Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority


Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority is the statutory planning and development authority for the Kolkata metropolitan area in the Indian States and [union territories of India|state] of West Bengal. The organisation was known as Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority and retains its previous logo. KMDA is functioning under the administrative control of Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs of Government of West Bengal.

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. 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.

History

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

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.

Notable projects

DevelopmentLocationStart dateCompletion dateReferences
Patuli floating marketPatuli2018
Baishnabghata Patuli TownshipGaria
Bediapara UnderpassSouth Dumdum
Dakshineswar SkywalkDakshineswar20152018
Kolkata [Bus Rapid Transit System]Ultadanga - E. M. Bypass - Garia2011ongoing
Kolkata EyeHooghly Riverfront2011Never started
Kolkata West International CityHowrah2006ongoing
Millennium ParkStrand Road1999
Nazrul ManchaRabindra Sarobar1980
Panihati Intake JettyPanihati2014
Maa FlyoverE.M. Bypass - Park Circus20102015
Storm Water Drainage SystemsDum Dum
West Bengal Tele Academy ComplexBaruipur2022
40 MGD Water Treatment PlantMaheshtala2024