6-700: The Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners ( HRBC ) office is a statutory organization under the Department of Transport (West Bengal) , established in 1969 for the construction of Vidyasagar Setu . In 1961, the Kolkata Metropolitan Planning Organization was set up through a resolution of the Development and Planning Department to develop a comprehensive development plan for the Metropolis, then called Calcutta. It
12-423: The capital city of Kolkata and its suburban areas. The South Bengal State Transport Corporation (SBSTC) looks after transport services in the districts of South and South-Western Bengal while transport facilities in the districts of North Bengal are primarily dependent on North Bengal State Transport Corporation (NBSTC). The department operates from Paribahan Bhawan , which was the building earlier housing
18-488: The domain of West Bengal . It also provides administrative and legal framework for the same. Its activities span issuing of licences and permits, registration of vehicles, issuance of permits, operation of public transport services, development of transport infrastructure and promotion of private sector investment in the sector. State Transport Undertakings provide transport facilities in the state. The West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) renders transport services within
24-644: The headquarters of West Bengal Transport Corporation (formerly Calcutta Tramways Company ). It oversees the Public Vehicles Department, in essence the Regional Transport Office (RTO) for the city. In addition to that, there are RTOs in each of the districts which are usually located at the District Magistrate (India) 's office precincts. Within the department is its functional & executive arm called
30-608: The state secretariat of the Government of West Bengal and named as Nabanna . It continued to house the majority of state government departments and offices of the Chief Minister of West Bengal as of August, 2019. Department of Transport (West Bengal) The Department of Transport of West Bengal is a department of the Government of West Bengal . It is responsible for the provision of transport facilities and infrastructure on road, inland water and air – within
36-628: Was the first of its kind in India. HRBC became the main body employed by the state government for complex civil engineering projects in urban locales in Kolkata . It is the principal body charged with the maintenance of the four flyovers across the city that serve as major traffic arteries. An abandoned 14-floor skyscraper belonging to the HRBC in the Mandirtala neighborhood of Howrah was turned into
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