There will be two ramps one each near Nicco Park and Nalban that vehicles headed towards EM Bypass from Salt Lake can use, said an official of the state urban development department
Commuters will be able to zip all the way from Howrah Maidan to the middle of EM Bypass, via the Hooghly, for just Rs 50. This is the crux of the integrated fare structure proposed by Metro Railway for the truncated East-West Metro, which has an interface with the North-South line at Esplanade in central Kolkata.
A 50-year-old woman jumped off the 36th floor of a condominium off EM Bypass in Kolkata. She was rushed to CNMC Hospital where she was declared dead. The woman, Sumana Pal, had been suffering from acute depression. The exact reasons behind her decision are yet to be ascertained.