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A Kolkata story: A slum with hundreds of people on the terrace of a multistorey building
In October 2023, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee – also known for a tendency to rename – decided to replace the word bustee that is slums with the Bengali word Uttaran (uplift). While the ...
Kolkata Muncipal Corporation renames ‘bustee’ dept as uttaran’ after Mamata Banerjee’s instruction
An official said, “The impetus for this change came directly from Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in 2023. While virtually ...
NGO visits slum on roof of Karnani Estate in central Kolkata, extends help to residents
The Telegraph Online had earlier reported on the people living for seven decades on the sixth floor roof of Karnani Estate on ...
The Independent Singapore News8d
A Mughal widow: Her in-laws ruled India, but she lives in a slum, earning less than a domestic worker
Married into the royal family that ruled India for three centuries, Sultana Begum lives in penury in a cramped two-room hut ...
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Fire breaks out in Kolkata slum, one dead
Kolkata, Feb 9 (PTI) One person died in a blaze ... Meanwhile, after Hakim left, a section of the slum dwellers shouted slogans against local councillor Sachin Singh, accusing him of setting ...
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Seeing the new India through the eyes of an invisible woman
I inquired about her shortly before the publication of this story and learned that her slum has been bulldozed to make way for a high-rise residential building. Flats in that part of Kolkata can ...
Kasba water row: KMC cracks whip
Kolkata: A day after allegations reached KMC headquarters that some slum residents in Kasba were suffering from water crisis ...