Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority had been established under West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 with the aim of facilitating development and planning in the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA).
KMDA has been taking Kolkata ahead by bringing about various advancements such as industrial area growth, increase in retail markets, IT sector boom, new townships, and so on. There has been significant improvement in waste management, water supply, and drainage management. The Kolkata Metropolitan Planning Committee has its technical secretariat at KMDA.
Expert social scientists, engineers, and planners at KMDA have been working on various developmental projects with regard to land use, physical infrastructure, healthcare, and living environment. In its endeavor to reach out to a wider section of KMA, the KMDA has developed infrastructure worth more than ` 2000.
The major KMDA projects are given below:
KMDA has been taking Kolkata ahead by bringing about various advancements such as industrial area growth, increase in retail markets, IT sector boom, new townships, and so on. There has been significant improvement in waste management, water supply, and drainage management. The Kolkata Metropolitan Planning Committee has its technical secretariat at KMDA.
Expert social scientists, engineers, and planners at KMDA have been working on various developmental projects with regard to land use, physical infrastructure, healthcare, and living environment. In its endeavor to reach out to a wider section of KMA, the KMDA has developed infrastructure worth more than ` 2000.
The major KMDA projects are given below:
- Real Estate: Sourav Abasan, GL Block Housing Complex, Baishnabghata-Patuli Township Area, Ashabari Housing Complex, Purba Housing, DAKSHINI Housing Complex, and Valmiki Ambedkar Awas Yojana (VAMBAY ). Commercial estates are Dakshineswar Dala Arcade, Southend Conclave, Riverfront development for Sri Sarada Math(Dakshineswar).
- Infrastructure Projects: Sewerage, Drainage and Sanitation projects like Maniktala Sewerage and Drainage Project, Tollygunge Sewerage and Drainage, Drainage Basin Improvement Projects, Cossipore-Chitpur Drainage. Transportation projects like the very recently,completed Chingrighata flyover, Grand Foreshore Road, and Lake Gardens Flyover.
- Public Private Partnership projects: Hiland Park (Baghajatin), Riverbank Holdings Private Limited, City Center (Salt Lake).
- Special Projects: Kolkata Slum Improvement Program, Bastee Improvement Program, Refugee Colony Development, India Population Project are a few such projects.
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The Jawarharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission has been working with KMDA for the purpose of urban development and efficient planning. Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority has been working on various development schemes, Land Use Maps and Registers (LUMR), and Land Use Development Control Plans (LUDCP).
The Statutory Planning Unit of KMDA takes up activities such as depositary works of different Government departments in Kolkata, planning townships, residential and commercial projects, and urban renewal schemes.
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority has made a profound impact in developing the oldest metropolis in India and has given it a more modern and brighter outlook, thereby making Kolkata one of the most sought after cities in India.
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