Paint washed off Kolkata flyovers after skidding videos go viral
The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has removed decorative rainbow-colored paint from two city flyovers after reports of motorbikes skidding on the surface. The paint was part of a beautification drive for the Durga Puja festival.
Why it matters
The incident highlights the tension between aesthetic urban beautification projects and public safety requirements in major metropolitan areas.
Paint washed off Kolkata flyovers after skidding videos go viral left A view of the western flank of the Gariahat Flyover, with its asphalt road painted yellow, orange, green, and pink ahead of Durga Puja. ANI ANI https://th-i.thgim.com/public/incoming/56pvqb/article71588069.ece/alternates/FREE_1200/20261012478L.jpg ANI Kolkata, Oct 12 (ANI): A view of the western flank of Gariahat Flyover with its asphalt road painted in yellow, orange and pinkish-red colours from Golpark in the south to Pantaloons in the north ahead of the Durga Puja festival and following the BJP’s electoral victory, in Kolkata on Monday.
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