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New Homes for Durgapituri Lane Residents Ahead of Durga Puja After Bowbazar Disaster
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News18•08-10-2026, 22:30
New Homes for Durgapituri Lane Residents Ahead of Durga Puja After Bowbazar Disaster
- •Residents of Durgapituri Lane in Bowbazar received the keys to their new homes ahead of Durga Puja, bringing immense joy.
- •The keys to the new houses built by Kolkata Metro Railway were officially handed over to the first batch of affected residents.
- •Industries Minister Tapas Roy handed over the keys, ending a long wait of years for the families displaced by the disaster.
- •The devastating Bowbazar disaster of August 2019 caused massive cracks and collapses in houses due to underground East-West Metro work.
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The disaster occurred on August 31, 2019, when underground tunneling work for the East-West Metro caused massive cracks, tilting, and partial collapses in numerous residential houses and buildings across Durgapituri Lane, Sakra Para Lane, B. B. Ganguly Street, and Bowbazar Street, rendering hundreds of families homeless overnight.
Industries Minister Tapas Roy was officially present to hand over the keys of the newly constructed houses, built by the Kolkata Metro Railway authorities, to the affected residents after a long wait.
After a long period of waiting and uncertainty, the first 7 affected families finally received the keys to their newly built homes in Durgapituri Lane ahead of Durga Puja.
