Parnasree Pally is an upscale locality of Behala in southern Kolkata, India. It was included in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation in 1985. Translated to English the name means "beauty of the leaves". While it has lost most of its greenery owing to rapid real estate development, it remains one of the greener and cleaner localities of Kolkata. It was earlier known as Halderbagan. The local dhobis of Parnasree are supposed to be the oldest residents of the area. They can still be found in the Dhopapara area of Parnasree which constitutes of 2-3 houses. The area of Parnasree has quite few banks namely the State Bank of India, United Bank of India, Allahabad Bank, Axis Bank, Bank of Baroda besides a few ATMs of other banks. The area also is home to the Parnasree Palli Post Office which constitutes Kolkata 700060. A 40 feet wide road runs around the core area of Parnasree. It comes out the junction of Banamali Naskar Road and Upen Banerjee Road and it merges back into Upen Banerjee Road at RIC More. The area has got a vibrant bus station where bus routes of 13, S4, S4D, AC4, AC4A,E4, VS-4, Parnasree Howrah Mini bus terminate. Parnasree Pally is situated very close to the Behala Airport, which is to be converted to an airport to serve as an air traffic hub for Bengal and for other regional traffic. While super cyclone 'Amphan' had played havoc across different parts of Kolkata, life in Parnasree Pally came to a complete halt with large scale devastation to both life and property. Five people were electrocuted during the storm that made landfall on May 20, 2020. The entire area of Parnasree plunged into darkness with no connectivity with the outside world and didn't see much improvement in its state for more than a week.
Geography
Police district
Parnashree police station is part of the South West division of Kolkata Police. Located at Ward Health Unit, Upen Banerjee Road, Block- 14 Parnasree Pally, Kolkata-700060, it has jurisdiction over the police district which is bounded on the north by Taratala police district; on the east by Behala police district; on the south by Thakurpukur police district; and on the west by Mahestala police district Behala Women police station, located at the same address as above, covers all police districts under the jurisdiction of the South West division i.e. Sarsuna, Taratala, Behala, Parnasree, Thakurpukur and Haridevpur. Jadavpur, Thakurpukur, Behala, Purba Jadavpur, Tiljala, Regent Park, Metiabruz, Nadial and Kasba police stations were transferred from South 24 Parganas to Kolkata in 2011. Except Metiabruz, all the police stations were split into two. The new police stations are Parnasree, Haridevpur, Garfa, Patuli, Survey Park, Pragati Maidan, Bansdroni and Rajabagan.
Transport
Parnasree Pally can be accessed from Taratala Crossing by taking the Budge Budge Road and also from the road opposite Behala Police Station.
