Nehru Park
Park
A cosy nook in the park
Nehru Park Location in West Bengal, India Show map of West Bengal Nehru Park Nehru Park (India) Show map of India
Coordinates: 23°38′02″N 86°56′49″E / 23.634°N 86.947°E / 23.634; 86.947
Country	India
State	West Bengal
District	Paschim Bardhaman
Area
• Total	26 ha (64 acres)
Elevation	75 m (246 ft)
Languages
• Official	Bengali, English
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
Vehicle registration	WB
Nearest city	Asansol
Location	North bank of Damodar River
Precipitation	1,300 millimetres (51 in)
Avg. summer temperature	40 °C (104 °F)
Avg. winter temperature	25 °C (77 °F)

Nehru Park is located on the banks of the Damodar River at Burnpur, a neighbourhood in Asansol in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Name

The park was planned by F. W. A. Lahmeyer, general manager of the IISCO Steel Plant. Although officially named Riverside Park, it was nicknamed Lahmeyer Park. In 1989, the 100-year anniversary of the birth of India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, the park was renamed Nehru Park.^[1] A cast iron statue of Nehru, cast at Kulti Works, then part of IISCO, was installed in the park.^{[citation needed]}