A review on Salt Lake City, Kolkata, India: Master planning and realization

Abstract

Motivation for construction of Salt Lake City comes from the circumstances characterizing life in Calcutta known by its social, political and cultural activities. Among many problems, the City was faced with poverty and overcrowding. West Bengal Government realized that serious steps have to be taken to resolve the situation. One of the biggest actions of the Government was creation of so called 'NEDECO' Plan for reclamation certain area of the Salted Lakes, followed by the tender for urban planning. The enterprise for water ways Ivan Milutinović was considered the most convenient for both: reclamation and planning. The Conceptualization covers the Main Aims and interests forming plan basis where three factors were selected: urban character, new old town, inhabitants and town growth. Follows Existing Land Use Pattern of the Municipal Area. The realization of the Salt Lake Master Plan, as a part of the Municipal Area, is shown through an Overview of Achieved Infrastructure covering Roads, Water Supply, Sewerage, Area Level Storm Water Drainage, Solid Waste Management and, finally, through the Other Municipal Services, such as: Administrative Infrastructure, Health Infrastructure, Greeneries, Water bodies, Socio-Cultural Infrastructure.

Motivacija za izgradnju Grada na Slanim jezerima proizlazi iz prilika koje karakterišu život u Kalkuti poznata po svojim društvenim političkim i kulturnim aktivnostima. Među mnogim problemima, ovaj grad je bio suočen sa siromaštvom i prenaseljenošću. Vlada Zapadnog Bengala shvatila je da mora preduzeti ozbiljne korake da bi se situacija razrešila. Jedan od najvećih akcija Vlade bila je izrada tzv. 'nedeko' plana za nasipanje izvesne površine Slanih jezera, a, zatim, i raspisivanje tendera za urbanističko planiranje. Preduzeće za vodne puteve Ivan Milutinović razmotreno je kao najpogodnije kako za nasipanje tako i planiranje. Konceptualizacija pokriva glavne ciljeve i interese koji formiraju plansku bazu pri čemu su tri faktora bila izabrana: urbani karakter, novo i staro, stanovništvo i gradski rast. Sledi obrada modela namene površina gradske teritorije. Realizacija Master plana novog grada kao deo opštinske teritorije, prikazana je kroz pregled ostvarene infrastrukture koja pokriva puteve, vodosnabdevanje, kanalizaciju, drenažu kišnih padavina, upravljanje čvrstim otpadom i, konačno, kroz druge opštinske usluge kao što su administracija, zdravstvo, zelenilo i društveno-kulturne institucije.