Green blueprint for Kolkata Kolkata: Kolkata’s next phase of growth must be guided by where the city can expand safely and where expansion must stop. A new IIT Kharagpur study, ‘Heat island, pollution load and urban sprawl in the Kolkata metropolitan city of India during 2000–2020: implications for its sustainability’ shows that two decades of…
Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday unveiled an urban cleanliness and civic management roadmap, announcing a series of penalties and enforcement measures aimed at improving sanitation, waste management and traffic discipline across the urban areas.Presenting the urban development and municipal affairs budget in the Assembly, minister Agnimitra Paul said from Sept 1, citizens will face…
A bus stand completely occupied by the hawker near Park Street… Sukhomoy Sen Kolkata: A day after state urban development minister Agnimitra Paul’s surprise inspection in the central business district, hawkers doing business on the pavement along Jawaharlal Nehru Road near Park Street were found to have fallen in line and made way for pedestrian…
Kolkata: A 30-year-old woman was molested at a night club on Park Street in the early hours of Sunday. A venue employee was also involved in allegedly assaulting the woman’s fiance when the latter tried to intervene, the woman claimed.According to cops, the incident took place at around 3 am when the woman was preparing…
Waterlogging at SSKM on Thursday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: Over 100 mm rain in less than one-and-a-half hours on Thursday afternoon inundated thoroughfares across the city uprooting trees and crippling traffic system. Storm water entered major hospitals such as SSKM, RG Kar Medical College, Belle Vue Clinic causing hardships for the patients and the…
Fire broke out on Wednesday at the new administrative office building, popularly known as the office of additional district magistrate, in Alipore Kolkata: A major fire broke out on Wednesday at the new administrative office building, popularly known as the office of additional district magistrate, located on Alipore Police Court complex. The affected building has…
New Delhi: Days after central govt decided to shift several govt residential colonies in central Delhi as part of a redevelopment plan, confusion and uncertainty prevailed among residents, with many saying they had heard about the proposed relocation but not received any official communication.Concerns were particularly high among families with school-going children, who said moving…
