The Rs 15,000-crore Dankuni Township project in Hooghly district, is to come up on 5,010 acres, 25 km from Kolkota. The proiect being developed by DLF comprises of 4846 acres of which 4069 acres is township area and 777 acres is earmarked as industrial area. The project area covers 20 villages – 5 full and 15 part, spread across four police stations, namely Dankuni, Chanditala, Singur and Serampore. Once the on-going work on the second Vivekananda Setu (across the Hooghly River) and the Belghoria Expressway is completed Dum Dum airport will be 20-25 minutes from Dankuni

To overcome pollution problems in township, which is coming up in an industrial area, a buffer zone between the township and the existing industrial belt has been mooted. A green belt would also be built around the township. Major Industries like "Mother Diary","Coca Cola" and many others are already established in the area.