'Part Of Cultural Heritage': Calcutta High Court Directs Restoration Of Tram Tracks Which Were Illegally Bituminised
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'Part Of Cultural Heritage': Calcutta High Court Directs Restoration Of Tram Tracks Which Were Illegally Bituminised

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The Calcutta High Court has directed the restoration of tram tracks which were illegally bituminised in Kolkata upon observing that the tram system forms part of the city's cultural heritage. A division bench comprising Chief Justice TS Sivagnanam and Justice Hiranmay Bhattacharya recalled an earlier order which set up a committee comprising conservationists, activists and experts in order to preserve the city's tram system. Court noted that it had been clarified that in the meantime, till the committee found a solution, tram tracks should not be bituminised. Since the report shows that there was no direction for bituminzation, we direct that those tram tracks which were illegally bituminised be restored and a report be filed in this regard supported with photographs."

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