Kolkata's New Market to Get Earthquake Resistance Upgrade

Kolkata's famous New Market, which is very old and has many shops, is going to get special bars and wires to make it stronger in case of an earthquake.

Experts from a university suggested this idea, and the city officials are going to do it.

Some shops might need to close for a while during the work, but the shop owners are okay with it if everything is planned well.

This is similar to what has been done in other places like Singapore and Japan to protect old buildings.