While there are nearly no reports of tilted buildings coming from old North Kolkata, "leaning towers" have been reported mostly from Baghajatin, Topsia, Tangra, and some localities around the ...

An aged building in Kolkata's Bowbazar partially collapsed, seriously injuring a repair worker. While four other workers ...

Engineers of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), too, went to the site. There were 13 people in the building when the second-floor balcony collapsed. Eleven of them managed to come down, said a ...

“North/Central Kolkata buildings have extremely low rent. Tenants do not pay money to owners; how will the owners ever install fire safety systems?” “Both old and new buildings cut corners ...

“Adapting the building for a new use involves managing ... a heritage hotel converted from a decaying old house in North Kolkata; and The Redbari, a 90-year-old house that was recently restored ...