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Kolkata: Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation Limited (KMRCL), the implementing agency of East-West Metro project, will not compensate the families in Bowbazar whose applications are found faulty. "We have given Rs 5 lakh compensation to 198 families," said KMRCL chief engineer (civil) Biswanath Dewanjee. After getting the approval from the local councilor and Kolkata Police, the compensation was given to the families by the KMRCL. It was decided that no fresh applications for compensation will be received by the KMRCL. The report, submitted by the expert team to KMRCL, identified 27 buildings that were beyond repairs and needed to be razed..