New Town, Kolkata: Difference between revisions

| name = New Town Kolkata

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Kolkata, West Bengal, India

| subdivision_name2 = [[North 24 Parganas district|North 24 ParganasKolkata]]<br>[[South 24 Parganas districtKolkata|South 24 ParganasKolkata]]<ref name="NKDA">{{Cite web|url=https://www.icra.in/Rationale/GetRationaleFile/27752|title=NKDA Overview|access-date=15 August 2019|archive-date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815060757/https://www.icra.in/Rationale/GetRationaleFile/27752|url-status=live}}</ref>

'''New Town''' ([[also known as|a.k.a]] '''Rajarhat New Town''') is a posh [[planned city|planned]] [[smart city]] located in the state of [[West Bengal]] in [[India]]. Being one of the [[Satellite city|satellite cities]] of state capital [[Kolkata]], New Town is located 11 kmin east from [[Kolkata]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Satellite Towns List |publisher=Walk Through India |url=http://www.walkthroughindia.com/walkthroughs/top-12-upcoming-planned-satellite-cities-india/ |url-status=live |access-date=6 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225214125/http://www.walkthroughindia.com/cities/top-12-upcoming-planned-satellite-cities-india/ |archive-date=21 December 2021}}</ref> It is a part of [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] and comes under [[North 24 Parganas district]] and [[South 24 ParganasKolkata district]]. It is administered by New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA).<ref>{{cite web |title=The New Town, Kolkata Development Authority Act, 2007 |url=http://www.nkdamar.org/Statutes/The%20NKDA%20Act%202007.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220211031733/https://www.nkdamar.org/Statutes/The%20NKDA%20Act%202007.pdf |archive-date=11 February 2022 |access-date=21 March 2017 |publisher=NTKDA}}</ref> New Town is declared as a "Solar City" and "[[Smart City|Smart Green City]]" by [[Government of India]].<ref name="neliti"/>

[[HIDCO]] plans developing infrastructure like - roads, drains, sewerage line, water supply lines, major embellishment works and executed constructions like - buildings, projects, parks, museum, subways, over-bridges in New Town.<ref name="Times of India">{{cite news |title=Times of India |date=13 February 2014 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/New-Town-to-get-three-subways-an-overbridge/articleshow/30301719.cms |access-date=13 May 2015 |publisher=timesofindia.indiatimes.com |archive-date=17 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140317084255/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/New-Town-to-get-three-subways-an-overbridge/articleshow/30301719.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> An information technology and residential hub is developed at New Town. New Town was enabled with 10.5&nbsp;km of Wi-Fi Zone along the Major Arterial Road (part of [[Biswa Bangla Sarani]]) from Haldiram, near [[Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport|Dumdum/Kolkata Airport]] to Salt Lake Sector V, which also make it India's first Wi-Fi road connectivity. The stretch has already been declared as a green corridor.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/10-5km-Wi-Fi-zone-in-Rajarhat-New-Town/articleshow/36728018.cms |title=Wi-Fi connectivity: 10.5km Wi-Fi zone in Rajarhat New Town {{pipe}} Kolkata News - Times of India |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 June 2014 |access-date=15 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160120214040/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/10-5km-Wi-Fi-zone-in-Rajarhat-New-Town/articleshow/36728018.cms |archive-date=20 January 2016}}</ref>