Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority

Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is the statutory planning and development authority for the Kolkata metropolitan area in the Indian state of West Bengal. The organisation was known as Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) 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.

Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority

Official Logo of CMDA (Now KMDA)
CMDA (Now KMDA) Main Building
Agency overview
Formed	1970; 55 years ago (1970)
Type	City Planning Agency
Jurisdiction	Government of West Bengal
Headquarters	Unnayan Bhavan, Bidhannagar, Kolkata-700091
Minister responsible	Firhad Hakim, Minister-In-Charge Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs
Agency executive	Sri Rajesh Kumar Sinha, IAS (WB: 1997), Chief Executive Officer
Website	kmda.wb.gov.in

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

List of the Chairmans of KMDA

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, Chandannagar	4
Municipalities	1. North 24 Parganas district Baranagar, Barasat, 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, Maheshtala, Pujali, Rajpur Sonarpur 3. Nadia district Gayespur, Haringhata, Kalyani 4. Howrah district Uluberia 5. Hooghly district Baidyabati, Bhadreswar, Bansberia, Champdani, Dankuni, Hugli Chuchura, Konnagar, Rishra, Serampore, Uttarpara Kotrung	38

Notable projects

Development	Location	Start date	Completion date	References
Patuli floating market	Patuli		2018	[3]
Baishnabghata Patuli Township	Garia			[4]
Bediapara Underpass	South Dumdum
Dakshineswar Skywalk	Dakshineswar	2015	2018[5]	[6]
Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit System	Ultadanga - E. M. Bypass - Garia	2011	ongoing	[7]
Kolkata Eye	Hooghly Riverfront	2011	Never started	[8]
Kolkata West International City	Howrah	2006	ongoing
Millennium Park	Strand Road		1999	[9]
Nazrul Mancha	Rabindra Sarobar		1980	[10]
Panihati Intake Jetty	Panihati		2014	[11]
Maa Flyover	E.M. Bypass - Park Circus	2010	2015	[12]
Storm Water Drainage Systems	Dum Dum			[13]
West Bengal Tele Academy Complex	Baruipur		2022	[14]
40 MGD Water Treatment Plant	Maheshtala		2024	[15]

See also

• Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority