to the residents of the place like Water, Drainage, Sanitation, Garbage Collection, Anti Malarial and Health Care programs. The Calcutta Electricity Supply Corporation (CESC) provides electricity to the area as well as to entire Kolkata as the sole electricity provider.

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