Influence of planned urban development in Kolkata’s peri-urban areas: A case of Mahishbathan Gram Panchayat
identical in terms of geographical area, each covering 0.28 sq. km. Thus, the total geographical area of the study region under consideration is 2.27 sq. km.
3.4 Summary of objective 1 Reasons for the lack of development in the study region Thus, objective 1 can be effectively summarized by understanding the main reasons as to why there is unplanned development in the study area, whereas its neighbours are well developed and effectively planned to large extents. Therefore, the reasons why this region is lagging behind its neighbours in terms of development, can be noted below in the forthcoming paragraphs as follows.
Figure 3.7 : The study region (highlighted through yellow boundaries) & surrounding planned developments (residential and industrial townships) Source: Google Maps
Thus there are certain reasons as to why the surrounding regions are ahead in terms of development as compared to the study region. Another relatively new township in the vicinity, New Town is also a planned township, which has sprang up post the 1990s. New Town’s administrative boundary has been sub-divided into action areas (I, II, III, III-A, etc.). New Town also has a Land Use Development Control Plan (LUDCP), and is under the jurisdiction of another development authority, the New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA). Also,
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