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Road to be Renamed After Late Philanthropist

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June 24, 2025

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to rename a stretch of road at EM Bypass after the industrialist and philanthropist Sunil Kanti Roy.

- STATESMAN NEWS SERVICE

According to sources in the civic body, the KMC has decided to name the stretch of road from the connector of EM Bypass in front of Peerless Hospital and B K Roy Research Institute. The new name is to be given after the former managing director of Peerless group following a request from the company's MD. The request is said to have been approved by the advisory committee for naming streets in Kolkata and by the members'-mayor-in-council meeting.

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