Kolkata is blessed with lakes and waterways like few cities are. But apart from naming them after luminaries, we do precious little to take care of them.
Rabindra Sarobar at Dhakuria is an example. Till a few years back the settlers along Budge Budge railway track used to wash clothes and utensils and take bath in the lake. Now that has been stopped.
But there is still lack of endeavor to properly develop the lakes as a tourist attraction. One hears plans now and then, but very little action on the ground.
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