18th century BT Road’s transformation documented

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“We do books on countries, we do books on cities but we don’t do books on neighbourhoods. The BT Road is passing through a dramatic transformation from a legacy, ancient neighbourhood to a modern one. And transformation doesn’t mean that you will obliterate the ancient relics,” Mudar Patherya, director TrisysCommunications, the agency responsible for writing and designing the book, said.

The route was once used by the British Empire to travel from their capital Calcutta (now Kolkata) to Barrackpore (the oldest Indian cantonment of the British).

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“Trucks are getting off the road and decongestion is happening. So there is a need to rebrand it. The new is not taking over at the expense of the old. There is a co-existence,” Patherya said referring to the book.