The document outlines a study of the town planning of Chittaranjan Township in West Bengal, India. The aims of the study are to propose development strategies for proper land use and services, and to regulate development to prevent land use conflicts. It describes the history and development of the township, which originated around a locomotive factory. It analyzes the existing land use, infrastructure, transportation and issues like narrow roads. Proposed solutions include widening roads and adding proper signage. The conclusion is that the study provided insight into town planning and the lives of township residents.

1. TOWN PLANNING
CHITTARANJAN TOWNSHIP
CLEAN CITY,GREEN CITY,CITY OF PEACE

3. CONTENT
➢ NEED FOR THE STUDY
➢ AIM
➢ OBJECTIVE
➢ PROBLEMS
➢ SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS
➢ METHODOLOGY
➢ ABOUT CHITTARANJAN CITY
➢ CLIMATOLOGY
➢ SITE
➢ REGIONAL LINKAGE
➢ FACILITIES
➢ BASE MAP
➢ TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
➢ LAND USE,BUILD USE,BUILT HEIGHT,FIGURE GROUND,OPEN SPACE,SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE
➢ ISSUES AND PROPOSALS
➢ CONCLUSION

4. NEED FOR THE STUDY
HISTORY:
● Before the town's development, the area was heavily forested and infested with plunderers and
marauders.
● The discovery of coal led to its industrialization, clearing most of the forests.
AIM:
● TO PROPOSE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES FOR PROPER USE OF LAND AND OTHER SERVICES IN THE AREA.
● TO REGULATE THE DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF LAND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST PREVENTING LAND USE
CONFLICT.
OBJECTIVE:
● TO STUDY THE PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE OF CHITTARANJAN TOWNSHIP
● TO STUDY THE BUILT USE,BUILT HEIGHT,TRANSPORT,LAND USE ETC IN THE AREA.
● TO FIND OUT ISSUES AND BE ABLE TO INPUT WITH SOME FAVOURABLE SOLUTIONS.
● CONSERVE SENSITIVE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.
● DEVELOP WELL DISTRIBUTED PHYSICAL AND SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE.
● CREATE AN IMAGE THAT REPRESENTS THE CULTURE AND IMAGE OF CHITTARANJAN TOWNSHIP

5. SCOPE
1) To learn about basic town planning process
and techniques.
2) Survey on drainage,electricity lines,road
width,parkings and building types were
carried out.
LIMITATION
1) THE DATA COLLECTION WAS SOLELY BASED ON THE
SECONDARY SURVEY WITH THE HELP OF GOOGLE MAP
AND VISUAL OBSERVATION AND NOT WITH ANY
PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT.
2) WATER SUPPLY DATA COLLECTION WAS NOT
CARRIED OUT.

6. CHITTARANJAN CITY
Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) has been named after the great
freedom fighter, leader and statesmen Deshbandhu Chittaranjan Das. The
production activity started on 26th January, 1950 the day when India
became Republic. The initial product of Chittaranjan Locomotive Works was
Steam Locomotive . Chittaranjan has 5,070 residential quarters, 71 miles of
road, 120 miles of piping for water supply and 100 miles of water borne
sewage. Every single house has a minimum of two rooms, verandah and
courtyai-d, electricity, continuous supply of filtered water, its own sanitary
pi’ivy and batii. E ach house in Chittaranjan has been provided with the basic
facilities of a modem home. The township has been planned in separate
colonies of composite self-sufficient units, each of which has its shopping
centre, maternity clinic, school, playground, dispensary, park, social amenity
and recreation centres. There are at present in Chittaranjan 5
dispensaries, 4 maternity and health centres. 7 basic schools, 4 community
halls and 6 parks. The main hospital has 50 beds and is centrally situated
to provide medical facilities for all residents of the township.
Chittaranjan is ideally located for an industrial undertaking of
this nature. It is situated within 10 miles of West Bengal’s rich
coal belt and only 6 miles from the Maithan Dam of the
Damodar Valley Corporation from where Hydro-Electric energy
will be obtained. The Maithon reservoir will also provide a
source of perennial water supply for the township and the
workshop. The hilly nature of the country facilitates easy
drainage, so important for the establishment of a clean,
healthy township and the excellent climatic conditions are
expected to ensure a high level of labour attendance and
efficiency. Workshop and the colony are spread over an area of
over 7 square miles

7. DEMOGRAPHY
WE CAN SEE FROM THE CHART THAT IT
HAVE REMARKABLE RATE
IT IS BECAUSE MOST OF THE
POPULATION OF REGION MIGRATES TO
THE CITY IN SEARCH OF FACILITIES
CLIMATE CHART

8. SITE- CHITTARANJAN TOWNSHIP(W.B)
INDIA WEST BENGAL CHITTARANJAN

9. FACILITIES
● Chittaranjan, an ISO 14001 certified township has neatly arranged row-houses, broad, clean roads, greenery and lakes.
● The township houses over 9300 quarters of various types and sizes for the employees of CLW.
● All these quarters are neatly grouped under various areas (equivalent to wards in cities) with each area having its own Primary
Health Unit (locally famous as dispensary), marketplace, primary school, and a community hall. In addition to the dispensaries in
each area, Chittaranjan also has its own 200-bed hospital - the Kasturba Gandhi Hospital.
● Chittaranjan has non-stop electricity (24/7). Being a railway colony, a total of 3 DVC (Damodar Valley Corporation) power lines
enters Chittaranjan, so that even after the failure of one power source, a power failure doesn't occur.
● It also has an emergency diesel generator, for main infrastructures like Hospitals, CLW, post offices etc. in case of complete
power failure. The last complete power failure occurred on 31 July 2012 during the India Blackouts.
● The Diminutive Hilltop is the main water treatment plant located in Chittaranjan where water is purified and supplied to the
households generally twice a day, though the main infrastructures (like the hospital and GM office) receive a non-stop water
supply.
● It also has two big playgrounds: the Oval Ground and the Srilata Ground, which hold various sub-divisional tournaments.
● There is also a helipad built at the Oval ground, used by visiting delegates.
● In addition to this, Chittaranjan has two multi-sport stadiums, two swimming pools, a basketball court, a badminton court, a lawn
tennis court, many football grounds, a gymnasium and a fully air-conditioned indoor stadium.
● Chittaranjan has one movie theater, the Ranjan Cinema that shows Hindi and Bengali movies.
● Chittaranjan has a dedicated officer's club popularly called as the Chittaranjan Club which is used by officers for recreational
purposes.
● A stranger cannot enter Chittaranjan without showing the proper permit. There are three gates to enter or leave the township.
These gates are protected by the armed RPF (Railway Protection Force).

10. Some of the main location of the township
HOSPITAL
STADIUM
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11. REGIONAL LINKAGES
KAZI NAZRUL ISLAM
AIRPORT,DURGAPUR
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose
International Airport
➢ The distance between Chittaranjan and
Kolkata Airport (CCU) is 207 km. The
road distance is 234.5 km. The road
distance is 234.5 km.
➢ Closest airport to Chittaranjan is Kazi
Nazrul Islam Airport (RDP). Distance
from Kazi Nazrul Islam Airport to
Chittaranjan is 26.9 miles / 43.3
kilometers.
ASANSOL RAILWAYS STATION (W.B) CHITTARANJAN RAILWAY STATION
➢ The nearest important railway junction is,
Asansol situated 25 km away.
➢ Road transports of both Bengal and Jharkhand
can be accessed from here.
➢ A unique feature of this place is that the
railway station is located at Jharkhand state
(name of the place- Mihijam, district: Jamtara)
whereas the township is in West Bengal.
➢ Chittaranjan also has about 50 bus services
with Private buses (it includes one AC bus
service run by Bijoy Yatra Travels and a state
bus service South Bengal State Transport
Corporation). It has a dedicated bus stand at
Gate no. 1 where buses arrive and depart to
Haldia, Kolkata, Bankura, Mukutmanipur,
Burdwan, Kalna, Asansol, Raniganj, Durgapur,
Bongaon and elsewhere.

12. Some
pictures
from the
township

14. TRAFFIC ANALYSIS
BUS STAND AUTO STAND

15. BUILT USE

16. LAND USE

17. BUILT HEIGHT

21. ISSUES AND
PROPOSALS…..

22. ISSUES
1) TRANSPORTATION
PROBLEMS DUE
THE NARROW
ROADS.

23. ISSUES
2) LACK OF
PROPER ROAD
SIGNAGE.

24. ISSUES
3)THERE ARE LOTS OF TREES IN
TOWNSHIP SO IN RAINY OR STORMY
DAYS BRANCHES OF TREES FALLS ON
ELECTRIC WIRES AND CREATE
PROBLEMS,EXAMPLE-DUE TO THIS
PEOPLE FACES POWER CUTS.

25. PROPOSALS
1) TO INCREASES THE
WIDTH OF THE
ROADS FOR THE
PROPER
TRANSPORTATION.

26. PROPOSALS
2) TO PROVIDE PROPER
ROAD SIGNAGE AT
EACH AND EVERY
TURNINGS OF THE ROAD.

27. PROPOSALS
3) TO CREATE THE
UNDERGROUND
ELECTRIC WIRING LINES.

29. CONCLUSION
● Through this assignment we tried to have a general idea about the nature and
functioning of the stretch of chittaranjan township from the perspective of a town
planner.
● By the means of surveying and mapping we have obtained several data’s about
element like built height,built use,land use,base map,important landmarks and other
details about services like water supply and electrification.
● These data have helped us to have a general idea about the
lifestyles,infrastructure,economy and issues experienced by the people in these
localities.
● Keeping these issues in mind we have tried to come up with some proposals for some
particular locations of the site.
● This project has proved to be very helpful to us in understanding the role played by a
town planner in shaping the built environment of an urban locality.

30. REFERENCE-
● https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittaranjan
● Google image
● Google earth
Videos of chittaranjan township
https://www.facebook.com/debabrata.ghosh.313371/videos/17384369
06311371/

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