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{{Infobox government agency
| agency_name = Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority
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| picture_caption = CMDA (Now KMDA) Main Building
| formed = {{start date and age|1970}}
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| jurisdiction = [[Government of West Bengal]]
| headquarters = Unnayan Bhavan, [[Bidhannagar]], [[Kolkata]]-700091
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| minister1_name = Smt. [[Chandrima Bhattacharya]]
| minister1_pfo = Minister of State (Independent Charge) [[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]]
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| chief1_name = Smt. Antara Acharya, IAS (WB: 2006)
| chief1_position = Chief Executive Officer
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| agency_type = City Planning Agency
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| website = {{URL|www.kmdaonline.org}}
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'''Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority''' (KMDA) is the statutory planning and development authority for the [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]] (KMA) in the state of [[West Bengal]], [[India]]. The organisation used to be known as '''Calcutta Metropolitan Development Authority''' (CMDA) and retains the previous logo. KMDA is functioning under the administrative control of [[Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs]] of [[Government of West Bengal]] .

==Functions==
KMDA's role 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.<ref name=aboutus />

==History==
The organisation 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.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kolkata Metropolitan Area|url=http://www.kmdaonline.org/home/download/bGxlMUFuTjBYYUZHVVZ6OUhtaGRRS2JzbFNIS1BGRTI3SUVHTDNzVnc1UVdPOFlLRUZxZThvbnp3QVNqUmtvSWZXTWh1N1dWWklIdjZjSEpta0hkVHc9PQ==|website=KMA Map, Annual Report 2011|publisher=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA)}}</ref>

==Governance==
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]] is the ex-officio Chairman of the Board of KMDA.<ref name=aboutus>{{cite web|title=KMDA - About Us|url=http://www.kmdaonline.org/home/about_us|website=Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority}}</ref>

==Jurisdiction==
{| class="wikitable" style="width:200pt,"
|-
! colspan="3" style="text-align: center," |Jurisdiction
|-
! style="text-align: center," |Settlements
! style="text-align: center," |Name
! style="text-align: center," |Total
|-
! Municipal Corporations
| [[Kolkata]], [[Bidhannagar]], [[Howrah]], [[Chandannagar]] || 4
|-
! Municipalities
|
;1. North 24 Parganas district : [[Baranagar]], [[Barasat]], [[Barrackpore]], [[Bhatpara]], [[Dum Dum]], [[Garulia]], [[Halisahar]], [[Kamarhati]], [[Kanchrapara]], [[Khardah]], [[Madhyamgram]], [[Naihati]], [[New Barrackpore]], [[North Barrackpur]], [[North Dumdum]], [[Panihati]], [[South Dumdum]], [[Titagarh]]

;2. South 24 Parganas district : [[Baruipur]], [[Budge Budge]], [[Jaynagar Majilpur]], [[Maheshtala]], [[Pujali]], [[Rajpur Sonarpur]]

;3. Nadia district : [[Gayespur]], [[Kalyani, West Bengal|Kalyani]]

;4. Howrah district : [[Uluberia]]

;5. Hooghly district : [[Baidyabati]], [[Bhadreswar, Hooghly|Bhadreswar]], [[Bansberia]], [[Champdani]], [[Dankuni]], [[Hugli-Chuchura|Hugli Chuchura]], [[Konnagar]], [[Rishra]], [[Serampore]], [[Uttarpara Kotrung]]
|| 37
|-
|}

==Notable Projects==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Development !! Location !! Start date !! Completion date !! References
|-
| Patuli Floating Market || Patuli || || 2018 || <ref>{{cite news |title=First day, first show: Floating mart a hit |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/first-day-first-show-floating-mart-a-hit/articleshow/62643284.cms |work=Times of India |date=25 Jan 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Baishnabghata Patuli Township]] || [[Garia]] || || ||<ref>{{cite news |title=7 govt agencies together own a 5th of Kolkata {{!}} Kolkata News - Times of India |url=https://m.timesofindia.com/city/kolkata/7-govt-agencies-together-own-a-5th-of-kolkata/articleshow/61513442.cms |work=The Times of India |date=5 November 2017 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| Bediapara Underpass || [[South Dumdum]] || || ||
|-
| Dakshineswar Skywalk || [[Dakshineswar]] || 2015 || 2018<ref>{{cite news |title=CM Mamata Banerjee to open Dakshineswar skywalk on November 5 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/cm-mamata-banerjee-to-open-dakshineswar-skywalk-on-november-5/articleshow/66373575.cms |access-date=5 November 2018 |work=Times of India |date=26 October 2018}}</ref> || <ref>{{cite news|title=Skywalk boon for devotees|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/calcutta/skywalk-boon-for-devotees-217823|work=The Telegraph|date=23 Mar 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kolkata Bus Rapid Transit System]] || [[Ultadanga]] - [[Eastern Metropolitan Bypass|E. M. Bypass]] - [[Garia]] || 2011 || ongoing || <ref>{{cite news|title=Fresh blueprint for rapid bus commute|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIKM/2010/01/15&ID=Ar00201|work=Times of India|date=15 Jan 2010}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kolkata Eye]] || [[Hooghly Riverfront]] || 2011 || Never started || <ref>{{cite news|title=At 135 metres, Kolkata to stare London in the eye|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/at-135-metres-kolkata-to-stare-london-in-the-eye/articleshow/61855559.cms|access-date=18 December 2017|work=Times of India|date=30 Nov 2017}}</ref>
|-
| [[Kolkata West International City]] || [[Howrah]] || 2006 || ongoing ||
|-
| [[Millennium Park (Kolkata)|Millennium Park]] || [[Strand Road, Kolkata|Strand Road]] || || 1999 || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Adhikary |first1=Srabani |title=দর্শকদের কাছে ফের আকর্ষণীয় করে তুলতে ফের সাজবে মিলেনিয়াম পার্ক |url=https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/lifestyle/news-on-travel/kolkata-millennium-park-will-renovated/articleshow/78397759.cms |work=EI Samay |date=30 September 2020 |language=bn}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nazrul Mancha]] || [[Rabindra Sarobar]] || || 1980 || <ref>{{cite news|title=AC makeover for Nazrul Mancha|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/AC-makeover-for-Nazrul-Mancha/articleshow/25281030.cms|work=Times of India|date=6 Nov 2013}}</ref>
|-
| Panihati Intake Jetty || [[Panihati]] || || 2014 || <ref>{{cite news |last1=Mullick |first1=Soumyadip |title=Construction of intake jetty might lead to ships getting stuck |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/bengal/construction-intake-jetty-might-lead-ships-getting-stuck-1502799397.html |access-date=11 May 2021 |work=The Statesman |date=12 September 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Maa Flyover]] || [[E.M. Bypass]] - [[Park Circus]] || 2010 || 2015 || <ref>{{cite news|title=Kolkata to get state’s longest flyover linking Howrah with EM Bypass|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/kolkata-to-get-state-s-longest-flyover-linking-howrah-with-em-bypass/story-woa8zuEzUUFRIykcWMXwFP.html|work=Hindustan Times|access-date=7 October 2015|date=7 October 2015}}</ref>
|-
| Storm Water Drainage Systems || [[Dum Dum]] || || || <ref>{{cite web|title=Storm Water Drainage System|url=https://www.wbdma.gov.in/PDF/URBAN_GROVER/Storm%20Water%20Draingage%20System%20Within%20Panihati,%20Khardah,.pdf|website=WB Department of Municipal Affairs}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority]]

==External links==
*[http://www.kmdaonline.org/ Official KMDA website]

==References==
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[[Category:Organisations based in Kolkata]]
[[Category:Government of Kolkata]]
[[Category:State urban development authorities of India]]
[[Category:State agencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in West Bengal]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1970]]

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