In pics: Fire, rain, cannon excavation and more news from Kolkata
A quick look at the week that was for Kolkata
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My Kolkata Web Desk |
Published 19.03.23, 07:18 PM
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Kolkata experienced a rainy Sunday, bringing true the Met office prediction
Amit Datta and Soumyajit Dey
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A fire broke out at Tollygunge's NT1 studio on Sunday morning. No causality or injury has been reported
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Two cannons were excavated at Dum Dum Central Jail More by the administrator general and official trustee of West Bengal, Biplab Roy, with the assistance of the Barrackpore police commissionerate and CESC. These pieces of artillery will be displayed at the upcoming Judicial Museum and Research Centre in Kolkata
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Costly cervical cancer vaccines were distributed among around 200 women from the lower- income group on the occasion of National Vaccination Day. Unmochan was a joint venture of the state government and Inner Wheel NGO. The camp was held around 1pm at the Urban Primary Health Centre of KMC’s borough ward no. 92, Babubagan, Kolkata, on Saturday
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Members of Chattogram Press Club along with Andalib Elias, Bangladesh deputy high commissioner, offered floral tributes at room 24 of Baker government hostel, where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman had lived way back in 1945-46. The room is now known as Bangobondhu Smriti Kaksha. Friday was his 103rd birth anniversary
Suvendu Das/My Kolkata
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Kolkata’s mayor Firhad Hakim takes stock of the renovation work of Tallah tank on Thursday. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) hopes to finish the renovation work by June 2023. Tallah tank, the largest overhead reservoir in the world, has a capacity to contain nine million gallons of water. KMC has already completed repair work of three out of the four compartments of the tank
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Kalikapur Metro station, named after poet Kavi Sukanta, is almost complete. The New Garia-Ruby Metro Rail route is expected to be operational by March-end
Soumyajit Dey/My Kolkata
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Parents with their kids at the enquiry section of BC Roy hospital as more cases of fever and respiratory diseases were reported in West Bengal
Amit Datta/My Kolkata
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Bangladesh Visa Information Centre was inaugurated on Monday on the first floor of Kolkata Railway Station, beside the Bangladesh ticket reservation counter at Belgachia, Kolkata
