A family outside their new home on Durga Pithuri Lane
Waiting outside his new home with his sons and their families, Swapan Boral (72) said, “I am lucky to be able to see that a new building has been built for us. A walk down the lane revealed many houses still under construction.
Though the houses have been rebuilt, a lot of work remains to make them liveable, said one of the men waiting there. Mintu Sen, a resident, said there were large cracks in his home. Roy said even his home was impacted by the subsidence.
So many people have died with the pain of having been uprooted from their homes. KMRCL, the implementing authority of East-West Metro, marked the cracks but was yet to undertake repairs. Calls to a senior KMRCL official went unanswered. Tapas Roy, MLA from Maniktala and a resident of the neighbourhood, blamed the erstwhile Trinamool govt for forcing the railways to change the alignment of East-West Metro. You Can Also Check: Gold Rate in Kolkata | Silver Rate in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata | Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Petrol Price in Kolkata | Diesel Price in Kolkata | CNG Price in Kolkata | LPG Price in Kolkata