Milestones of SJDA From 1980-1990
Year 1980
- April 1980 :: SJDA formed in 1.4.80. Sri B C Ghosh took over as Chairman (1.4.1980 – 29.8.1983)
- July 1980 :: Land Use Survey started
Year 1983
- August 1983 :: Prof. Dipti Bhusan Dutta took over as Chairman (30.8.83 — 29.8.86)
Year 1986
- August 1986 :: Sri Swapan Sarkar took over as Chairman (30.8.86 - 29.8.87)
- Decemmber 1986 :: Submission of ODP
Year 1987
- August 1987 :: Sri Balbir Ram, IAS, appointed as Development Authority in respect of planning area (30.8.87 – 28.5.90)
Year 1990
- May 1990 :: Smt Kalyani Choudhuri, IAS, Divisional Commissioner, Jalpaiguri Division, took over as Chairman (29.5.90 — 31.7.91)