Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners

Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners
AbbreviationHRBC
Formation1969; 55 years ago (1969)
TypeGovernment Agency
Legal statusActive
PurposeExecuting complex engineering projects in West Bengal
HeadquartersKolkata
Chairman
Kalyan Banerjee
Key people
Chief Project Manager Durgapada Pan
Websitehrbc.org.in

The Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) office is a statutory organization under the Department of Transport (West Bengal),[1] established in 1969 for the construction of Vidyasagar Setu.

In 1961, the Kolkata Metropolitan Planning Organization was set up through a resolution of the Development and Planning Department to develop a comprehensive development plan for the Metropolis, then called Calcutta. It was the first of its kind in India.[2][3]

HRBC became the main body employed by the state government for complex civil engineering projects in urban locales in Kolkata. It is the principal body charged with the maintenance of the four flyovers across the city that serve as major traffic arteries.

An abandoned 14-floor skyscraper belonging to the HRBC in the Mandirtala neighborhood of Howrah was turned into the state secretariat of the Government of West Bengal and named as Nabanna. It continued to house the majority of state government departments and offices of the Chief Minister of West Bengal as of August, 2019.[4]

  1. ^ "1st major repair of Vidyasagar Setu in 25 years". 13 September 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  2. ^ "History of the Urban Development and Municipal Affairs departments of West Bengal". Department of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs of West Bengal. Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  3. ^ "A history of the HRBC". HRBC. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Why Mamata Banerjee is shifting CM office to HRBC building". Economic Times. 31 August 2013. Retrieved 20 August 2019.