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Displaced Bowbazar families yearn to return home: World may be celebrating underwater Metro, but we know the real struggle

(Left) A deserted Durga Pithuri lane in Bowbazar area of Kolkata; Jaiswals and scores of other families had to move out after their houses developed cracks from tunneling work, and have been living in hotels and rented flats for the past four years. Partha Paul

East-West Metro | Kolkata Metro stretch below Hooghly river to be opened for public soon, says railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Metro under the river

Trial runs are underway on the challenging western portion of the Kolkata Metro’s East-West corridor, a 520-m stretch of which passes under the Hooghly. This is the country’s first underwater transport tunnel, and the corridor will significantly improve commuting on one of the city’s most congested stretches

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