Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority

Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is the statutory planning and development authority for the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA) in the state of West Bengal, India. The organisation used to be known as Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) and retains the previous logo. KMDA is functioning under the administrative control of Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs of Government of West Bengal.

Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
Official Logo of CMDA (Now KMDA)

CMDA (Now KMDA) Main Building
Agency overview
Formed1970 (1970)
TypeCity Planning Agency
JurisdictionGovernment of West Bengal
HeadquartersUnnayan Bhavan, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700091
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Sri Khalil Ahmed, IAS (WB: 1995), Chief Executive Officer
WebsiteOfficial website

Functions

KMDA's role is multi-disciplinary: it is the agency of city planning, it sculpts new areas and townships, it develops physical infrastructure as well as provide basic services like water, drainage, waste management. KMDA is also the Technical Secretariat to Kolkata Metropolitan Planning Committee (KMPC). Besides these major functional areas, KMDA is also engaged in providing consultancy services and implementing projects on behalf of other public sector departments and agencies.[1]

History

The organisation was formed under a Presidential Ordinance in 1970. It works now under provision of the West Bengal Town and Country (Planning & Development) Act, 1979. Its Planning Directorate was set up in 1974.[2]

Governance

KMDA has an 11-member Board that includes both elected peoples' representatives and nominated bureaucrats. The Honourable Minister-in-charge of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs in the Government of West Bengal is the ex-officio Chairman of the Board of KMDA.[1]

Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction
Settlements Name Total
Municipal Corporations Kolkata, Bidhannagar, Howrah, Chandannagar4
Municipalities
1. North 24 Parganas district
Baranagar, Barasat, Basirhat,Barrackpore, Bhatpara, Dum Dum, Garulia, Halisahar, Kamarhati, Kanchrapara, Khardah, Madhyamgram, Naihati, New Barrackpore, North Barrackpur, North Dumdum, Panihati, South Dumdum, Titagarh
2. South 24 Parganas district
Baruipur, Budge Budge, Jaynagar Majilpur, Maheshtala, Pujali, Rajpur Sonarpur
3. Nadia district
Gayespur, Kalyani
4. Howrah district
Uluberia
5. Hooghly district
Baidyabati, Bhadreswar, Bansberia, Champdani, Dankuni, Hugli Chuchura, Konnagar, Rishra, Serampore, Uttarpara Kotrung
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Notable projects
DevelopmentLocationStart dateCompletion dateReferences
Patuli floating marketPatuli2018[3]
Baishnabghata Patuli TownshipGaria[4]
Bediapara UnderpassSouth Dumdum
Dakshineswar SkywalkDakshineswar20152018[5][6]
Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit SystemUltadanga - E. M. Bypass - Garia2011ongoing[7]
Kolkata EyeHooghly Riverfront2011Never started[8]
Kolkata West International CityHowrah2006ongoing
Millennium ParkStrand Road1999[9]
Nazrul ManchaRabindra Sarobar1980[10]
Panihati Intake JettyPanihati2014[11]
Maa FlyoverE.M. Bypass - Park Circus20102015[12]
Storm Water Drainage SystemsDum Dum[13]
West Bengal Tele Academy ComplexBaruipur2022[14]

See also

References
  1. "KMDA - About Us". Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority.
  2. "Kolkata Metropolitan Area". KMA Map, Annual Report 2011. Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).
  3. "First day, first show: Floating mart a hit". Times of India. 25 January 2018.
  4. "7 govt agencies together own a 5th of Kolkata | Kolkata News - Times of India". The Times of India. 5 November 2017.
  5. "CM Mamata Banerjee to open Dakshineswar skywalk on November 5". Times of India. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  6. "Skywalk boon for devotees". The Telegraph. 23 March 2018. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018.
  7. "Fresh blueprint for rapid bus commute". Times of India. 15 January 2010.
  8. "At 135 metres, Kolkata to stare London in the eye". Times of India. 30 November 2017. Retrieved 18 December 2017.
  9. Adhikary, Srabani (30 September 2020). "দর্শকদের কাছে ফের আকর্ষণীয় করে তুলতে ফের সাজবে মিলেনিয়াম পার্ক". EI Samay (in Bengali).
  10. "AC makeover for Nazrul Mancha". Times of India. 6 November 2013.
  11. Mullick, Soumyadip (12 September 2019). "Construction of intake jetty might lead to ships getting stuck". The Statesman. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
  12. "Kolkata to get state's longest flyover linking Howrah with EM Bypass". Hindustan Times. 7 October 2015. Retrieved 7 October 2015.
  13. "Storm Water Drainage System" (PDF). WB Department of Municipal Affairs.
  14. "Tele Academy Complex: টেলিভিশন অনেকের প্রিয় বন্ধু, পশ্চিমবঙ্গ টেলি আকাদেমি কমপ্লেক্স উদ্বোধন করে বললেন মমতা". www.anandabazar.com (in Bengali). Anandabazar Patrika. Retrieved 10 March 2022.


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