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The Mamata Banerjee government is trying to take opinion from French and British architects and town planners in its endeavour to bring an international perspective for town planning and urban development in the city. A seminar was organized by the CII on urban designing and town planning. French town planner Florence Bougnoux, a man of [...] Continue Reading »
Kolkata- In a recent meeting, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) had plans to auction more land through e-auction, especially the 10-acre land situated in Rajarhat New Town, for setting up a private medical college and a hospital. There have already been many floated expressions of interest from the authorities for the project. However, the last date [...] Continue Reading »
A 22 cottah plot of land in Rajarhat, Kolkata has been sold out to set up a polyclinic cum daycare centre has drawn Rs 6.85 crore in an auction. November 9 was the last day of application. The New Town lacks polyclinics and hospitals, so the residents have to depend on neighbouring areas. To bring [...] Continue Reading »
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), following the controversy over Pinki Pramanik’s plot off EM Bypass in Kasba, has decided to speed up work of preparing a report on the detailed status of all land sold off EM Bypass, including residential plots and flats. The KMDA has started work on preparing the status of land [...] Continue Reading »
Allegations of irregularities have poured in about the allotments done by Housing Infrastructure and Development Corporation (Hidco) three months ago. Questions were also raised about the presence of any political aim behind the allotment of so many residential and non residential plots, including those under the chairman’s quota, just a day before the election schedule [...] Continue Reading »
