Pathashree urban scheme to cover 112 roads in city
Times of India | 11 January 2026
Kolkata: The state govt has launched its flagship programme - ‘Pathashree Urban', which includes the repair, upgradation and construction of roads in urban areas to improve urban connectivity across the state.
The state govt accorded an estimated financial outlay of Rs 1,500 crore for executing the scheme.
Under the scheme, a total of 112 road stretches, with a cumulative length of 29.1 km, have been listed for repair in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) area.
Most of these stretches come under KMC ward 139 in Garden Reach and Metiabruz area.
A total of 11,365 road stretches across the state have been listed under the scheme, out of which 10,060 roads have been identified for construction and renovation in the initial phase, aggregating to an approximate cumulative length of 3,375.9 km. The programme is being undertaken by the state Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Department (UD&MA).
The State Urban Development Agency (SUDA) is the nodal authority for the execution of the scheme, in coordination with the concerned parastatals such as Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), Municipal Engineering Directorate (MED) and KMC in the city as implementing agencies.
"Tenders were floated and work orders are to be issued," said a govt official. Officials said the estimated cost was likely to go up.
Govt officials said the scheme followed the completion of three phases of Pathashree rural road scheme, involving repair, upgradation and construction of new roads across the state.
A total of 5,616 roads, with an approximate cumulative length of 1,601.7 km, have been listed in 40 urban local bodies in South and North 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Nadia districts—falling within the Kolkata Metropolitan Area (KMA).
The MED will implement the scheme for the rest of the roads listed across the state.