Asim Bando's KOLKATA BLOG

Vivekananda Flyover - a bridge under construction has been collapsed partially this noon in the city of joy Kolkata. The incident took place near Ganesh Talkies of Posta area. Many hapless persons including buses and cars are feared under the debris of concrete and metals. Primarily 10 persons are dead and many admitted to hospitals. The rescue operation is on, but the mishap is very tragic indeed. -- A. B.

'Mela Bari' of Serampore is still famous although the past glory of this mela is now faded away... It is the house of Khsetra Mohan Sha who came from an unknown village of Bihar in the middle of nineteenth century and started residing at Serampore of Hooghly district. It was the Oxford Street near railway station of British period where he resided. But now it is known to all as K M Sha Street (by his name). At the beginning, he was the employee of East India Company's railway. But, at the same time, he earned plenty of wealth by business. And he spent many for the betterment of Hindus. Inspired by the Hindu Mela at the house of Duncan saheb at Belgachia, Khsetra Mohan started Krishi Shilpa Pradarshani O Mela (Exhibition cum fair of agriculture and art) named under Shri Shri Shiv Shankar Jiu on the auspicious day of Shiv-Ratri in the year 1897 in the premises of temples founded by him in front of his residence at Serampore. Moreover, he founded a school, l

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-- A. B.