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Kolkata: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) is coming up with urban forestry plantation at Canal East Road in Narkeldanga based upon a unique theme. The project, which the first of its kind in the city, will be inaugurated by Mayor Firhad Hakim on Friday. "The project is a tribute to Rabindranath Tagore and we have named it 'Gitabithi'. Tagore is known for his love of trees and has used the names of various trees in his poems, songs and writings. "We have proposed to them to allow us to take plantation in vacant lands which they would not use for any commercial purpose..