The Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) office is a statutory organization under the Department of Transport (West Bengal), established in 1969 for the construction of

Vidyasagar Setu Vidyasagar Setu, also known as the Second Hooghly Bridge, is an Cable-stayed bridge, cable-stayed six-laned toll bridge over the Hooghly River in West Bengal, India, linking the cities of Kolkata and Howrah. Opened in 1992, Vidyasagar Setu was ...

. In 1961, the

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

Metropolitan Planning Organization was set up through a resolution of the Development and Planning Department to develop a comprehensive development plan for the Metropolis, then called Calcutta. It was the first of its kind in India. HRBC became the main body employed by the state government for complex civil engineering projects in urban locales in

. It is the principal body charged with the maintenance of the four flyovers across the city that serve as major traffic arteries. An abandoned 14-floor skyscraper belonging to the HRBC in the Mandirtala neighborhood of

Howrah Howrah (; ; alternatively spelled as Haora) is a city in the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. Howrah is located on the western bank of the Hooghly River, opposite to its twin city of Kolkata. Administratively ...

was turned into the state secretariat of the

Government of West Bengal The Government of West Bengal, also known as the West Bengal Government, is the Administrative division, principal administrative authority of the States and union territories of India, Indian state of West Bengal, created by the Constitution ...

and named as Nabanna. It continued to house the majority of state government departments and offices of the

Chief Minister of West Bengal The chief minister of West Bengal (IAST: Paścim Baṅgēr Mukhya Mantrī) is the '' de facto'' head of the executive branch of the Government of West Bengal, the subnational authority of the Indian state of West Bengal. The chief minister is ...

as of August, 2019.

Projects

: the second bridge across the Hooghly river, which was inaugurated in 1992. It remains the longest cable-stayed bridge in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. * Calcutta Infrastructure Development Projects: projects of the

. Using international development loans, this project improved traffic speed by easing congestion at important critical junctions across

. * Flyovers: At least four flyovers, including the flyovers at major city roads like

AJC Bose Road Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Road (earlier known as Lower Circular Road) and its continuation northwards called Acharya Prafulla Chandra Road (earlier known as Upper Circular Road), are together the longest and the most important north-south ...

, Gariahat, and Park Street. * Shyambazaar Crossing: improved major at-grade traffic junctions, most notably renewal of the historic

Shyambazar Shyambazar is a neighbourhood of North Kolkata, in Kolkata district in the Indian state of West Bengal. The area, under Shyampukur police station of Kolkata Police, has been, along with neighbouring Bagbazar, the citadel of the Bengali aristoc ...

5-point crossing. * Concretization of Tram tracks: upgraded Kolkata's tram tracks through the concretization of pavement.

References

{{reflist State agencies of West Bengal