6-562: 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 . KMDA's role
12-563: 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. The organisation
18-868: Is the urban agglomeration of the city of Kolkata in the Indian state of West Bengal . It is the third most populous metropolitan area in India after Delhi and Mumbai . The area is administered by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA). What is now the KMA was first legally defined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area in the schedule of the Calcutta Metropolitan Planning Area (Use and Development of Land) Control Act, 1965 (West Bengal Act XIV of 1965). After repeal of that Act,
24-463: Is the ex-officio Chairman of the Board of KMDA. This article about an organisation in India is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This West Bengal related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kolkata metropolitan area The Kolkata Metropolitan Area (abbreviated KMA ; formerly Calcutta Metropolitan Area ), also known as Greater Kolkata ,
30-546: The area was redefined as the Calcutta Metropolitan Area (CMA) in the first schedule of West Bengal Town and Country (Planning and Development) Act, 1979 (West Bengal Act XIII of 1979). The area covers 4 municipal corporations along with 38 Municipalities . According to the 2011 census data , the total population of the Kolkata metropolitan area was 14,112,536. KMDA report states the total area
36-545: 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. 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
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