Bridge in Lake Town to ease traffic movement
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has set up a double lane modular steel bridge to reduce traffic congestion in areas surrounding Lake Town and VIP Road.
Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has set up a double lane modular steel bridge to reduce traffic congestion in areas surrounding Lake Town and VIP Road.
Three sanitation workers employed by the Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) died in an accident at the Kolkata Leather Complex in Bantala early on Sunday morning.
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority would now be responsible for the upkeep of a part of Mahananda river.
For Chhath Puja, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has made elaborate arrangements preparing over 200 ghats for the rituals tomorrow.
The Tallah Bridge in North Kolkata had been closed to traffic for its health overhaul since February 2020 and its dismantling and revamp had been undertaken in consultation with the Railways following major cracks and infirmity discovered on the bridge.
A KMDA and Kolkata police traffic department in a communique said that since the Karunamoyee bridge would undergo certain tests beginning Monday, by the KMDA authorities, the bridge would be closed to traffic from 11 May to 14 May.
The KMC is slated to go for elections this year.
Once the footwear project kicks off, Kolkata will be at par with Agra in terms of upper and sole manufacturing.
The environmentalists who have constantly been putting all the blame on us, must realise first, that running to a court of law and flashing court orders does not bring awareness among people. We had done massive awareness campaigns which indeed showed results but none of these environmenta lists ever thought of even joining us for the campaigns: Mayor Firhad Hakim.
Around 30,000 devotees have been observing Chhath rituals in Rabindra Sarovar for the last few years.
