EMPATHY: Victoria Memorial Hall put up an Instagram post on Monday, December 6, announcing the formal opening of a wheelchair-accessible pathway from the south gate near the AJC Bose Road flyover to the museum galleries. The facility was opened on December 3, which marks the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. The new 384-m ‘barrier-free access pathway’ made of a cement base topped with a layer of tiles, includes a ramp
From Victoria Memorial Hall's Instagram handle, @vmhkolkata
JAWAD AFTERMATH: A rickshaw-puller looks around for customers in central Kolkata on the rainy morning of December 6, Monday. With neighbourhoods waterlogged, traffic sluggish and few cabs available, myriad problems cropped up for office-goers and ICSE, CBSE semester test examinees. In some schools, students turned up in casual dress. They changed into their uniform before the exam
Ashim Paul/My Kolkata
