KOLKATA, 26 APRIL: The compliance report of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) was conspicuous by its absence among similar reports of different state government departments concerning Victoria Memorial which were placed before the Division Bench of Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh and Mr Justice Mrinalkanti Choudhuri of Calcutta High Court last week. The reports were produced following a direction of this Division Bench to ensure that the concerned departments had taken the steps it had ordered to reduce pollution in and around Victoria Memorial following a Public Interest Litigation by Mr Subhas Dutta alleging that the Makrana marble (a good quality milky white marble) of this magnificent structure was being stained by smoke and fumes. Plying of goods vehicles on the stretch surrounding Victoria Memorial has been prohibited for 24 hours, the city police report stated. No entry boards as well as no parking boards together with "traffic furniture" have been placed around the magnificent structure. Additional force has been deployed to ensure the court's directions are being adhered to, the report further stated. The parking of cars of the morning walkers in and around Victoria Memorial has already been prohibited and leaflets circulated among the walkers requesting them to comply with the court's order. The report stated the number of persons prosecuted for disobeying the court's order on Cathedral Road, Hospital Road, Queensway, Casurina Avenue and the stretch of AJC Bose Road around Victoria Memorial. The maximum number of prosecutions for unauthorised parking occurred on Cathedral Road together with violations of no-entry signs. Six light signals have been installed around Victoria Memorial. The state government has decided to shift the bus terminus from Esplande, the report of the state transport department stated. While several suitable locations are being identified it would take time and the inconvenience of the commuters is being kept in mind while finalising a new location. This year 396 temporary latrines had been built for Ganga Sagar pilgrims at Outram ghat, the report of the public health engineering (PHE) department stated. Representatives of the Army, police, PHE department and KMC have expressed satisfaction over the arrangement. All hotels and restaurants within a radius of eight kilometres of the Victoria Memorial has to use liquid petroleum gas for cooking fuel to get consent to run business from the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), a report of the WBPCB stated. Submitting the report, principal secretary, state environment department, Mr RPS Kahlon said that the report of the KMC shall be forwarded to the court when it is received.