The Siliguri Municipal Corporation has taken an initiative to beautify Lalmohan Moulik Ghat, the principal ghat for immersion of Durga idols, on the left bank of Mahananda river.

The board of administrators (BoA) at the SMC engaged a group of artists from Calcutta and Siliguri to paint different stretches of the ghat, depicting important and popular installations and destinations in and around Siliguri.

With myriad colours, the artists painted the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway’s iconic toy train, the famous Coronation Bridge over the Teesta river at Sevoke, the Bengal Safari Park (in picture) and the Siliguri Gate on NH31.

“People are tired of watching commercial hoardings across the city. These paintings, we believe, can soothe their eyes. The paintings have also changed the ambience of the ghat ahead of the festival,” said Ranjan Sarkar, a member of the BoA at the SMC.