“These protected buildings are at the mercy of callous citizens and an apathetic administration,” said Iftekhar Ahsan of Calcutta Walks, which takes tourists around the heritage zones, flanked by students from St Joseph’s College and some friends. “I saw the invite on Facebook. It’s about time something like this happened here,” said Kunal Lunawat, 21, down for his summer break from Yale.
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“We had feared resistance but were overwhelmed by the reaction of the residents. They supplied us ladders and knives whenever required. One resident said ‘Thank you bhai’,” said Iftekhar Ahsan of Calcutta Walks, who has planned to clean up the heritage areas next.
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Calwalks has long been championing the cause of heritage awareness and conservation and keeping this in mind we’re launching a special Treasure Hunt. A hunt where the treasure at the end of the day will be the innumerable everyday ignored heritage buildings of our city’s backyard. Our Cause: To give the city back to its
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