More than 155 years separate between the two buildings, and nowhere it is more apparent than in the way each of which was constructed, as the Indian replica’s most intricate details are in fact prefabricated cast blocks made of an ultra-strong polymeric material. Like the London-based monument, it has four sides facing each of the cardinal directions, however, the clock dial’s diameter is merely half the size of the original tower. Nestled in the intersection of VIP and Lake Town roads, the 30-meter-tall replica is the centerpiece of a citywide beautification project. In 2015, one local chief minister with the help of his party members decided to fight Kolkata’s infamously chaotic image by erecting a scale-down facsimile of the Big Ben in one of the city’s busiest junctions. Ranked as the third most populous metropolis in India with over 15 million people, Kolkata is notoriously famous for its hectic street scenery and traffic congestion.
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