Government
of West Bengal and DFID in 1999, agreed to collaborate on the
development of the "Kolkata Urban Services for the Poor" (KUSP)
programme aimed at: improving urban planning and governance; access to
basic services for the poor and promoting economic growth in the KMA (40
ULBs under KMA). The project is aimed to support for provision of
infrastructure in slums, fill critical infrastructure gaps at the town
level and in some cases also support infrastructure that serve two or
more municipalities. In addition, support for the process of economic
visioning and planning involving the formal and informal business
sectors and also capacity building of municipalities and state level
agencies is also envisaged in the project.
The Change Management Unit(CMU), under the Municipal Affairs Department(MAD), Government of West Bengal have started different above components of KUSP. All the 40 ULBs under KUSP have almost completed most of the components meant for first three years. Amongst which the most interesting and important
components are
