Dear Friends: Rob Crilly has repotred the following news in The Telegraph London this morning (18 b02 2012). I reproduce it below without the pictures.
-bhuban Calcutta to be painted blue to tackle to tackle urban decay. Political leaders in Calutta have found a novel way of tackling urban decay in the sprawling metropolis of more than 14 million people - paint the city a light shade blue. Its colonial-era bridges have already been painted while blue light bulbs illuminate its historic architecture. The city's numerous yellow taxis are to follow. Firhad Hakim, the urban development minister, said the colour had been chosen to represent the new city administration's motto of "the sky's the limit". "From now on, all government buildings, whenever they are repainted, will be done in sky blue.," he said. But many are not impressed. An editorial in The Calcutta Telegraph suggested that the money be spent on the city's "core problems – chaotic health care, inability to implement pollution control norms, arsenic in the water, archaic sewers and garbage disposal, bad roads, killer buses for public transport, an airport falling apart and beyond dismal, priceless paintings rotting away in public art galleries, to name a few. The Telegraph UK has the following news reported by Rob Crilly this morning (18 02 2012) I have not reproduced the picture accompanying the report . _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
