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West Bengal Highway Development Corporation Limited (WBHDCL) was incorporated in April 2012 under Companies Act 1956 as a wholly owned company of the Government of West Bengal under Public Works Department. WBHDCL has its registered office at Kolkata, West Bengal. It has an authorized capital of Rs. 2000 Crs (Rupees Two thousand crores only) and paid-up capital of Rs. 1,163,24,14000 divided into 1,163,24,14 equity shares of Rs. 1000 each. Being a Government company, all the shares are held by the Government of West Bengal.

The Corporation acts as a nodal organization for development, up-gradation and maintenance of State Highways as part of this core network. The present Government of West Bengal contemplated for creation of a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) to upgrade and maintain core road network in the district comprising of State Highways and adopt Public Private Partnership as an instrument of delivery of better roads where private / public operator shall be allowed to levy user charge or toll for a certain period of time. Within 2 years of operation, the company has made good stride and has a fully functional office in Kolkata. Several road development projects have been started on the field and many other projects are in the pipeline. All the compliances under statutory and regulatory framework have also been made on time by WBHDCL.

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Board Director:

Sl.No.	Name	Designation
1.	Shri Subrata Bakshi	Chairman of WBHDCL,Hon'ble Member of Parliament,
2.	Shri S.Suresh Kumar, IAS	Additional Chief Secretary, Power Department, Go WB, Director of WBHDCL
3.	Shri B. P. Gopalika,IAS	Managing Director, WBHDCL, Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs Department with additional charge of ACS, P&AR Department and Parliamentry Affairs Dept.
4.	Shri Vivek Kumar, IAS	Additional Chief Secretary, Forest Department with additional charges of ACS, Environment Department, ACS, ARDD and OSD, Biswa Bangla Corporation in the office of the Resident Commissioner, New Delhi and Director of WBHDCL
5.	Shri Manoj Pant, IAS	Principal Secretary,Finance Department with additional charge of Department of Planning & Statistics, & OSD and ex-officio Principal Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat at New Delhi and Director of WBHDCL.
6.	Shri Onkar Singh Meena, IAS	Principal Secretary, Agriculture Department with additional charge of Secretary,, Public Works Department and Director of WBHDCL.
7.	Smt. Vandana Yadav,IAS	Secretary, Industry, Commerce & Enterprises Department with additional charge of Managing Director, West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation Limited and Director of WBHDCL.
8.	Smt. Smaraki Mahapatra, IAS	Secretary, Land & Land Reforms and Refugee Relief & Rehabilitation Department and, and LRC, West Bengal and Director of WBHDCL
9.	Shri Dipankar Chowdhury,IAS	Director (Admin.), WBHDCL, Additional Secretary, Home and Hill Affairs Dept., GoWB.
10.	Shri Vibhu Goel , IAS	Director (Finance) & CFO of WBHDCL, Project Director, KEIIP,
11.	Smt. Shilpa Gourisaria, IAS	Director (Finance) & CFO of WBHDCL (on leave),

Mission of the Corporation:

To promote core road network primarily comprising of state highways in state of West Bengal by taking up Road Works, Bridges, under-pass , ROBs etc., and to improve road network by taking up construction, widening / strengthening and improvement/up-gradation of state highways and bridges and to implement long term maintenance regime for state highways and bridges.
To develop, upgrade and maintain important roads connecting State Highways and those roads handed over to corporation by Government from time to time.
To promote and encourage Private Sector Participation in Highway Sector at state level by acting as a nodal organization of the state in creating an enabling environment to attract private capital in highway sector .
To construct, reconstruct, erect, build remodel, repair, reclaim, demolish, develop, improve, operate and maintain the roads, bridges, culverts, embankment, sideways, subways, flyovers, tunnels, railroads, multi - modal transport systems and infrastructure, models and complexes for improvement of state highway network of West Bengal .
To identify potential schemes for implementation under PPP (i.e. BOT, BOT-Annuity or any other evolving modes of PPP) consistent with policy of the Government of India and Government of West Bengal and to appoint any Consultant in Government or Private sector in order to collect data and information, to carry out detail survey and investigation in order to prepare feasibility report and detailed estimate of project as well as assess and report economic and financial viability of the project in PPP mode.
To act as the nodal agency of the State Government for executing roads and allied infrastructure projects or for objects as envisaged in above clause under public - private or joint venture basis through selection of concessionaire in a transparent manner for construction, operation and maintenance of specified highways and bridges in PPP mode.
To act as nodal organization on behalf of state of West Bengal to prepare Feasibility, DPR and other reports for procuring Loans/Aids from External Funding Agencies like ADB , World Bank , JBIC etc. and act as Executing Agency for such Externally Aided Projects (EAP) on behalf of State of West Bengal .
To prepare Road Information System and Road Management System in IT enabled and GIS Platform and develop strategic plans for the state road sector for identification, prioritization and selection of projects based upon economic, social, technical, commercial and environmental parameters.
To Act as consultants in connection with infrastructure projects in India or abroad.
To follow competitive and transparent bidding procedures in procurement of Consultancy Services, Civil works Contract and selection of Concessionaire for PPP Project.

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