More than 1,300 railway stations across India are to be part of the Amrit Bharat Station Scheme; of these, 98 in West Bengal are to be converted to ‘world-class stations’. Will the Centre’s effort come at the cost of the livelihoods of thousands of railway hawkers? Is that what is behind the growing reports of hawker-RPF standoffs? Prasun Chaudhuri wonders
Calcutta samaritans join hands to provide food Slum dwellers around Jadavpur railway station will get cereals and pulses from this week
People living in shanties near Ballygunge railway station will get hot khichdi from Wednesday evening.
Slum dwellers around Jadavpur railway station will get cereals and pulses from this week.
The Covid containment measures announced by the state government, and which came into effect on Sunday, have robbed thousands of people of their daily earnings and two square meals.
But from young students to social activists, people across the city are extending a helping hand to feed as many as they can.