Rising Puja traffic has severely slowed vehicles between Majerhat flyover, Mominpore and CMRI Hospital. Kolkata Police revised traffic arrangements around Majerhat Bridge, Mominpore on Diamond Harbour Road and adjoining areas, including parking on Garden Reach Flyover during school hours and one-way diversions. Metro construction has also left roads in poor condition. A school near Majerhat Bridge has no official parking permission, while about 700 vehicles gather there in the morning.

West Bengal has begun comprehensive dredging of Parnasree canal to address long-standing waterlogging in Behala West. The work is expected to finish in 15–20 days and benefit nearly one lakh people across three Kolkata Municipal Corporation wards.

Improved canal capacity is expected to speed stormwater discharge from connected neighbourhoods. In wards 129 and 130, drainage runs along Netaji Subhas Road, Sarat Chatterjee Road, Brahmo Samaj Road and Khudiram Bose Sarani to Behala Flying Club pumping station. In ward 131, the canal begins at Behala Parnasree Road, crosses the ward and enters Maheshtala municipality’s ward 13, where it joins Monikhali canal.

Kolkata recorded 4,043 residential sales in Q1 2026, up 5% year on year; average prices rose 3% to about ₹5,937 per sq ft, while unsold inventory fell 7% to 19,062 units. There were 2,222 launches; peripheral submarkets led, mid-segment homes made up 52%, and capital values rose 6–7% year on year in active submarkets. Rentals grew mildly.

Demand is mainly end-user driven. Key residential areas include New Town, Rajarhat, EM Bypass, Joka, Behala, Garia, Tollygunge, Dum Dum, Barasat, Madhyamgram and Howrah-side locations; premium areas include Ballygunge, Alipore, Southern Avenue, Salt Lake and Park Street surroundings. Kolkata’s sanctioned new metro projects total 87.83 km. A ₹900 crore elevated link between New Town and Chingrighata is intended to ease traffic between EM Bypass and New Town.

Homes of 501–1,000 sq ft accounted for 58% of registrations in March 2026, up from 44% in March 2025. Affordability and rental demand near offices, transit, hospitals and colleges are strengths; slower appreciation, a smaller high-paying job market, delays, waterlogging, narrow roads, old drainage and ageing buildings are drawbacks.

A direct private AC bus service from Naihati to Joka began on Monday, August 17, 2026, with 10 buses. The route was inaugurated Sunday at Naihati bus terminus by transport minister Arjun Singh, with Naihati MLA Sumitra Chatterjee present. The 75-km route runs via Shyamnagar, Barrackpore, Sodepur, Dunlop, Dakshineswar, the airport, Chinar Park, Karunamoyee, Biswa Bangla Gate, Tata Medical Center, Chingrighata, Park Circus 7-Point, Minto Park, Alipore Zoo and Behala. Two more buses may join soon. The buses previously operated on an app-based service before seeking State Transport Authority permission for commercial operations. The feed description gives fares of ₹25–₹135 and departures every 30 minutes from 7:30am.

The Railway Ministry sanctioned ₹671.37 crore to upgrade signaling and power supply on Kolkata Metro’s North-South (Blue) Line. An Advanced Electronic Interlocking system is intended to reduce peak-hour waits from 5–7 minutes to 150 seconds and increase passenger capacity by more than 40%. Plans also include replacing steel third rails with aluminum ones to save energy and increase speed.

Officials are pushing work on the Green Line between Salt Lake and Howrah Maidan, including its Hooghly River crossing; the Yellow Line from Noapara to Barasat; and the Orange Line from New Garia to the airport, where land disputes had stalled work. Approvals include strengthening Damodar Bridge and other rail-linked infrastructure.

The article links improved connectivity with residential demand near stations, including Garia, Baruipur, Narendrapur, Behala, Joka, Salt Lake and Rajarhat. It says the Diamond Harbour Road stretch served by the Purple Line has attracted affordable luxury flats, while developers are launching boutique apartments near Narendrapur and Baruipur for IT professionals.