* Project proposal for the town of Panskura has been sent to TCPO/GOI for appraisal.
Objective:
To reduce the pressure of population on the city of Kolkata by making
Integrated Development of Small and Medium Towns outside the Kolkata
Municipal Area
To
transform those towns as centre of development for providing additional
scopes for employment
Covered Municipality: 4
municipalities out of the 85 municipalities outside the KMA areas (So
far)
Covered ULBs: 2
ULBs of KMA (64 Urban Local Bodies have already been completed.)
Financial
Assistance: Central Government (Rs.42.18) and State Government (Rs.31.72 crore) Amount of
Rs.72.87 crore have been allotted to the above-mentioned no. of
municipalities