An under-construction warehouse collapsed, resulting in the tragic loss of 14 lives with 19 individuals injured KOLKATA: The death toll in the collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Kolkata’s Taratala area has risen to 14, with 19 others injured, as rescue teams continued to search through the debris on Friday.The warehouse, located off Hyde Road,…
Traffic signal disruption at S N Banerjee Road in Kolkata Kolkata: Even as rains caused a major headache to Kolkata traffic cops vehicular movement remained a major headache even deep in to the evening after multiple signals malfunctioned – including those that had been malfunctioning since last Tuesday.Among those areas that suffered were the SN…
Kolkata Police emergency SOP Kolkata: The state govt on Thursday announced the setting up of a 200-member, highly skilled, elite team for quick response to an emergency, like the Taratala tragedy. “The rescue operation at Taratala is continuing. Keeping the need for emergency response to such incidents in mind, the state has decided to form…
Kolkata: Long before rescuers recovered his body from beneath tonnes of twisted steel and concrete at Taratala, Asgar Hussain had emerged as one of the central figures in the warehouse collapse in Taratala.To some, he was a contractor. To others, he was a local political worker, close to former mayor and Kolkata Port MLA Firhad…
Waterlogging at SSKM on Thursday photo by Sayantan Chakraborty Kolkata: Over 100 mm rain in less than one-and-a-half hours on Thursday afternoon inundated thoroughfares across the city uprooting trees and crippling traffic system. Storm water entered major hospitals such as SSKM, RG Kar Medical College, Belle Vue Clinic causing hardships for the patients and the…
Suvendu Adhikari after Taratala collapse Kolkata: Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday announced a four-week suspension of all construction projects in Kolkata and adjoining municipal areas, barring emergency and relief-related work, to facilitate a safety audit of under-construction buildings. The suspension will cover all the 144 wards under KMC as well as municipal areas of…
Kolkata: CM Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday blamed the previous Trinamool Congress dispensation for the collapse of the under-construction warehouse in Taratala, telling off the party, “This is the result of the sins you committed.”Holding a copy of the sanctioned building plan of the structure, which bore the signatures of then Trinamool mayor of Kolkata Municipal…
Kolkata: The death toll in Wednesday’s collapse of an under-construction warehouse in Taratala rose to 11 after five more bodies were pulled out of the rubble and one critically injured person died in hospital on Thursday. Rescuers feared the toll could rise further as they suspected three more bodies were still under the rubble.Five persons,…
Kolkata: The Bengal govt is likely to introduce a bill on Uniform Civil Code (UCC) in the Assembly on Monday. The Assembly’s Business Advisory Committee, chaired by Speaker Rathindra Bose, decided to email the draft UCC Bill to all MLAs and then table it for discussion on Monday.If passed, Bengal will join states like Gujarat,…
Work stops after Taratala collapse Kolkata: Construction activity came to a standstill at nearly 700 sites across the city on Thursday after the govt issued a stop-work notice following the warehouse collapse and deaths near Taratala.The real estate industry spent an anxious day, hoping the govt would review its decision within the next few days…
