Kolkata, April 19: The Rs 44 crore underground two-storeyed car parking plaza in front of the Writer’s building here was today inaugurated by West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee.
The underground facility, having an accommodation of over 600 cars, would improve situation in the entire area, he said.
Bhattacharjee said the parking plaza was commissioned within its target period of three years maintaining all norms to keep intact heritage status of the Laldighi, a tank, and its adjoining land, popularly known as Dalhousie Square since the British period.
The state government has undertaken steps for the beautification and restoration of the entire area as heritage site, which was both the city’s central business district and the state’s administrative headquarter, he said.
He stressed on the need to have more greenery in the city, protection of all its waterbodies to tackle pollution.
–Agencies