Kolkata Amaar : Episode 5
The rainy season in Kolkata is very special. During heavy monsoons, the thoroughfares of Kolkata gets flooded with waterlogging, During the yesteryears, the situation was even worse. as the drainage system was very poor. During the 1950's & 1960's, Kolkata was mainly limited to the North and Central Calcutta with extensions to South, West and some parts of eastern Kolkata. Gradually, salt lake, Sector V, Rajarhat township and other adjacent areas came into existence.
Although a separate entity, Howrah, standing on the other bank of river Ganges, was like a twin city. The 1st EMU services (electric trains) were inaugurated in Howrah-Sheoraphulli section of the Eastern Railway by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India on 14th December 1957.
Kolkata is indeed a city of joy!
The rainy season in Kolkata is very special. During heavy monsoons, the thoroughfares of Kolkata gets flooded with waterlogging, During the yesteryears, the situation was even worse. as the drainage system was very poor. During the 1950's & 1960's, Kolkata was mainly limited to the North and Central Calcutta with extensions to South, West and some parts of eastern Kolkata. Gradually, salt lake, Sector V, Rajarhat township and other adjacent areas came into existence.
Although a separate entity, Howrah, standing on the other bank of river Ganges, was like a twin city. The 1st EMU services (electric trains) were inaugurated in Howrah-Sheoraphulli section of the Eastern Railway by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, first Prime Minister of India on 14th December 1957.
Kolkata is indeed a city of joy!
