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In pictures: Kolkatans bid adieu to 2023, ring in the New Year 2024 in style

Park Street to the ghats along the Hooghly among favourite places of revellers throughout day and night

My Kolkata Web Desk Kolkata Published 01.01.24, 06:52 PM
The last day of 2023 was a Sunday and people — from Kolkata as well as the districts — made the most of it. The result: parks, museums, malls and restaurants teemed with people throughout Sunday
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The last day of 2023 was a Sunday and people — from Kolkata as well as the districts — made the most of it. The result: parks, museums, malls and restaurants teemed with people throughout Sunday

Ashim Paul
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A man takes his last dip of the year 2023 in the Hooghly just before sunset on Sunday
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A man takes his last dip of the year 2023 in the Hooghly just before sunset on Sunday

Ashim Paul
Bow Barracks off Chittaranjan Avenue was another happening place to be for revellers this festive season and New Year’s Eve was no exception
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Bow Barracks off Chittaranjan Avenue was another happening place to be for revellers this festive season and New Year’s Eve was no exception

Amit Datta
By evening, the crowd descended on Kolkata’s one-and-only ‘party corridor’ Park Street
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By evening, the crowd descended on Kolkata’s one-and-only ‘party corridor’ Park Street

Suvendu Das
People went on capturing the magical fairy lights adorning Park Street on their mobile phones
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People went on capturing the magical fairy lights adorning Park Street on their mobile phones

Suvendu Das
Cheering people waved and craned their necks from car windows as they drove through the party corridor
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Cheering people waved and craned their necks from car windows as they drove through the party corridor

Suvendu Das
Though some people observed that the crowds were much less on Park Street as compared to other years, there was no lack of energy and enthusiasm in people sporting their best on New Year’s Eve
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Though some people observed that the crowds were much less on Park Street as compared to other years, there was no lack of energy and enthusiasm in people sporting their best on New Year’s Eve

Suvendu Das
Kolkata police instilled discipline keeping the crowds beyond barricades placed close to the pavements, preventing them from spilling on to the carriageway and impeding the traffic flow
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Kolkata police instilled discipline keeping the crowds beyond barricades placed close to the pavements, preventing them from spilling on to the carriageway and impeding the traffic flow

Suvendu Das
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