College Street to Become Oxford Street, Howrah Like Mumbai Marine Drive

Asansol. Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Agnimitra Paul said that the government wants to develop Kolkata's College Street on the lines of London's Oxford Street, the banks of the Ganges river like Mumbai's Marine Drive, and China Town in a Chinese style. There is a plan to make the ISKCON temple in Mayapur an International Tourist Center. For this, infrastructure and beautification work will be started. Salt Lake in Kolkata and Howrah will have Bangkok-style hawker zones. To implement these plans, MoUs have been signed with KMDA, UDD, and SUD along with the Government of India's NBCC. The nine agreements include the Kolkata, Howrah, and Chandannagar Municipal Corporations. She said that while renovating Kolkata's historic College Street, its historical heritage will be maintained. On the lines of Mumbai's Marine Drive, four-lane roads, walkways, and cycle tracks will be built on both banks of the Ganges in Kolkata and Howrah. Civil service infrastructure will also be developed. Tangra's China Town will be completely transformed with the help of international standard architects to preserve its Chinese cultural heritage. To make Kolkata's pavements free from hawkers, Bangkok-style hawker and vending zones will be created, including food streets, food courts, and special vending carts with QR code-based payments. In Mayapur, various places related to the memory of Sri Chaitanya in Navadwip, including the ISKCON temple, will be developed as historical ghats.