A well connected road network with good condition of the roads is extremely important for an industrial region to prosper. This has motivated HDA to engage in construction of new roads along with widening of existing roads in full swing. The port city is traversed by a good network of roads and highways connecting different parts of the industrial area. Haldia Development Authority ensures that every industrial, residential and commercial plot has an access through a road.

WATER
Haldia is served by rivers like Rupnarayan, Haldi and Hooghly that ensure abundant water supply for irrigationof the agricultural farms. The Authority has made requisite arrangements to ensure treated industrial and domestic water supply round-the-clock. Due to current water demand of industries, HDA augmented 25 MGD Water Treatment Plant of its existing 20 MGD Water Treatment Plant. For fulfillment of future demand a new 25 MGD Water Treatment Plant is being constructed on BOT basis.

LAND
With passage of time the Statutory body of HDA has been given more teeth to acquire and distribute land.Land distribution norms has been eased to facilitate easy disbursement.About one thousand six hundred hectares of land has been vested with Haldia Development Authority. So, land is no problem for big or small-scale industry. Land also available for Residential, Commercial & Social Sector. New roads have been built to provide interconnectivity to various units. HDA has also taken care to ensure uninterrupted water supply, drainage facility and power availability. With increasing land possession it has enthused the investors to set up various industries along the industrial belt.

POWER  
West Bengal State Electricity Board is primarily responsible for a stable and quality power supply to the Haldia Planning Area. Nevertheless HDA has come forward to participate in many of their projects both functionally and financially in the larger interests of industries, water supply projects and other important premises, there by guaranteeing non-stop power supply. Recently HDA has got installed, through WBSEB,a dedicated power supply network to Chaitanyapur Water Works from HFC supply. The Authority is also planning to take up a number of projects involving renovation of electrical network in certain areas, illumination of roads and electrification of the underdeveloped areas. Moreover development of Kolaghat thermal power station has ensured uninterrupted power supply to the industrial region. Those willing to set up their captive power plants are also encouraged. CESC setting up a new 200 MW power plant for to support PCPIR (Petrolium, Chemical & Petrochemical Investment Region) at Haldia.

 

DRAINAGE
Irrigation and Waterways Department of West Bengal plays a significant role in the planning and execution of the comprehensive drainage scheme for Haldia. To supplement, this scheme HDA has undertaken a number of projects like construction of drainage culverts and RCC Box type culverts over Manasatala Canal. Also some secondary drainage schemes for Storm Water Drainage have been taken up. To avoid any piece meal drainage scheme, HDA has through IIT, Kharagpur prepare comprehensive Storm Water Drainage Master Plan for Haldia Area where intensive development has taken place & likely to be developed in the near future. The rough cost of the plan has been estimated to be Rs.174 crores (approx.) as per the Plan.

Housing and Township
The whole landscape of Haldia offers a pleasant visual relief far away from the hustle and bustle of city life Haldia offers a perfect ambience to stay. Besides various corporate residential complexes, it has almost 700 apartments in possession which are on long-term lease or rent. All these buildings are equipped with excellent modern accommodation facilities. HDA has come forward to set up amusement parks, Cultural Complex, IT Park, Knowledge Park, health clinics, gyms, shopping malls, schools and colleges, stadiums along with other modern amenities, thereby making Haldia as good as any modern township.
With rapid industrial development in the area several housing complexes have been built to facilitate living accommodation to the people. The Haldia Development Authority has built several housing complexes for different income groups with garages and other additional facilities. The Authority has around 700 apartments in its possession, which are available on long term lease or rent at affordable rates. Apart from these there are the corporate residential complexes and housing complexes with all modern amenities built by industrial units and some houses are also built by the private realtors. Lush green parks, lakes and yet all modern facilities easy communication, good education, proper health care, recreation and sporting clubs, banking facilities are wrapped up in a single locale that makes Haldia a very special township to live in.

Health Infrastructure
The township is well equipped with medical facilities to take care of emergencies, routine check-ups, and chronic and complex cases. There is a 250-bed Sub-Divisional Hospital with specialized health care, prevention and treatment, diagnostic and pathology facilities. Also a 100 bed Eye care centre, 300 beded Dr.B. C. Roy Hospital cum Dental College, Government run health centres, primary health units and clinics. Apart from these the Indian Oil Refinery and Port have their own hospitals and clinics equipped with all modern facilities. A 300 bedded Medical College is also coming up under ICARE - an NGO.HDA is also considering setting up a Trauma Centre at Kapaseria, Mahishadal.

Waste Disposal Facilities
West Bengal Waste Management Ltd. (WBWML) is JV project on PPP mode which has a a fully integrated waste management complex in Haldia. It has fully functional Industrial, Hazardous and Bio- Medical Waste Management plant. The domestic and municipal waste management facility is under construction. HDA has offered land ( about 100 acres) for this project.

Banking & Commerce 
The industrial development has led the banking and financial institutions to operate from the township. Several Public sector banks, LIC, GIC, small savings institutions, Gramin banks have their branches all over the Haldia. Major Banks which have branches here.

Recreation and Sports
The Haldia Development Authority has constructed a huge stadium at Durgachak with a seating capacity of 12000 people to encourage the sports activities in the township. The township also houses parks properly developed and maintained. The riverfront along the Haldi river is being developed with facilities for all water sports activities in the recent future. An amusement park is also to be constructed within the township. One sports city with a stadium is being developed by Haldia Municipality on a 65 acres plot of land.
Sanghati  Maidan – Haldia Development Authority has developed a 45 acres plot of land as a public Maidan available for people of Haldia to have free access to it for walk, fun, games and sports. Now HDA has taken up construction of permanent trade centre with the facilities of auditorium, exhibition hall, open air theatre, indoor games, food kiosk etc.

Tourism and Hospitality
A steady stream of guests and visitors ( prospective entrepreneurs, Consultants, advisers, engineers, economists, technicians and CEOs) from all round the globe keep coming to the port city. Engineers and executives from Japan, Malaysia, South Korea, China, UK and other nation often visit the region. To meet to the needs of accommodation for these visitors Haldia Development Authority has promoted Haldia Bhawan to stay when in town for business purposes. With over 50,000 crore industrial investment having come in, numerous hotels, motels and guest houses have come up whose occupancy rate has been increasing regularly.

Shops and Markets
The township boasts of large shopping complexes where one will find a varied range of commodities. Durgachak is the old CBD of Haldia. A large number of stalls have been built in each one of the shopping complexes and leased out. Big Bazar, the retail chain of the Pantaloons group has just made its entry into Haldia. The city also boast of a large number of shopping complexes selling a wide range of goods. Bengal Ambuja group is constructing a shopping mall with multiplex about 150000sq.ft. at City Centre, Debhog.

Educational Infratsructure
Country's leading schools and educational institutions have started their branches here to impart good quality education. St. Xaviers, Assembly of God Church, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Bharatiya Vidya Bhawan are only a few to name. Co-educational and women's colleges have also been started. Besides the seats for general learning, there are engineering and polytechnic colleges likeDental College, Golden Regnecy ( Hotel Management Institute), Haldia Law College, Marine Institute, Paramedical Institute, Management Institute, Haldia Institute of Technology, Meghnad Saha Polytechnic Institute and Central Institute of Plastics Engineering Technology. An Industrial Training Centre has come up that ensures readily available skilled manpower. The foundation stone for Apeejay Knowledge Park has just been laid which will further enhance the academic level in the town.

Rehabilitation
In order to set up industries and other infrastructure, quite a number of settlements in different mouzas like Debhog, Alichak, Hatiberia, Bhuniaraichak had to be evacuated. HDA has shouldered the responsibility of rehabilitating these evictees by creating plots and allotting them to the uprooted families. Till now almost 3020 persons have already being rehabilitated at different rehabilitation colonies like Durgachak, Ramnagar Purba Raghunathchak, Bhabanipur, Mahatma Gandhi Nagar, Kshudiramnagar and Biswanathdatterchak colony. These colonies has basic infrastructure like roads, Street lights, drinking water, electrification, schools, health centers, playground etc. created and maintained by HDA.

Development Of Haldia Dock Complex
There was wide argument among experts that port facilities need improvement, partly to cater to the requirement of growing volume of trade, and partly to economies the cost of sea transportation. Gross (1967), argued that more than 75.0 percent of the total tonnage of sea-borne cargo all over the world consisted of oil or dry bulk commodities (such as grain, ore, coal, sugar, and fertilizer) and these were carried in ships in which the increased size would lead to a market economy in operating cost. Hence the construction of a new dock system at Haldia, midway between the sea and Calcutta Port, was planned.

A number of investigations were successively made into the need, justifiability and prospect of the development of a port at Haldia. Experts suggested that investigations should be made to select a suitable site for a subsidiary or satellite port where deep draft vessels could come. It was expected that with rapid expansion of industrialization in the area the trade passing through the port of Calcutta would considerably increase and continue to do so for many years to come. To cope with this Calcutta Port required additional port handling facilities and hence the establishment of an auxiliary port nearer the sea was necessary.

An immediate necessity was the construction of a river side jetty for the handling of crude oil and petroleum products so that the refinery at Barauni would be supplied with crude. The construction on the oil jetty commenced in June 1965 and was completed in July 1968 along with a pipeline connecting the jetty with the Barauni Refinery. The civil construction work of the lock and dock berths started in January 1968 and the dock system was opened to internatical shipping in 1977. Growth of Haldia Dock Complex that started its functioning in 1968 got momentum with the commissioning of Haldia Port in 1977.

The new deep water modern dock system was established at Haldia, 56.5 nautical miles downstream of Calcutta aimed to effectively serve the needs of trade and industry in keeping with the technological changes in shipping and cargo handling practices to handle modern bulk carriers and oil tankers. A full-fledged container terminal has also been developed for expeditious movement of general cargoes in containers. It was the first comprehensive port project in India, providing composite cargo handling facilities and lending support to the growth of port oriented industry.

The Port at Haldia was expected to be supplementary to the Port of Kolkata for accommodating the larger ships round the year, unhampered by the tortuous bends or bars in the river Hooghly. Haldia industrial complex evolved based on the development of the port facilities. The port being an economic infrastructure served to handle coastal and overseas traffic and thus served to be a sine qua non for development of the region, development implying change to describe the process of economic and social transformation. It provided a direct access to world markets and an excellent opportunity for developing trade with a wide range of countries, without costly intermediaries and was also an excellent source of employment of workmen and commercial personnel in numerous activities connected with administration, port operations and maintenance, and with various auxiliary services to cargo and vessels.

1. Haldia Development Authority :

• Shri Jyotirmoy Kar, Chairperson, HDA = Ph – 03224 – 255929/ 30, Fax– 03224 – 255927
• Shri Panicker Harishanker, IAS, CEO, HDA = Ph – 03224 – 255926 Fax– 03224 – 255927
• Shri Kishore Kumar Biswas, WBCS (Exe.), AEO, HDA = 03224 – 255929,(Extn.-127)

2. District Administration :

District Magistrate's Office :

• Shri Purnendu Kumar Maji, WBCS (Exe.) District Magistrate, Purba Medinipur Ph. 03228 - 263098, F. 03228 – 263500
• ADM (G), Tamluk = Ph. 03228 - 263667, F. 03228 – 263994
• ADM, Haldia = Ph 03224 - 275568, F. 03224 - 278100
• ADM (Dev.) = Ph. 03228 – 269274
• AMD (IR) = Ph. 03228 – 266070
• SDO, Haldia = Ph. 03224 - 278110, 277285, F. 03224 – 274015 / 274819 (Magistrate) / 274159 (Treasury Office)

Haldia Municipality :

• Chairman : 03224 – 252996
• Chairman in Council : 03224 – 252644
• Executive Officer : 03224 – 252997
• Others : Ph. 255420, F. – 03224 – 252154
• Dy.Chairman (KOPT)HDC : Ph. 03224-263209/265261

BDOs :

• Haldia = 03224 – 284201
• Sutahata = 03224 – 281506
• Mahishadal = 03224 – 240010
• Nandigram I = 03224 – 232226
• Nandigram II = 03228 – 271217
• Nandakumar = 03228 – 275201

Police :

• Supdt. of Police, Tamluk = Ph. 03228 – 269667
• Addl. S. P., Tamluk = Ph. 03228 – 269581
• Addl. S. P., Haldia = Ph. 03224 – 278116
• Police Stations :
  Haldia = 03224 – 251112
  Durgachak = 03224 – 251111
  Bahwanipur = 03224 – 251113
  Sutahata = 03224 – 281344
  Mahishadal = 03224 – 240237
  Nandakumar = 03228 – 275255
  Nandigram = 03224 – 232551

Zilla Parishad, Purba Medinipur :

• Savadhipati, Purba Medinipur Zilla Parishad = Ph. 03228 – 269672, F. 03228 - 269673.
• SahaSavadhipati = 03228 – 269677
• Executive Engineer = 03228 - 269675

R.T.O., Tamluk = 03228 – 263094

GM, DIC, Haldia = 03224 - 255719

Forest Deptt. : D.F.O., Tamluk = Ph.+F. 03228 – 263036

Pollution Control Board : Sr. Environment Engineer = 03224 – 274190,

W.B.S.E.D.C.L., Haldia : Div. Mamger (Durgachak): 03224 – 275196
Station Manager (") : 03224 – 274174
Div. Engineer (Chiranjibpur) : 03224 - 252182

4. Post Office :

• Sutahata : 03224 – 281334
• Durgachak Colony : 03224 – 272890
• Durgachak : 03224 – 252730
• Haldia Oil Refinery : 03224 – 252430
• Haldia : 03224 – 252330
• Haldia Township : 03224 – 263470
• Debhog : 03224 - 255325

5. Blood Bank:-

• Haldia Sub-Div. Hospital-03224-274108
• Tamluk Sadar Hospital, 03228-266109

6. Cinema Hall:-

• Anindita-03224-253026
• Nabina-252625
• Manjushree-275439.
• Sree-286254.
• Surjana-232292.
• Upahar-286274

Educational Institutions:

• Schools:
  Haldia Govt. Sponsored School: 03224 – 252535
  Haldia Govt. Sponsored Secondary School: 03224 – 274891
  Vivekanda Vidyabhawan: 03224 – 265146
  St.Xaviers' Primary Schools (CPT): 03224 – 263362
  St.Xaviers' Primary Schools (IOC): 03224 – 263440
  St.Xaviers' High Schools : 03224 – 263251/264234
  St.Xaviers' Higher Secondary Schools : 03224 – 263274
  Assembly of God Church School : 03224 – 263284
  Rampur Vivekananda Mission Ashram School : 03224 – 286221
  Chakdwipa High School : 03224 – 284277
  Vivekananda Mission Ashram Blind School : 03224 – 286221
• Colleges :
  Haldia Government Collage : 03224 – 252278/ 252044
  Haldia Law Collage : 03224 – 255355/ 255356
  Vivekananda Mission MahaVidyalaya : 03224 – 286223
  Mahishadal Raj Collage : 03224 – 240220
  Mahishadal Girls Collage : 03224 – 240520
• Technical Institutions :
  ICARE : 03224 - 252900
  Haldia Institute of Technology : 03224 – 252900/ 252850
  Dr. Meghnad Saha Istitute of Politechnic : 03224 – 253064
  Central Institute of Plastic Engineering & Technology : 03224 – 253016
  Vidyasagar Vocational Training Institute : 03224 – 252021
  Industrial Training Institute : 03224 – 274220
  International Institute of Maritime Institute : 03224 – 267501/267502
  Global Institute of Science & Technology : 03224 – 255951/255953
  Haldia Paramedical Collage : 03224 – 253343/645545

7. Hospitals & Nursing Homes :

• Haldia Sub-Division Hospital : 03224 – 278112
• Dr. B C Roy Hospital : 03224 – 269053 , F. – 03224 - 269052
• Haldia Institute of Dental Sciences and Research
  (Dental College) : 03224 – 269057/269056, F. – 03224 - 269058
• SAB Nursing Home : 03224 – 274718
• Mediland Nursing Home: 03224 – 274530
• Haldia Seva Sadan : 03224 – 252160
• Medicare Nursing Home : 03224 – 274142
• Pal Nursing Home : 03224 – 274222
• Portland Nursing Home : 03224 – 277102
• Sudha Nursing Home : 03224 – 274054
• Khila Nursing Home : 03224 - 274690

8. Banks :

• SBI Haldia Port Branch : 03224 – 274386/275529/277058
• SBI Haldia Township Branch : 03224 – 263166
• SBI IOC Branch : 03224 – 252857/252295
• SBI, Khanjanchak: 03224 – 274386
  SBI, City Centre(Haldia Petro Chemicals branch)
• Allahabad Bank, Durgachak : 03224 – 274133
• Allahabad Bank, Chaitanyapur : 03224 – 252524
• Allahabad Bank, Basudevpur : 03224 - 274322
• Axis Bank : 03224 – 252266
• UCO, Durgachak : 03224 – 274261
• Panjab National Bank, Durgachak : 03224 – 274268
• Punjab National Bank, Debhog : 03224 – 252801
• Punjab National Bank, Chaitanyapur : 03224 - 286268
• Bank of India, Durgachak : 03224 – 274303
• Indian Overseas Bank : 03224 – 253027
• Andhra Bank : 03224 – 255933
• United Bank of India, Refinery : 03224 – 252266
• United Bank of India, Durgachak : 03224 – 252706
• United Bank of India, Township : 03224 – 263108
• Central bank of India, Durgachak : 03224 – 274124
• Contai Co-operative Bank Ltd., Khanjanchak : 03224 – 274196
• Tamluk Ghatal Cooperative Bank, Brajalalchak : 03224 - 274858
• Bank of Boroda, Durgachak : 03224 – 273320

9. Tourism & Hospitality :

SK Abujar Gaffari, Public Relation & Tourism Officer, HDA : 03224 – 255929/930, Cell No. 9153166455
Haldia Bhawan – For online booking  please visit our website https://www.hda.gov.in  or E-mail : ceo.hda@gmail.com

• Golden Retreat Hotel, City Centre: 03224 – 252020/252688
• Hotel Balaji Continental, Ranichak : 03224 – 252156/252259
• Hotel Karan International, Khanjanchak : 03224 – 277077/274550
• Benfish, Super Market, Durgachak : 03224 – 275836
• Hotel East Coast, Durgachak : 03224 – 274810/275363
• India Hotel, Durgachak : 03224 – 274233
• Hotel Classic Inn Manjushree : 03224 – 272427/273115
• Dreamland Hotel : 03224 – 275443/272242
• Hotel Pearage : 03224 – 252666/275729
• Anand Hotel : 03224 – 274351
• Samrat Lodge, Durgachak : 03224 – 274344
• Fresh-O-Feast : 03224 – 274550
• Hotel Continental, IOC Gate : 03224 – 252533/252708
• Embassy Hotel : 03224 – 263252
• Hotel Millenium, Khanjanchak : 03224 – 274682
• Hotel akash Flora, Near Haldia Unnayan Bhawan : 03224 – 253004/252967
• Hotel Dock Palace : 03224 – 275720
• Hotel Sunflower, Durgachak : 03224 – 274162
• Hotel Sagar, Talpukur, Durgachak : 03224 – 275644
• Delicious Restaurant, Haldia Township : 03224 – 264813
• First Club, Debhog : 03224 – 252514
• Hotel Royal Harbour : 03224_ 276053
• Hotel Karan International : 03224_ 274550/277077

10. Fire Brigade : 03224 – 101/252500

11. LPG Distributor (Durgachak Gas Survice Indane) : 03224 – 274894

12. Telephone :

• DE(T), Chiranjibpur Telephone Exchange : 03227 – 274099
• SDO (T), Township : 03224 – 265600
• JTO, Chijanjibpur : 205111/210008
• Billing Section : 03224 - 272608
• Complain : 274100

13. Transport :

• SBSTC, Haldia Depot : 03224 – 274439,8926387084
• Hatiberia Railway Booking : 03224 – 264575,264574
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14. Other offices at Haldia :

• EE, PWD/HCD : 03224-274114
• EE, PHEDte : 03224-274103
• AE, Housing : 03224-274279
• AE, PWD (Roads) : 03228-275570, 286546
• Employment officer in charge, PEE : 03224-274144
• Inspector of factories, Haldia : 03224-2741052