Rs 350 crore more for clean Calcutta

  • 15/12/2006

The Asian Development Bank will lend an additional $80 million (Rs 357.3 crore) to clean up Calcutta. ADB said the fresh funds would finance basic urban services in the city's deprived outer areas, promote community involvement and support the Calcutta Municipal Corporation. A bank official told The Telegraph that its board of directors had cleared the proposal for the additional funding last evening