Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority or SJDA was established in the year 1980 and has been responsible of Planning & Development of

Siliguri Siliguri, ) is a major tier-II city in West Bengal. It forms twin cities, "Twin Cities" with the neighboring district capital of Jalpaiguri. The city spans areas of the Darjeeling district, Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts in the Indian sta ...

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is loc ...

Area. It came in existence under the

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the four ...

Town and Country (Planning & Development) Act 1979 (West Bengal Act - XIII of 1979). It was founded on the 1st day of April 1980 and Sri B C Ghosh was the first Chairman.

Area Coverage

The area covers

and

Police Stations and all the mouzas of

Phansidewa Phansidewa is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Siliguri subdivision of the Darjeeling district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Phansidewa is located at . It has an average elev ...

Police Station and Khoribari Block in the district of

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excluding the areas declared as reserved or protected Forests. The area also covers Rajganj Police Station & 14 no. of mouza of Maynaguri Police Station & Kotwali Police Station in the Sadar Sub division of the district of

along with the West bank of the River Teesta excluding the areas declared as reserved or protected forests. Mal Municipality and entire Malbazar Block under Mal Police Station is also included. The total area covered by SJDA is 2222.59 km². As per 2011 census the population of SJDA was 2.37 million.

Objective behind SJDA development

The main object was Planning & Development. Siliguri Jalpaiguri Planning area as declared by Govt. of West Bengal vide notification no - 1877 - T & CP/1R - 6/1980 dtd. 17.3.1980. SJDA is the nodal agency for planning and development of the Siliguri Jalpaiguri Planning Area (SJPA) and works by Coordinating all departments and agencies. Main role includes creating infrastructure and real estate development in the region and providing facilities to investors. SJDA's has prepared "Perspective Plan 2025" is a visionary road map for the planned development of the SJPA. It is also proposed to maintain a land bank for investment purposes in and around the area.

References

State urban development authorities of India Siliguri Jalpaiguri State agencies of West Bengal Jalpaiguri district Gorkhaland {{WestBengal-stub

Area Coverage

Objective behind SJDA development

See also

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