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	* ~~[http~~://www.~~kolkatawest~~.com ~~Official Website]~~		* https://www.nkrealtors.com/
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[[File:Kolkata West.JPG|220px|right]]

'''Kolkata West International City''' is a proposed satellite township development at [[Salap]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Kolkata West International City|url=https://m.economictimes.com/company/kolkata-west-international-city-private-limited-/U45201WB2004PTC100310}}</ref> in [[Howrah district]] in the form of a joint-venture between two Indonesian conglomerates - [[Salim Group]], [[Ciputra|Ciputra Development]] - and Singapore -based<ref name=":2"/> Universal Success Group.<ref name="TT14Apr2006">{{cite news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060414/asp/propertt/story_6096803.asp|title=West wake-up|last=Saha|first=Subhro|date=14 April 2006|work=A sprawling satellite township that promises a slew of facilities and can house 36,000 people may change the face of Howrah|accessdate=2007-03-26|publisher=The Telegraph|location=Calcutta, India}}</ref>

==Project==
The project was one of the largest [[foreign direct investment]]s in township projects in India<ref name="Frontline">{{cite web|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/static/html/fl2402/stories/20070209003411800.htm|title=Focus: West Bengal|last=Chattopadhya|first=Suhrid Sankar|work=Changing Phase|publisher=Frontline, Vol 24, Issue 2, 27 Jan–9 Feb 2007|accessdate=2007-03-26}}</ref> and the first in West Bengal.<ref name=":0" /> The [[Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority]] acquired a 390-acre plot beside the Kona Expressway at [[Salap]]<ref>{{cite news |title=NRI Buyers Protesr Delay|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/kolkata/kolkata-nri-buyers-protest-delay-in-completion-of-housing-project/story-Yx2fxvmrP1U9tr3wC5m18M.html}}</ref> and handed it over to the consortium along with [[Sub-lease|sub-leasing rights]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130925/jsp/calcutta/story_17385595.jsp#.UlFVt4ZmiM5|title=Township buyers protest delay|last=Reporter|first=A Staff|date=September 2013|work=|publisher=The Telegraph, 25 September 2013|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-10-06}}</ref> It was unveiled by [[Buddhadeb Bhattacharya]], the then Chief Minister of [[West Bengal]], on 15 February 2006 and was expected to comprise about 11,000 apartments (flats/villas) to house nearly 36,000 people.<ref name="TT14Apr2006" />

The first phase of the project was to span across 82 acres with the flats being priced between Rs 20 lakh and Rs 80 lakh.<ref name=":1" /> There were further plans to set up dedicated power stations, sports facilities, IT parks, entertainment zones, hospitals and schools.<ref name="TT14Apr2006" /> The first 450 units were to be sold over by December 2007 and the entire project, comprising five phases,<ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/article2113784.ece|title=A Kolkata township that remains castles in the air|last=Ranjan Bose|first=Pratim|date=June 2011|work=|publisher=Business Line, 18 June 2011|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-12-06}}</ref> was expected to be completed and delivered by 2010.<ref name="TT14Apr2006" />

==Opposition==
An elite population of the city had initially demanded that the word ‘Kolkata’ be dropped from the name, as misleading.<ref name= "TT10Jan2007">{{cite news
|url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1070110/asp/calcutta/story_7239332.asp
|title = Howrah Cry to alter name
|accessdate = 2007-03-26
|last = Mukherjee
|first = Mita
|work =
|publisher =The Telegraph, 10 January 2007
|location=Calcutta, India
|date=2007-01-10
}}</ref> There was a barrage of criticism over [[Howrah Municipal Corporation]] agreeing to supply 2 million gallons of water per day to the project, amidst its general inability to sustain a proper water-supply to residential areas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?date=2007-03-26&usrsess=1695163791873&clid=23&id=178495|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929123846/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?date=2007-03-26&usrsess=1695163791873&clid=23&id=178495|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-09-29|title=The Statesman|date=2007-09-29|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref>

== Delays ==
The developers have missed numerous deadlines since 2008; 2013 not even half of the first phase work was completed.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110603/jsp/calcutta/story_14063728.jsp|title=Bungalow buyers in a bind|last=Reporter|first=A Staff|date=June 2011|work=|publisher=The Telegraph, 3 June 2011|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-12-06}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> Salim Group and Ciputra Development went away soon after missing the first deadline.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/keep-an-ear-out-for-whispers/298148|title=Keep An Ear Out For Whispers|work=Outlook|location=India|date=17 November 2016|first=Dola|last=Mitra|access-date=24 June 2019}}</ref>

The buyers have since formed an association -- ''Kolkata West Buyers' Welfare Association'' - to lodge protests against the supposed scam. A few flats were eventually provided with completion certificates from 2011 and onwards<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/article3463307.ece|title=Delayed project: Buyers of posh housing complex threaten stir|last=Bureau|first=Our|date=June 2011|work=|publisher=Business Line, 28 May 2011|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-12-06}}</ref> but were allegedly far from complete and constructed in a sub-optimal fashion.<ref name=":1" /> Multiple protests have been held since 2011.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/news/3457-kwic-flat-owners-in-a-quandary.html|title=Buyers demand allotment of flats|last=Service|first=Statesman News|date=September 2013|work=|publisher=The Statesman, 25 September 2013|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-10-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/bungalows-paid-for-not-delivered/805908/0|title=Bungalows paid for, not delivered|last=Banerjee|first=Arindam|date=June 2011|work=|publisher=The Indian Express, 20 June 2011|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-12-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/157525/cj-exposes-land-scam-in-west-bengal.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110626085014/http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/157525/cj-exposes-land-scam-in-west-bengal.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2011-06-26|title=CJ exposes land scam in West Bengal|last=IBN|first=CNN-|date=June 2011|work=|publisher=CNN-IBN, 8 June 2011|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-12-06}}</ref> In July 2011, Abhay Mohan Jha of [[Himal Southasian|HIMAL Southasian]], made a visit to the proposed township and found it to be a desolated and uninhabited place, that resembled more of a cemetery. After being disallowed by the guards to enter the property, he visited the project-office in Chowringhee to find about 200 investors in a ''[[dharna]]'', who despite having paid in full, were unable to move in, due to lack of any minimal infrastructure.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/4522-herey-chhe.html|title=Herey Chhe|last=Jha|first=Abhay Mohan|date=July 2011|work=|publisher=The Himal, July 2011|location=Lalitpur, Nepal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130317032704/http://www.himalmag.com/component/content/article/4522-herey-chhe.html|archive-date=17 March 2013|accessdate=2012-03-03}}</ref> Work progressed at a very slow pace and whilst more houses were eventually constructed, most of them had no connecting road or other basic facilities.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkata/kwic-buyers-welfare-body-seeks-cms-intervention-over-unfinished-project-288259|title=KWIC buyers welfare body seeks CM's intervention over unfinished project|last=Object|first=object|date=2018-03-06|website=www.millenniumpost.in|access-date=2019-06-24}}</ref> The Association also protested by writing to West Bengal Chief Minister, [[Mamata Banerjee]], but to no avail.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.m.newshunt.com/The+Statesman/Kolkata+Plus/9841849|title = Don’t give Nayachar project to Prasun: Kolkata West buyers tell Mamata|accessdate = 2013-10-06|last = Goswami|first = Tarun|work = |publisher =The Statesman, 27 June 2011|location=Kolkata, India|date= June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.livemint.com/Politics/45OfjeQ9MhDEHjMS0Uf7TL/Kolkata-West-homebuyers-seek-Bengal-CM8217s-intervention.html|title = Kolkata West homebuyers seek Bengal CM’s intervention in row|accessdate = 2013-12-06|last = Basu|first = Manish|work = |publisher =Mint, 20 May 2011|location=Kolkata, India|date= May 2011}}</ref>

Universal Success Group has since blamed it on the delayed processing of "certain" approvals from various regulatory bodies like KMDA et al.<ref name=":3" /> KMDA though refuted the allegations and mentioned of the group being non-transparent when queried by them, about the reasons behind such extraordinary delays.<ref name=":3" />

The Association has also filed a case against Kolkata West with the [[Competition Commission of India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mydigitalfc.com/real-estate/conflict-zone-315|title=Conflict zone|last=Mazumdar|first=Jharna|date=August 2011|work=|publisher=Financial Chronicle, 24 August 2011|location=Kolkata, India|accessdate=2013-10-06}}</ref>

==References==
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* http://thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=361405&catid=42
* http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=401316&catid=35
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* http://bartamanpatrika.com/archive/2011/june/030611/content/kolkata.htm
* http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?id=370385&option=com_content&catid=42
* http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=374626&catid=73

==External links==
* [http://www.kolkatawest.com Official Website]
* [http://www.axiomestates.com/img/sattelight/KWI.jpg Satellite view of site]

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[[Category:Howrah district]]
[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Kolkata]]

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