[4] Kolkata West International City (KWIC) is India’s first Foreign Direct Investment in real estate and township development.

[6] The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority acquired a 390-acre plot beside the Kona Expressway at Salap[7] and handed it over to the consortium along with sub-leasing rights.

[8] It was unveiled by Buddhadeb Bhattacharya, the then Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 15 February 2006 and was expected to comprise about 11,000 apartments (flats/villas) to house nearly 36,000 people.

[8] There were further plans to set up dedicated power stations, sports facilities, IT parks, entertainment zones, hospitals and schools.

[3][9][13][14][15][16] In July 2011, Abhay Mohan Jha of HIMAL Southasian, made a visit to the proposed township and found it to be a desolated and uninhabited place, that resembled a cemetery.

After being prohibited from entering the property, he visited the project-office in Chowringhee to find about 200 investors in a dharna, who despite having paid in full, were unable to move in, due to lack of any infrastructure.