Beacon sellers in Kolkata taken off-guard, fret over unsold stock

Kolkata | Friday | 21st April, 2017

Summary:

The decision to scrap red beacons has taken hundreds of businessmen on Lenin Sarani, Mullickbazar, Dunlop and Howrah Maidan off-guard. Since the bar on beacon lights comes into effect from May 1, I have got almost no time to clear my stock. His personal security officer said that dada needs the beacon lights to impress the people of his assembly segment. "I am stuck with huge stock of beacon lights. They do not worry about the cost," said Iqbal Ahmed on Mullickbazar.Chief minister Mamata Banerjee never used a beacon after becoming the chief minister..