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'''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 into the east [[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=25 December 2021}}</ref> Itit is a part of the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]]. It is administered by NKDA (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|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>
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==Geography==
Most of New Town is located in the districts [[KolkataNorth district24 Parganas]] district. It was declared as a part of the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] in August 2016 by [[List of governors of West Bengal|Governor of West Bengal]].<ref name="KMA2007">{{cite web |title=KMA notification |url=http://www.wburbandev.gov.in/circulars/noti_no_3375_ud_o_m_sb_s-4_98.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220210448/http://www.wburbandev.gov.in/circulars/noti_no_3375_ud_o_m_sb_s-4_98.pdf |archive-date=20 December 2016 |access-date=7 December 2016 |publisher=Urban Development Department, Government of West Bengal}}</ref>
 
==Cityscape==
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