Recent Developments
Before the Vidyasagar Setu project a vast tract of land near used to be a marsh and only dotted by few villages. Which is a dream of distant past now after building the iconic bridge and the Kona expressway easily connecting the place with heart of Kolkata and the national highway and the industrial sector in Dasnagar.
Notably the Kolkata port was connected to the rest of India easier than the other existing route through Howrah Bridge and Bally bridge which are famous for their congested rush hour traffic. As a result of that the place has good an attention recently over again. The town saw an immediate rush for land after the proposal for the bridge. Now various important buildings of district is located in the town namely the water purifying plant at Padmapukur and the Dumurjala stadium and a good number of women's hockey clubs. It has also turned up in the recent real estate boom the metropolis over the last 10 years Shibpur has developed into a popular residential community. Many multi-storied apartment complexes have been built (e.g. Panchsheel Apartments) attracted by the location near the River Ganges, as well as by the easy connection to South Kolkata over the Vidyasagar Setu bridge. Newly constructed roads have made access to the area very easy. Many parts have turned up as a transportation gateway to Kolkata. The first Garment Park of the eastern India, initiated by the Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) is coming up at approach to Vidyasagar Setu.
The town is also geared towards luxury living with big real estate projects like Ideal Grand, Clubtown riverdale building up luxury apartments with plenty of open spaces and amenities of a mini townships in Tramdipot and Shibpur market between G T road and Foreshore road.That place currently occupied by dilapidated warehouses.
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