CONTENTS 1 Introduction 14 1.1 Background of the study 14 1.2 Need for the Study . 15 1.3 Aim 16 1.4 Objective 16 1.5 Scope & Limitation . 16 1.6 Methodology . 17 2 Literature Review 18 2.1 Urban Housing in India 18 2.1.1 Introduction 18 2.1.2 Impact of Government Intervention in Housing . 18 2.2 West Bengal Township Development 20 2.3 Housing Scenario In Kolkata . 20 2.3.1 Physical Aspects . 20 2.3.2 History 20 2.4 Residential Market in Kolkata 22 2.4.1 Overview 22 2.4.2 Current Scenario . 23 2.5 Case Study: Salt Lake Township . 25 3 Study Area Profile 30 3.1 KMA: Spatial Structure 30 3.2 Growth of KMA 31 3.3 Kolkata’s Growth Direction 31 3.4 Profile of NewTown 32 3.5 Location . 33 3.6 Accessibilty 33 3.7 Development Policy of Different Land Uses of New Town: 34 Residential 34 3.8 Land Use 36 4 New Town, Rajarhat 40 4.1 Background of New Town . 40 4.2 Role of New Town . 40 4.3 Prospect of a New Business District 41 4.4 Institutional Framework for New Town 41 4.5 Rajarhat, New Town 43 4.6 Development Objectives 44 4.7 Development Process . 45 4.8 Distribution of Plots based on income groups . 45 5 Study Area Profile 47 5.1 Action Area 1 47 5.2 Action Area 1A . 52 5.3 Inference 56 6 ISSUE IDENTIFICATION 57 6.1 Residential Home-Owners . 57 6.2 Non-Residential Homeowners 66 6.3 Infrastructure Analysis 70 6.4 Inference 75 7 Conclusions and Recommendations 76