CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -To increase the appeal of the ridership to younger children and encourage reading amongst them, Kolkata also launched the world’s first Library on Tram dedicated to children on the 14th November 2020.

Detailed explanation-2: -Calcutta was the first city in Asia to get the electric tram. The service began in 1902 between Esplanade and Kidderpore. There was a time when trams were part of the hustle & bustle of the streets of Bombay, Delhi and Kanpur also.

Detailed explanation-3: -The East India Company first started a tram service between Sealdah and Armenian Ghat Street on February 24, 1873. But for reasons unknown, the service was discontinued within nine months. It was finally in 1880 - seven years later - that the Calcutta Tramways Co Ltd was formed and registered in London.

Detailed explanation-4: -As it is off-season for tourists now, the boat library is open to local children of the area, which is located in the coastal Kendrapara district of Odisha. The national park is closed from May 1 to July 31 every year for the mating and nesting of saltwater crocodiles.