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#121 ·
arvind1982 said:
Darun ... lovely..... gave a good feeling on this I day seeing writers renovation

wishing to have heritage streets where we can have beautiful lanes and bylanes strewn with heritage old buildings being refurbished and the whole lane converted into heritage zones..like gouribari lanes, maniktala, shyambazar, or even elgin road lansdown road, you have some small lanes full of heritage buildings...you could have cafes on the lanes and people could just soak in...
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really.... the treasure is lying in front of our eyes... the city will look beautiful if all old structures are restored with care and patience.

the greedy and tasteless promoters should be dealt with severely.

the footpaths need to be cleared......
 
#122 ·
mountaincloud said:
really.... the treasure is lying in front of our eyes... the city will look beautiful if all old structures are restored with care and patience.

the greedy and tasteless promoters should be dealt with severely.

the footpaths need to be cleared......
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Yes, we already have inherited lot of beautiful structures from the British era,but its their poor upkeep is making our city look shabby.European streets look beautiful as the buidlings are properly maintained. I am sure as some restoration works are going on presently we can get a better looking kolkata
 
#123 ·
235-year-old Danish tavern along Hooghly river set for rebirth
The project was funded jointly by the National Museum of Denmark and West Bengal government.

A 235-year-old Danish tavern and hotel in Serampore, a former colony of Denmark in West Bengal, has been resurrected from the ruins and is now set for rebirth as a riverside cafe. It will also have a bakery, handicrafts shop and lodging facilities and will be inaugurated early next year.

A Danish colony flourished by the river Hooghly between 1755 and 1845, when Denmark handed it over to the British. The location was Serampore, about 25km from Kolkata and on the western banks of the Hooghly. The town was then known as Fredericksnagore.

The cafeteria will be able to accommodate about 60-70 people. Of the six rooms, three will be river-view ‘heritage rooms’. “We are trying to throw it open preferably by the end of this year. The lodging facilities may be run by the West Bengal Tourism Development Corporation,” Hooghly district magistrate Sanjay Bansal told HT.

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Restoration work going on...
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I believe the towns all along Hooghly's stretch that housed these erstwhile European colonies need to seriously upgrade their infrastructure (roads particularly) and the overall aesthetics in order to appeal to the visitors and tourists coming from far and beyond. As discussed already in this thread, these places like Bandel, Chandannagore, Serampore have huge potential to evolve from shabby little towns into major tourism hubs, and this demands some more efforts from the local administrations.
 
#127 ·
Did you notice something. The video talks about an Indian city, an area which was always densely populated, as if it exists because of Europeans. As if Bengal as a great trading hub before Europeans does not exist. May be that's my perception from this video.
 
#129 ·
CM UNVEILS NIVEDITA'S RESTORED HOUSE

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Chief minister Mamata Banerjee at the inauguration of the restored house of Sister Nivedita at 16 Bosepara Lane in Bagbazar on Monday evening.Banerjee, who will also attend a function at Sister Nivedita's London house on November 12, lauded Nivedita's tireless efforts to spread education among Indian girls. The Bengal government will also observe the 150th birth anniversary of Sister Nivedita across the state. The state higher education department has been asked to prepare a blueprint for the year-long celebrations, Banerjee said. “Inspired by Swami Vivekananda, sister Nivedita worked tirelessly to uplift the status of women in India. She used to treat India as her motherland.We must not forget her contribution to Indian society,“ the chief minister said
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