"When we started marketing our project, we received a common feedback from the prospective buyers. They wanted to know about the connectivity to the township. That's when talks among PWD, transport and urban development departments were initiated and everyone felt that the elevated road. sponsored by the developers themselves, was the best way out," said Nandu Belani, director of Calcutta Riverside projects.

"The road will start just after Taratala and continue till Batanagar and beyond. It will turn out to be a major connectivity in that part of the city," he added.

Goswami said his department would identify land for the elevated road. "We, too, will have to spare some land from within our project area for this elevated road," said  Sumit Dabriwala, managing director of Riverbank Holdings.

Riverbank Holdings, which has already started constructing the township that will house hospitals, IT companies, retail outlets, educational institutions, hotels and residential complexes, is in a hurry to begin construction of the road. "Our township will come up in five years. We hope the road, too, will be in place by then," Belani pointed out.