Bengal Aerotropolis Projects Limited (BAPL) a company engaged in the development of Aerotropolis projects in India, has launched one of India’s biggest and first ever Aerotropolis project, in the city of Durgapur, West Bengal. An Aerotropolis can be defined as an airport city, that has its own infrastructures and other facilities, which itself account for the socio-economic developments of that region. Apart from this, the Aerotropolis city has its very own Airport, a helipad, hospitals, entertainment centres, IT institutions, educational centres, and a residential township. The Bengal Aerotropolis has all of these facilities.
The Aerotropolis at Durgapur is located right into the heart of the town of Durgapur, which has its connectivity with rail, road and airways. The newly constructed residential township is known by its name – Sujalaam – the Skycity. As the name itself signifies, the Skycity is a residential establishment with high towers. It is spread over an area of 8.8 square kilometres. The housing accommodates economically weaker sections of the society. The housing includes 3, 5, 8 cotthas. They are formed as row houses. The price range varies from five lakhs to fifteen lakhs, which is quite feasible for the Lower Income Group (LIG) people.
Sujalaam skycity as developed by Mr. Partha Ghosh is supported by institutional infrastructure, which strengthens the link between the skycity and the Andal airport. It includes state of the art health skycity, with a provision for a one thousand bed hospital. Another 500 bed multi-speciality hospital is also set-up by the Mission Hospital, located at Durgapur.
Moreover, Education skycity with primary and secondary and higher secondary schools, and colleges and deemed University is also set up there, in addition to technical institutes and vocational academies.
The skycity has its own banks and other financial institutions, business hotels, restaurants and shopping centres. It indeed has its very own Information Technology (IT) Hub, also called the IT skypark, which is expected to become the number one IT destination to Kolkata. Some salient features to the IT park are:
- 5 minutes' drive from the Airport and NH 2.
- Conducive IT oriented lifestyle within a secured perimeter.
- Contiguous area specially designated for IT/ITES investment.
- State-of-the-art incubation facility for enabling Start-ups and SMEs.
- Emerging Tier-II city with abundance of quality Human Resource including engineering talent.
One of Mr. Partha Ghosh’s dreams - Sujalaam skycity - is also having the largest integrated industrial establishment zone, which can attract domestic and foreign investments. Some of its salient features are:
- A comprehensive road network of 42 km.
- Uninterrupted stable power by a licensed service provider.
- Storm water drainage system with 57 km drain network.
- Perfect land topography.
- Nation-wide on-going advertising campaign for the Aerotropolis project.
- Near to Kolkata, with a domestic Airport and a rail terminal.
- Negligible legacy infrastructure.
Author’s bio: Mr
Partha Ghosh is the person behind this unparalleled first ever Aerotropolis project of Sujalaam skycity. India got its first ever green-field airport and it all happened for the efforts of Mr.
Partha Ghosh. The airport is also known as Andal airport.