Bengal

XKolkata: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has approved a Rs 57.54 crore proposal to upgrade and refurbish the century-old brick sewer lines along Jawaharlal Nehru Road and Chowringhee Road, two of the city’s busiest and most flood-prone stretches.

The initiative aims to tackle chronic waterlogging in central Kolkata by modernising one of its oldest underground drainage networks.

According to KMC, the project will involve desilting and Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) lining of the existing brick sewers covering key sections from the junction of Lenin Sarani and Bentinck Street to AJC Bose Road, including Park Street and Chowringhee. These arterial sewers form part of the city’s original British-era drainage system that connects north towards Dum Dum and BT Road, south towar

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