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KOLKATA: In a bid to stop visual pollution at Gariahat arising from use of plastic sheet or cloths to cover the rear side of hawker stalls, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to install aesthetically designed metal-framed view-cutters.The KMC advertisement department has floated an e-tender for installation of such view-cutters to cover the street-facing rear ends of stalls between...

Kolkata: With the maintenance of all flyovers, bridges, subways, foot overbridges and culverts on EM Bypass handed over to Kolkata Municipal Corporation from Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority, officials of both agencies are awaiting a clear picture on several issues, including a team with specific skills to maintain the structures. On Saturday, the urban development department issued an order...

KOLKATA: The proposal for a modification of base unit area value under the Unit Area Assessment (UAA) system was passed in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation House on Saturday. It paved the way for a hike in the property tax rates of residential buildings and flats across the city. Under the UAA system it is the base unit area value that primarily determines the tax on a property. Though there are other...

KOLKATA: A 28-year-old man was arrested for allegedly murdering a 16-year-old girl who had gone missing from her Kolkata Leather Complex area home on March 25 and whose body was found a week ago. The accused, Tufan Pramanik, is a cycle shop owner and had been hiding in the Dhapa landfill site for the past 60 hours.Pramanik was picked up from Khanaberia Sarderpara on Monday. "He was trying to get a job...

KOLKATA: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has taken up a major plantation drive to create green verges across the city to combat pollution. The drive, which was launched last year before the monsoon, has gained momentum in the past six months while the civic body wants to plant over one lakh saplings in the next six months. The KMC parks department has tied up with the civic body's solid waste...