West Bengal has identified nine Nadia district mouzas for land acquisition for the proposed 2,000-acre Kalyani Greenfield Airport: Birpara, Char Jadubati, Ganga Mohanpur, Char Madhusuanpur, Sarati, Murutipur, Umapur, Iswaripur and Kalyani. Registration officers have been directed not to register property transaction documents in these areas during the acquisition process.

The government already owns about 240 acres, including a 172-acre brick field; the remaining land will be acquired from private landowners. Kalyani and Birpara account for the largest share of the land requirement, followed by Sarati and Murutipur. Land has also been identified in Umapur.

Announced in the West Bengal Budget for 2026-27, presented in June, the airport site is about 50 km north of Kolkata. It is planned as a second commercial airport for the Kolkata Metropolitan Area.

West Bengal’s Directorate of Registration and Stamp Revenue, acting on Chief Secretary Manoj Pant’s direction, has instructed registration officers not to register property documents in Birpara, Char Jadubati, Ganga Mohanpur, Char Madhusuanpur, Sarati, Murutipur, Umapur, Iswaripur and Kalyani. The restriction is intended to prevent transactions complicating land assembly for the proposed airport, announced in the 2026 state budget to ease Kolkata airport congestion and improve regional connectivity.

The airport will require around 2,000 acres. The runway and clearances need a parcel about 5 km long and 500 metres wide. The state has around 240 acres, including a 172-acre government-owned brick field; the rest must be acquired. The largest requirements are expected in Kalyani and Birpara, followed by Sarati, Murutipur and Umarpur (also listed as Umapur). Plans call for two northeast-southwest parallel runways, with passenger and cargo terminals and the control tower east of them. No acquisition completion, construction or operational timeline has been set.

Bengal Gas Company Limited began piped natural gas (PNG) supply to five households in Kalyani last week, bringing PNG to the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority area. The pipeline must extend another 50 km to reach Baranagar on Kolkata’s northern fringes, enabling piped gas to return to homes in Kolkata after several decades.

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Bengal BJP government's maiden budget announced plans for a second airport serving the Kolkata region to be located near Kalyani, and new airports at Purulia and Balurghat, signalling a major aviation and infrastructure push.