Walking Street , NewTown, Kolkata, India

New Town (a.k.a Rajarhat New Town) is a posh planned smart city located in the state of West Bengal in India. Being one of the satellite cities of state capital Kolkata to the east,[4] it is a part of the Kolkata Metropolitan Area. It is administered by NKDA (New Town Kolkata Development Authority).[5] New Town is declared as a "Solar City" and "Smart Green City" by Government of India.[6]

HIDCO plans developing infrastructure like - roads, drains, sewerage line, water supply lines, major embellishment works and executed constructions like - buildings, projects, parks, museum, subways, over-bridges in New Town.[7] An information technology and residential hub is developed at New Town. New Town was enabled with 10.5 km of Wi-Fi Zone along the Major Arterial Road (part of Biswa Bangla Sarani) from Haldiram, near Kolkata Airport to Salt Lake Sector V, which also make it India's first Wi-Fi road connectivity. The stretch has already been declared as a green corridor.[8]