New Town is a developing employment zone located in East Kolkata along with Salt Lake Sector V. The area mainly consisted of huge acres of cultivable lands and water bodies, which have been acquired and developed in a planned manner. Prominent localities placed closer to New Town include Rajarhat, Kestopur, Salt Lake, Baguiati, and Lake Town. Nearby Job hubs draw job seekers to the locality. The area comprises a blend of residential developments, commercial cum retail complexes, corporate parks, and institutional entities. Most of the residential projects in New Town are multi-story apartments. Both New Town and Sector V, are known for having several business centers and IT parks such as DLF IT Park 1 & 2, Unitech Infospace, Candor Techspace, TCS - Gitanjali Park, and Ecospace Business Park. These office hubs boast the presence of several key MNCs including IBM, Capgemini, Cognizant, TCS, Genpact, HCL, Tech Mahindra, and Ericsson, among others. New Town was enabled with 10.5 km of Wi-Fi Zone along the Major Arterial Road (part of Biswa Bangla Sarani) from Haldiram, near Dumdum/Kolkata Airport to Salt Lake Sector V, which also makes it India's first Wi-Fi road connectivity. The stretch has already been declared as a green corridor. Read More
The under-construction Line 6 or Yellow Line (New Garia-Airport Line), is expected to bring metro connectivity in this area tentatively by 2021 more
A plan is under consideration for a flyover on EM Bypass that would reduce vehicular congestion along the way to New Town more
Growth of Action Area II as a Central Business District and an international finance hub to boost growth in New Town more
Planned development of eight playgrounds in New Town to enhance the social infrastructure of the satellite town more
What is good here
New Town has an excellent public transportation facility such as buses, metro and cabsmore
Broad clean roads connect New Town to adjacent localities including Rajarhat and Kestopur more
Excellent road infrastructure enhances the beauty of New Town
The Newton School is the most popular ICSE school in New Town
Lotus Hospital is an affordable hospital in the New Town providing an excellent world-class facilitymore
Biswa Bangla Haat has handcrafted items and attracts many buyers in New Town
Adjacent to the prime jobs market, New Town area is never vacant
Internal roads in New Town are equipped with high-tech LED street lights, which prevents accidentsmore
Heavy police patrolling at night making New Town safer for the residents
Narkel Bagan Park and Jheel Park are major outdoor parks in New Town
Streets in New Town are mostly clean, as NKDA is very passionate about their duties in this areamore
NKDA Park and New Town Lake Park form the green belt in the New Town
A rise of around 10% was observed in certain popular regions in New Town
Multinational companies such as TCS and HCL are located in New Town
NH-12 connects New Town to another parts of the state
What can be better
Metro and busses are generally overcrowded and cause difficulty for passengers
Many internal roads are accident-prone as they are damaged by potholes
Illegal parking mostly covers pedestrian tracks in New Town
Dense smoke from the burning of stubble and plastic garbage causes pollution and irks the residents of New Townmore
Fewer cases of unscheduled power cuts in New Town have been reported in the recent years more
Public transports are illegally parked in the market area of New Town
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Rating and reviews by the users of the city
Pk Dey
Owner | posted 1 week ago
4.3
this place is good connectivity like metro ,cab and auto easy available. good maintenance in road .good hospital and good school available here. available CCTV camera in road and houses....read more
Komal Agarwal
Lived before | posted 1 week ago
4.3
Newtown Kolkata is a well modern well planned area with excellent infrastructure and regular water with no power cuts. Low crime rates safer to live , street lighting is good even after 9pm....read more
Khushi Parveen
Owner | posted 1 week ago
5
this place is very neat and clean and I always enjoy here I lived here when I was 16 and this is the one of the most beautiful place in the world if you come here then you will never regret.peoples are very kind-hearted and mannered...read more
Susovan Bhowmik
Lived before | posted 1 week ago
5
it's a local area metro and public transport, autos and cabs are easily available. great school and restaurants are available. good quality Mall are available. peacefull and not crowded area with out low pollution, lower power cuts....read more
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