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Heritage tag on water bodies - Civic body plans to renovate centuries-old ponds [1]

The Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) is set to designate 51 ponds heritage properties, thus becoming the first civic body in the country to confer the tag on water bodies.

The civic authorities also plan to renovate the ponds, some of which are in a deplorable condition, said mayor Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2009
Telegraph (Kolkata) [2]
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Water Resources [3], Municipal Corporations [4], West Bengal [5], Calcutta (D) [6]
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