15-year-old Kolkata building ‘amnesty’ returns to haunt ‘colony’ belt
A 15-year-old leeway by KMC allowing unsanctioned three-storey buildings has led to widespread illegal constructions in south ...
Baghajatin building collapse: Most colony houses lack approval, says mayor Firhad Hakim
The mayor’s comment came a day after a four-storey building in Tollygunge’s Vidyasagar Colony, one of the pockets where ...
Illegal four-storey building collapses in Kolkata, no injuries reported
An illegal four-storey apartment in south Kolkata collapsed during repairs to correct its tilt. It fell onto a neighboring ...
Illegal four-storey building in Kolkata keels over during 'corrective work'
An 11-year-old four-storey apartment in South Kolkata, built illegally, collapsed onto a neighboring one-storey building ...
Tollygunge plot on which four-storeyed building collapsed was once a water body, say residents
Since the building was constructed without a permit from the civic body, it is difficult to say immediately whether any soil ...