Long-term partnership helps deliver modern urban services to Kolkata's residents

After two decades of partnership with the Asian Development Bank, the city Kolkata is on a path to becoming a greener and more liveable, sustainable, inclusive and resilient metropolis.

Kolkata’s partnership with ADB began with grants to strengthen municipal finance. In 2000, a $250 million loan from ADB funded urgent improvements to sewerage and drainage. This was followed by a series of phased investments to plan integrated urban development.

Gaps remain and work in the city is far from complete, but policy reforms and improvements in the delivery of urban services are turning Kolkata into a modern city.

Original source: ADB
Published on 30 August 2019