
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that seven smart cities would be developed in the state.
“The location for six smart cities had already been finalised and the seventh one would be finalised soon,” Banerjee said.
“The state Urban Development Department would work on the projects,” she added.
The smart cities will reportedly developed near Siliguri, near Gazol in Malda district, near Kalyani in Nadia district, near Bolpur in Birbhum district, near the industrial towns of Asansol-Durgapur covering Churulia, near Garia in the southern outskirts of Kolkata and the last one near the state secretariat Nabanna.