Kolkata, May 31 (IANS) The Building Department of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has reported the identification of approximately 3,000 illegal constructions throughout the city, as stated by a civic body official on Sunday.The official indicated that the constructions, additions, and extensions made to thousands of these residences are entirely unlawful and are subject to demolition at any moment. Numerous such illegal structures have emerged in the vicinity of the EM Bypass in eastern…
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Kolkata, March 21 (IANS) Since 2011, when the erstwhile minority-dominated Garden Reach assembly constituency in the southern outskirts of Kolkata was renamed Kolkata Port, voting has been one-sided in favour of the Trinamool Congress. In all three assembly elections since 2011, West Bengal Municipal Affairs & Urban Development Minister and Kolkata Mayor Firhad (Bobby) Hakim has won from the constituency with heavy margins, securing over 50 per cent of the vote share each time.Traditio…
Kolkata, Dec 25 (IANS) Several shanties were gutted in a major fire that broke out in the Garden Reach area of southern Kolkata on Thursday evening, triggering panic among residents on Christmas Day.The fire broke out in a garbage depot area of Garden Reach, where a densely populated slum with a large number of shacks and shanties caught fire. The exact cause of the blaze is yet to be ascertained.According to fire department sources, information about the fire was received around 4.30 p.m., foll…
Kolkata, Dec 22 (IANS) In the 2024 Garden Reach building collapse case in Kolkata, which claimed 13 lives and injured several others, it has come to light that the prime accused had managed to flee India and is reported to be in the UAE.According to police sources, the main accused in the incident, Mohammad Shahnawaz, has gone into hiding in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), concealing his identity.The building, which had collapsed in the Garden Reach area in 2024, was constructed on his land. Kol…