Tuesday, March 4th, 2014
The state government is inching closer towards merging the four urban development bodies, Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), Kolkata Improvement Trust (KIT), Howrah Improvement Trust (HIT) and Kolkata Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (KMWSA). Read More
Friday, March 4th, 2011
The State Water and Sanitation Mission (SWSM) will soon be documenting water resources across six zones of the state. The documentation — to be done through Geographical Information System (GIS) and Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping —...
Tuesday, January 25th, 2011
According to Census 2001, 27.8% of Indians, i.e. 286 million people or 55 million households live in urban areas – projections indicate that the urban population would have grown to 331 million people by 2007 and to...