Kolkata Development Index

Kolkata's newest 5-star hotel, Ozen Mansion, is opening soon. Located adjacent to Bengal Silicon Valley in New Town, the 235-key property, featuring mansions and luxury suites among other rooms, aims to redefine the city's hospitality scene. PC: The Ozen Collection

The pan and gutkha ban is about as useful as a traffic light in GTA. Look at the condition of East-West Metro facilities! Certain people have no civic sense AT ALL… 😑 eisamay.com/west-bengal-ne…

📢Updates from CCU Expansion ✈️ The current terminal will go all-domestic, while a ₹4,200 crore expansion will be the new terminal for international and domestic flyers. The decision is based on the fact that Kolkata has more domestic traffic than international traffic, and…

Jodhpur Park is such a beautiful neighborhood, and very quiet compared to the rest of the city. Kolkata deserves such green and pedestrian-friendly streets like this throughout the city, and not just in the upscale neighborhoods.

An inside look of the Titagarh Rail Systems factory in Uttarpara where metro and Vande Bharat sleeper trains are being manufactured! 🤩 PC: CNBC-TV18 (youtu.be/dhN4BsLHkyw)

Once a crumbling corner behind South City, this ~41 katha plot will now be redeveloped. Sureka Group has taken possession of the plot to develop a residential project dubbed “The Quartet.”

This would be a big mining endeavor of SAIL and BCCL, as Kalyaneswari has around 122 MT of coal reserves.

Candor Baytown, part of Candor IT SEZ New Town construction progress as of July. The mixed-use project will host 4.13 lakh sq ft of office space and a G+2 block of High Street Retail. #itpark #candor #brookfield #sez #india #kolkata 📸 Sudipta Baidya (youtu.be/SGE6iaqfE1M?si…)

I used ChatGPT to reimagine a street in BBD Bagh as a walkable, car-free and hawker-free space. The result has me astonished. We often overlook just how much potential Kolkata has to be among the most beautiful cities in India.

UNIROX Bikes, a Kolkata-based and Bengali-owned business, will establish eastern India’s first bicycle manufacturing plant in Kharagpur! They aim to produce 1 million bikes annually from the plant once fully completed, with initial production of 4L bikes annually.

Roadways - Raxaul Haldia Expressway Access Controlled, Greenfield, 6 Lane Total length - 585.35 km West Bengal - 81.45 km [via East Bardhaman, Birbhum] Jharkhand - 96.1 km [via 3 districts] Bihar - 407.8km [via 9 districts] Starting point between Bardhaman & Durgapur This High…

Titagarh Rail Systems performed a bhumi puja for its new ₹126 Cr, 40-acre expansion in Uttarpara. The expansion aims to augment Vande Bharat and metro coach output from 300 to 850 units per year.

📍Taki, West Bengal Located around 2 hours away from Kolkata, Taki is gaining momentum as a popular tourist destination, particularly due to its picturesque riverside location on the Ichamati River. PC: Feet Outside (youtu.be/QY9F0MoXXV4)

Resilient Homes Rising in the Sunderbans. In the heart of the Sunderbans, a quiet architectural revolution is taking shape- bringing safer, smarter homes to communities vulnerable to floods and cyclones. The initiative is led by Udit Mittal, an alumnus of the School of…

The emerging skyline of New Town, Kolkata glowing under the evening sky! 🤩 PC: Tousik Mir

Extremely frustrating that, despite the East-West Metro (Green Line) being FULLY COMPLETE, the Sealdah-Esplanade stretch is yet to be inaugurated! The city is ready and excited for this infrasture. Please inaugurate it soon, @metrorailwaykol, @PMOIndia. 🙏

Interesting! 🤔 Darjeeling MP @RajuBistaBJP has brought up the proposal of a metro rail system connecting Siliguri and adjoining areas. The proposal shall be examined by the Ministry of Railways.

Full support, and great initiative @upamanyu95! The Chingrighata stretch of Kolkata Metro Orange Line has been delayed for far too long. However, it’s great to see people rising up to make sure the city’s infrastructure projects are not delayed like this.