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To facilitate construction of an alternative venue, we have closed traffic on Kali Temple Road,” a civic official said. In the second phase, 400 more hawkers will be shifted as part of the construction of Kalighat skywalk.“We have marked the area today where a shed followed by shops will be constructed for shifting 87 stall owners. KOLKATA: A KMC health department team on Monday inspected some of city’s well-known bakeries in central Kolkata.Atin Ghosh, member, mayor-in-council, said the civic food inspectors collected 17 samples of cakes and fresh breads from several bakeries in Alimuddin Street, Bownazar, Entally and Sealdah area.“We will examine these samples at the KMC food testing laboratory and based on the results, we may have to take punitive steps against the owners of a section of the bakeries,” Ghosh said.Ghosh said that more drives would follow.Meanwhile, the civil engineering department of the KMC started its preliminary work for construction of a shed to accommodate 87 stall owners who need to get shifted from inside Kalighat temple complex.These stall owners will be accommodated in the would be constructed shed at Kali Temple Road.After that, the KMC will launch the first phase of the beautification work at the temple..