KMC works on to ensure ownership rights of 3 disputed properties
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation is facing a quandary over three properties named in its list of assets, but owned by private parties.
In a significant achievement, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has completed the repair and restoration of the four compartments of the centuryold Tallah tank.
The fourth block of the 9 MG capacity of overhead balancing steel reservoir of Tallah tank was inaugurated by KMC mayor Firhad Hakim today. A full-fledged functioning of the block is to start from tomorrow, informed sources in the civic body.
According to an official of KMC’s water supply department the repair and restoration project has been done at a cost of 80 crore under the central government’s AMRUT schemes. Thirty per cent of the fund has been sanctioned by the centre while the remaining share is funded by the state government. The work has been completed in about four years.
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Tallah tank was set up in 1911 during British rule. The restoration work of the four blocks of the tank was started by the civic body in the year 2019. The four blocks of the tank were restored one after another to prevent disruption in water supply in the area.
Meanwhile, following complaints from the local residents, KMC has started demolition of an alleged illegal construction in Ward 134. The decision of demolition came after the building leaned and got tilted on the adjacent structure. Officials of the building department of the civic body visited the spot yesterday and ordered for demolition of the illegal construction
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