Type
State-owned transport-infrastructure engineering and delivery corporation
State-owned transport-infrastructure engineering and delivery corporation
West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited
West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited is the Transport Department's wholly state-owned engineering and project-delivery corporation.
Active regions
West Bengal, Hooghly River, National Waterway 1, India, Asia Pacific
Marine works roles
Public client and implementing agency for jetties and inland-waterway terminals, Engineering planning, design and technical supervision, Works procurement and contract administration, Floating pontoon and gangway infrastructure delivery, Passenger-facility and terminal integration, Navigation-corridor and port-infrastructure project delivery, World Bank project implementation and reporting, Interface coordination with the Inland Water Transport Directorate and ferry operators
Role in marine infrastructure
West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited is the Transport Department's wholly state-owned engineering and project-delivery corporation. Its official mandate covers planning, design, procurement, construction and contract administration for roads, bridges, jetties, navigation corridors, terminals and ports. Under World Bank project P166020 it is the implementing client named across the 45-location floating passenger-jetty procurement chain, including 21 direct works contracts with reported supplier commitments of USD 24.84 million. The Inland Water Transport Directorate retains statutory vessel-regulation functions, while WBTIDCL and related state bodies deliver and maintain pontoon, gangway and terminal infrastructure.
Sources used 6
- West Bengal Transport Infrastructure Development Corporation profile West Bengal Transport Department, Current official page reviewed 6 August 2026
- Inland Water Transport Directorate profile West Bengal Transport Department, Current official page reviewed 6 August 2026
- West Bengal Inland Water Transport, Logistics and Spatial Development Project P166020 World Bank, Current project record reviewed 6 August 2026
- P166020 procurement plan World Bank, 13 July 2026
- P166020 implementation status and results report World Bank, 22 June 2026
- Babu Ghat Ferry Jetty, Hooghly River Wikimedia Commons / Biswarup Ganguly, Photographed 14 January 2012; file reviewed 6 August 2026
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