Park Street Footpath Resident Meets CM Adhikari At Janata Darbar, Gets Shelter Assurance
West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari met a Park Street pavement resident and her child at a BJP Janata Darbar in Salt Lake after a video showing her heating milk on the pavement went viral. Adhikari said the government would explore shelter arrangements for the family and asked Kolkata Municipal Commissioner Smita Pandey to look into accommodation options.
Park Street Footpath Resident Meets CM Adhikari At Janata Darbar, Gets Shelter Assurance | ANI
Kolkata: A Park Street footpath resident along with her child on Tuesday met Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari at Janata Darbar at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office at Salt Lake near Kolkata.
Shelter assurance after meeting
Talking to the media, Adhikari said that though the woman didn’t submit any specific complaint against anyone and also that the state government will try to explore arrangements for shelter for the family.
“I will ask municipal commissioner Smita Pandey to look into accommodation for them. This is a government for everyone and it will work for everyone. The woman said that she has faith in the Chief Minister. Pavements are meant for pedestrians, not for living,” said Adhikari.
Park Street pavement row
Notably, a political controversy started after a woman was filmed on Saturday heating milk for her child on the Park Street pavement. In a purported video, it was seen that she was talking with municipal and urban development minister Agnimitra Paul about the reasons why she was boiling milk on the pavement.
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The West Bengal Chief Minister also slammed the previous Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Left Front governments for not addressing the problems of the pavement dweller.
“What did Mamata do during the last 15 years? The CPI (M) government before that also failed to address the problem,” further added the Chief Minister.
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