Archive · 5 Jun 2025
Kolkata Mayor Asks Hawker Unions to Relocate Vendors on NS Road
The Mayor of Kolkata wants to make a part of the city, called Dalhousie Square, look nicer.
To do this, he asked vendors who sell things on the sidewalks to move.
There are 33 fruit vendors who need to find a new spot.
The vendors are currently set up near an old building called Chartered Bank, which was built a long time ago.
This area is special because it's part of the city's history.
A famous actor, Amitabh Bachchan, even worked in that building a long time ago when he had his first job.
Kolkata Mayor asked hawker unions to relocate vendors from Netaji Subhas Road for a beautification project.
The project focuses on a part of Dalhousie Square, a heritage zone.
KMC needs to relocate 33 fruit vendors from the pavement near the Chartered Bank building.
The building, constructed in 1908, is at the intersection of NS Road and India Exchange Place.
Amitabh Bachchan once worked in the Chartered Bank building in the 1960s.
- Who
- Mayor Firhad Hakim and KMC officials
- What
- Requested hawker unions to relocate vendors from NS Road for a beautification project.
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- Netaji Subhas Road (NS Road) in Kolkata, near Dalhousie Square.
- Why
- To carry out a beautification project and complete it on time.
- Location
- Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata
- Project
- Beautification of Dalhousie Square
- Targeted Vendors
- 33 fruit vendors
- Building of Interest
- Chartered Bank building
- Building Construction
- 1908
- Former Employee
- Amitabh Bachchan