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New Town
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New Town
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City facts
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Overview
New Town is a planned Satellite city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is administered by NKDA. New Town is declared as a "Solar City" and "Smart Green City" by Government of India.
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History
The area mainly consisted of huge acres of cultivable lands and water bodies, which was acquired and developed in a planned manner. The process of investing in residential and industrial facilities and infrastructural development of the area was mainly started under the leadership of the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, Jyoti Basu in the late 1990s. The master plan envisions a township which is at least three times bigger than the neighbouring planned Salt Lake City. New Town was declared as a Solar City by the former UPA-lead Government of India and later this city was declared as Smart Green City by NDA-lead Government of India with the help of Government of West Bengal following a proposal submitted by Mamata Banerjee (Chief Minister of West Bengal) but later withdrawn from the Smart Cities Mission after the AITC-governed Bengal government decided to withdraw all cities of West Bengal from the competition. It has rejected 1,000 crore to be given for development of the city as smart city.
Geography
Most of New Town is in North 24 Parganas district. It was declared as a part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area in August 2016 by Governor of West Bengal.
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Geography
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Notable people from here
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Nearby places in West Bengal
- Ghuni0.9 mi away
- Bidhannagar3.6 mi away · pop. 304,000
- South Dumdum4.4 mi away
- Dum Dum5 mi away
- North Dumdum6.3 mi away
- New Barrackpore7 mi away
- Kolkata7.1 mi away · pop. 4,486,679
- Baranagar7.3 mi away · pop. 248,466
- Madhyamgram7.7 mi away
- Panihati8.5 mi away · pop. 383,522
- Barasat9.1 mi away
- Kamarhati9.1 mi away · pop. 336,579
Geography & sun
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Books about New Town
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Sources
- • Wikipedia
- • Wikidata
- • iNaturalist
- • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org
- • Wikipedia Pageviews API
- • Open Library