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Kolkata West
International City (KWIC) is India’s first Foreign Direct Investment in real estate and township development. It is a satellite township development of Kolkata, located at Salap in Howrah district. The project is a joint venture between KMDA and USEL. The project is a 372-acre mixed-use
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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. There were further plans to set up dedicated power stations, sports facilities, IT parks, entertainment zones, hospitals and schools. The first 450 units were to be sold over by
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Universal
Success Group blamed the delayed processing of certain approvals from various regulatory bodies such as KMDA. KMDA denied the allegations and claimed the group was not transparent when they queried it about the reasons behind such extraordinary delays.
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The developers have missed numerous deadlines since 2008. Less than half of the first phase work was completed by 2013, when it should have been completed by 2008. Salim Group and
Ciputra Development went away soon after missing the first deadline.
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in township projects in India and the first in West Bengal. The
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935:"Kolkata West homebuyers seek Bengal CM's intervention in row"
980:"Kolkata West International City Pvt Ltd vs Devasis Rudra"
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acquired a 390-acre plot beside the Kona
Expressway at
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682:"A Kolkata township that remains castles in the air"
648:. Kolkata, India. 25 September 2013. Archived from
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161:and handed it over to the consortium along with
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914:. Kolkata, India: The Statesman, 27 June 2011
684:. Kolkata, India: Business Line, 18 June 2011
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937:. Kolkata, India: Mint, 20 May 2011
837:"Bungalows paid for, not delivered"
737:. 29 September 2007. Archived from
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332:Howrah Collectorate Office – 10 KMs
301:Asian International School – 15 KMs
149:The project was one of the largest
814:"Buyers demand allotment of flats"
53:Kolkata West International gateway
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711:. Calcutta, India. Archived from
680:Ranjan Bose, Pratim (June 2011).
540:. Calcutta, India. Archived from
477:"Kolkata West International City"
956:Mazumdar, Jharna (August 2011).
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884:Object, object (6 March 2018).
835:Banerjee, Arindam (June 2011).
642:"Township buyers protest delay"
446:Competition Commission of India
345:Forum Mall, Elgin Road – 19 KMs
227:(Presently up to Howrah Maidan)
197:Bally Railway Station – 15 kms,
115:Kolkata West International City
25:Kolkata West International City
762:"Keep An Ear Out For Whispers"
593:Jha, Abhay Mohan (July 2011).
532:Saha, Subhro (14 April 2006).
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1095:Planned cities in West Bengal
563:Chattopadhya, Suhrid Sankar.
304:ST. Mary’s Day School – 5 KMs
169:, the then Chief Minister of
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402:Howrah Municipal Corporation
85:153 ha (378 acres)
496:"Bungalow buyers in a bind"
192:Santragachi Railway Station
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1051:https://www.kolkatawest.in
705:"Howrah Cry to alter name"
621:"NRI Buyers Protesr Delay"
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1061:11 September 2008 at the
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278:Educational Institutions
203:Shalimar Station – 13kms
360:City Center II – 30 KMs
200:Howrah Station – 10kms,
107:https://kolkatawest.in/
1056:Satellite view of site
379:ILS Hospitals – 15 KMs
273:Existing Neighbourhood
167:Buddhadeb Bhattacharya
890:www.millenniumpost.in
365:Healthcare Facilities
351:Rangoli Mall – 16 KMs
320:Howrah Maidan – 8 KMs
317:Howrah Court – 10 KMs
268:Dakshineshwar – 17kms
165:. It was unveiled by
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565:"Focus: West Bengal"
329:Park Street – 17 KMs
298:DPS (Domjur) – 5 KMs
238:Kolkata Airport
357:South City – 25 KMs
354:Quest Mall – 20 KMs
337:Entertainment Zones
214:Dakshineshwar Metro
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1074:Categories
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843:6 December
797:6 December
688:6 December
510:6 December
452:References
384:Opposition
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964:6 October
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295:– 0.8 KMs
257:Esplanade
219:Upcoming
1059:Archived
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575:26 March
548:26 March
326:-10.5KMs
265:– 29kms,
263:Sector V
259:– 17kms,
253:– 32kms,
251:New Town
194:– 5 kms,
144:township
40:Township
1015:a login
895:24 June
772:24 June
768:. India
766:Outlook
745:24 June
605:3 March
391:Kolkata
324:Nabanna
245:By Road
240:– 26kms
216:– 16kms
137:Project
119:Kolkata
103:Website
98:~30,000
37:planned
984:kanoon
430:dharna
408:Delays
395:Howrah
70:Howrah
223:till
208:Metro
159:Salap
123:Salap
66:Salap
33:Urban
18:Place
991:2024
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186:Rail
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