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Revamp plea for indoor stadium
I was appalled to see the conditions inside Netaji Indoor Stadium during a
recent visit to watch the Russian Circus on ice. Most of the seats were rusted
and it spoilt our clothes. The iron beams and the basic structures of the roof
were also in a pathetic condition. The very sight of the dirty pillars, broken
concrete floors and chaotic electric lines hanging from the rooftop was disconcerting.
How can the authorities concerned ignore maintenance of a structure that we Calcuttans
have been boasting of all these years? Further, to add to our woes, we had to
stand in a queue for 45 minutes to enter the stadium. Hope the authorities will
consider setting aside a portion of the rent realised from the Russian Circus
for revamping the stadium.
B.L. Chandak, Salkia, Howrah.
Pushed by public
A manhole at the Elgin Road-Allenby crossing remained without a cover for a long time. When I noticed that the civic body had not bothered to cover it for weeks together, I reported the matter to the Forum management. The next time I passed by I noticed that a sturdy cover had been put over it. Doesn?t the Calcutta Municipal Corporation do anything without reminders from the general public?
Shiv Shanker Almal,
Lower Rawdon Street.
Dumped before Dutt abode
The house on Kidderpore Road where Michael Madhusudan Dutt used to live is
in a shambles. The front portion of the building remains obscured by materials
dumped by the hawkers. The state government should immediately renovate the poet?s
house and maintain it as a heritage structure.
Prahlad Agarwala, Nadia.
Where have all the flowers gone?
Till a few years back, plenty of flowering plants adorned the parks in the
city. Even flower shows used to be held on their premises with the advent of winter.
But due to reasons best known to the authorities, now there are hardly any flower
gardens in parks and islands at road intersections. At least, this winter, the
Corporation should plant saplings of flowering trees to restore the beauty of
the city.
Piyal Mukherjee, Lake Town.
Weight watch
December 24 was Kreta Suraksha Dibas or Consumers? Day. Though a few consumer
organisations observe the day, little is done by the authorities to stop vendors
from cheating the buyers. In many markets the vendors make do with small stones
instead of proper weights. They should be penalised to root out this malpractice.
B.N. Bose, Dum Dum.
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