Kolkata: After Bertram Street and Humayun Place in the New Market area, KMC is now struggling to keep up with constant hawker encroachment in and around Chandni Chowk. These hawkers were removed ...

The city’s Chandni Chowk came up in the 18th century. Early on, hawkers selling spices, groceries, and fruits set up stalls under temporary canopies known locally as chandni. That’s likely how ...