West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation
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 HIDCO Bhawan | |
| Industry | Infrastructure |
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| Headquarters | , |
Area served | West Bengal, India |
Key people | Firhad Hakim (Chairman) |
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| Owner | Government of West Bengal |
| Parent | Government of West Bengal |
| Website | www |
The West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation or HIDCO is a public sector undertaking headquartered in Narkelbagan, Action Area - I of New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal, India. It plans and executes buildings, projects, parks, museum and other construction activity like subways, overbridges[2] and monorail in the Indian state of West Bengal. It looks after development projects in New Town, Kolkata, West Bengal and adjacent parts of Rajarhat (Rajarhat-Gopalpur (M) and Rajarhat CD Block) also. HIDCO has prepared the LUDCP and it is developing all infrastructure like roads, drains, sewerage line, water supply lines, major beautification works and other related major works as per master plan. With multinational IT giants are setting up campuses in the area, the civic body wants to make infrastructure full–proof.
Many well known constructions such as the KMOMA, New Town Eco Park, Biswa Bangla Gate, International Finance Hub of Kolkata, Rabindra Tirtha, Nazrul Tirtha, Vocational Training Institute, N–S Corridor, Convention Center etc. are some of the projects developed by HIDCO. Monorail from Ultadanga to New Town via Salt Lake is also being planned by HIDCO.[3]
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References[edit]
- ^ "North 24 Parganas district".
- ^ "New Town to get three subways, an overbridge". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. The Times of India. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
- ^ "উল্টোডাঙা-নিউটাউনে মনোরেল". eisamay.indiatimes.com (in Bengali). Ei Samay. Retrieved 13 May 2015.