List of projects by HIDCO

West Bengal Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation or HIDCO is a Government of West Bengal owned public sector undertaking which has been engaged in major construction and housing projects throughout the state although most of their projects are based in New Town, Kolkata. This a list of notable projects executed or being executed by HIDCO.

Key

denotes under construction denotes proposed denotes scrapped or discontinued

Large area projects

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes/ details	Ref(s)
Bengal Silicon Valley Tech Hub	New Town	2018	250 Acres Region specialized for IT and Data centers	[1]
FinTech Hub, Kolkata	New Town	2010	70 Acres Region specialized for financial and legal companies	[2]

Convention centers and auditorium complexes

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes	Ref(s)
Biswa Bangla Convention Centre	New Town, Kolkata	2017	Largest convention centre in East India	[3]
Dhanadhanya Auditorium	Alipore, Kolkata	2023	Multi-auditorium complex shaped like a conch	[4]

Housing and township projects

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes	Ref(s)
Gitabitan Township	Shibpur near Santiniketan, Birbhum	2017	Township project	[5] [6]
Snehadiya	New Town, Kolkata		Old age home	[7]
Affordable Housing Project	New Town, Kolkata		Apartment complex	[8]

Parks and recreational projects

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes	Ref(s)
New Town Eco Park	New Town	2012	India's largest urban park (as of 2024)	[9]
Eco Urban Village	New Town	2014	Large picnic spot	[10]
Swapna Bhor	New Town	2015	Dedicated park for senior citizens	[11]

Museums

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes	Ref(s)
Mother's Wax Museum	New Town, Kolkata	2014		[12]
New Town Aircraft museum	New Town, Kolkata	2022	India's second naval aircraft museum	[13]
Alipore Jail Museum	Alipore, Kolkata	2019		[14]
New Town Tribal museum	New Town, Kolkata	2021		[15]
Kolkata Museum of Modern Art	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[16]

Cultural and exhibition centers

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes	Ref(s)
Rabindra Tirtha	New Town, Kolkata	2012		[17]
Nazrul Tirtha	New Town, Kolkata	2014		[18]
Biswa Bangla Exhibition Centre	New Town, Kolkata	2023		[19]

Transport projects

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes	Ref(s)
Narkelbagan Underpass	New Town, Kolkata	2023	Kolkata's first multi tier underpass	[20]
Bagjola Canal Bridge	New Town, Kolkata		2031	[21]
New Town major arterial road expansion	New Town, Kolkata	Under construction	10 lane high speed corridor	[22]
New Town international bus terminus	New Town, Kolkata	Under construction		[23]
Kolkata LRT Narkelbagan- Hatisala route	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[24]
Kolkata Monorail Bidhannagar- New Town route	KMA	Proposed		[25]
Vehicular and pedestrian underpass near Tata Medical Centre	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[26]
Vehicular and pedestrian underpass near St. Xavier's University	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[26]
Vehicular underpass near Westin	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[27]
Vehicular underpass near Chinar park	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[27]
Vehicular underpass near Noapara	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[27]
Vehicular underpass near Shrachi more	New Town, Kolkata	Proposed		[27]

Sport projects

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes	Ref(s)
Echo Park Golf Arena	New Town, Kolkata		Golfe course	[28]
Dumurjala Sports City	Howrah	2022	Large sport complex of 60 Acres	[29]
Cycle velodrome	New Town, Kolkata	Under construction	State's first cycle velodrome	[30]

Other projects

Name	Location	Opened/ established	Notes/details	Ref(s)
Biswa Bangla Gate	New Town, Kolkata	2019	Arch monument and India's first hanging restaurant	[31] [32]
Jagannath Temple, Digha	Digha	Under construction		[33]
Happy Works working pod	New Town	2021	Dedicated office space for startups	[34] [35]

References

1. "HIDCO Bhawan | Bengal Silicon Valley IT Hub". www.wbhidcoltd.com.
2. "HIDCO Earmarks Plot In New Town For FinTech Companies". BW Businessworld.
3. "HIDCO Bhawan | Biswa Bangla Convention Centre". www.wbhidcoltd.com.
4. "CM to inaugurate Dhana Dhanye Auditorium today". MillenniumPost. April 12, 2023.
5. "First phase plot distribution of Gitabitan Township to start". The Times of India. November 27, 2017.
6. "HC go-ahead for Hidco township". The Times of India. May 10, 2024.
7. "Snehodiya Senior Living – Luxury retirement home for senior citizens in New Town Kolkata". snehodiya.com.
8. "Affordable Housing Project". rera.wb.gov.in.
9. "Eco Park | New Town Eco Park | Rajarhat, Kolkata". www.ecoparknewtown.com.
10. "HIDCO Bhawan | Eco Urban Village". www.wbhidcoltd.com.
11. "HIDCO Bhawan | Swapno Bhor Seniors' Park". www.wbhidcoltd.com.
12. "Mother's Wax Museum". motherswaxmuseum.in.
13. "Country's second naval aircraft museum inaugurated in Kolkata's New Town". The Times of India. June 9, 2022.
14. "In Kolkata, 43 Alipore jail cells to turn into plush guest rooms". The Times of India. May 3, 2023.
15. "Kolkata: Tribal museum, Art Street in New Town". The Times of India. February 19, 2021.
16. "Asia's first museum of modern Art coming up in Kolkata". The Economic Times. May 13, 2008.
17. "Rabindra Tirtha". www.rabindratirtha-wbhidcoltd.co.in.
18. "Nazrul Tirtha". nazrultirtha.co.in.
19. "HIDCO Bhawan | NEWSROOM". www.wbhidcoltd.com.
20. "Kolkata: Hidco plans vehicular underpasses at Narkelbagan, Chinar Park to unclog roads". The Times of India. June 28, 2019.
21. "Kolkata: Hidco opens service road bridge in New Town". The Times of India. June 15, 2021.
22. "Kolkata's New Town To Get 10-Lane High-Speed Corridor And A Vertical City". Times Now. January 28, 2024.
23. Mullick, Soumyadip (August 11, 2023). "HIDCO to set up int'l intra-state, inter-state & inter-city bus terminus-cum-commercial complex". www.millenniumpost.in.
24. "Kolkata: Monorail plan for New Town". The Times of India. April 28, 2023.
25. MP, Team (October 4, 2018). "HIDCO explores options for starting monorail services in Salt lake, New Town". www.millenniumpost.in.
26. "Hidco plans new Bagjola Canal bridge". The Times of India. July 28, 2023.
27. "New Town set to get four new underpasses for small vehicles". The Times of India. August 6, 2024.
28. "HIDCO Bhawan | Eco Park Golf Arena". www.wbhidcoltd.com.
29. "West Bengal: Hidco eyes pre-monsoon opening of Sports City in Dumurjola". The Times of India. March 11, 2022.
30. "Kolkata: Mission Velodrome takes off in New Town, eyes May deadline". The Times of India. August 21, 2022.
31. MP, Team (January 31, 2019). "CM inaugurates Biswa Bangla Gate, doors to open for public on Feb 2". www.millenniumpost.in.
32. "Biswa Bangla Gate – Kolkata welcomes you to its very first hanging restaurant". The Times of India.
33. "Digha's Jagannath temple gets HC's nod, inauguration on July 7". Taazatv.com.
34. Banerjee, Sudeshna (2021-08-20). "Happy Works inaugurated, offers free wi-fi opens". Telegraph India.
35. Sarkar, Brinda (2021-12-03). "Two more work pods open in New Town". Telegraph India.