Bidhannagar, the most important satellite town of the city of Kolkata is situated on the eastern edge of the city. Bidhannagar is named after Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, the first Chief Minister of West Bengal, who came up with the township idea to relieve the rising population pressure on Kolkata. The original township was called Salt Lake (or “Laban Hrad”), which was later renamed as Bidhannagar.
Municipal Vision
Bidhannagar Municipality intends to
• Be an environmentally clean urban area ensuring healthy lives, healthy ambience, safety and security
• Provide the residents, irrespective of poor or rich, should have adequate & equal access to basic services
• Properly preserve the Wetlands in order to save the ecological balance of the Kolkata Metropolis
• Upgrade the economically weaker section, by engaging all families in gainful employment or self- employment through different training programmes
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Events
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NOV
112012
18 Kolkata Film Festival
02:30 PM EZCC, Purbashree Auditorium, IB-201, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-106Location : EZCC, Purbashree Auditorium, IB-201, Sector-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata-106
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JAN
182012
Bidhannagar Mela
03:00 PM Central Park, Karunamoyee, Salt Lake.The Bidhannagar Mela 2012 took place at Central Park, Karunamoyee. The Bidhannagar Municipality had More »
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JAN
022012
Youth Festival
09:00 PM Salt Lake StadiumThe Youth Festival (Yuva Utsav) was organized at Salt Lake satdium. The date was from 2nd January, 2 More »
