‘Historic Town’ Tag For Kolkata?

The West Bengal government pushed for the world heritage tag for Kolkata. The plea was made during the two day meeting with Unesco, and it has been sent by the Unesco team to its headquarters in Paris for further queries. And to defend the case for Kolkata as a ‘historic town’ a dossier will be prepared accordingly. Although, the entire process is time consuming and lengthy, the draft resolution of the Unesco meeting in the city says it will take up the cause of Kolkata and Durga Puja by placing the requests of the state at its headquarters. The whole meeting was organised by the tourism department and the plea for world heritage tag was put forward by city historian Santosh Ghosh, who traced the history of the city from the pre-British times to the Raj and included the colonies of other European settlers along the Hooghly. A separate dossier would be drawn for the case of Durga Puja, with its history, variations and socio-economic relevance. Earlier, the state had pitched Bishnupur, Santiniketan, as historic cities and Neora Valley Park for the natural heritage tag, and Dalhousie.