Nine buildings in Bowbazar have been tagged as “severely damaged” by a team that assessed the stability of buildings in the area affected by subsidence caused by East-West Metro work earli...

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The design of a ventilation shaft of the East-West Metro corridor at Subodh Mullick Square in central Kolkata was tweaked to prevent an accident like the one on May 11, said officials of the Kolkata M...

“The visiting team told me the building where I used to live is in bad shape. They said the cracks may not be mended with simple repairs,” said Vikash Shaw, one of the residents who moved ...

“We have engaged experts from IIT Roorkee to investigate the cause of the accident. If it is found that ITD-ITD Cementation was at fault, the company will be penalised. If it is found that natur...

Last Wednesday, underground construction for East-West Metro in central Kolkata’s Bowbazar led to cracks in several buildings in the vicinity, for the second time in less than three years. Exca...

Work on partial demolition of two buildings in Bowbazar’s Durga Pituri Lane in central Kolkata that had developed cracks will start on Monday, officials of Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation (KMRC),...

Some residents of Durga Pituri Lane in central Kolkata’s Bowbazar who had not shifted on Wednesday night when cracks started surfacing on the walls of their homes finally did so on Thursday nigh...

Four senior Calcutta High Court advocates told The Telegraph the traders would get a compensation order in their favour if the court was convinced about their losses. “The traders can seek inte...

KMRC officials, however, said nine buildings were damaged.  Engineers from both agencies admit that the cracks have mostly re-surfaced on spots that were repaired after the accident in 2019. Ea...