Kolkata, July 19: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation would present Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly a plot of land for setting up a gymnasium and a silver plate with Kolkata's landmarks etched in gold for his contribution to Indian cricket. The plot belonging to the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is adjacent to Ganguly's Behala residence, mayor Subrata Mukherjee told newspersons here today. The silver plate which Ganguly would receive at a felicitation function on July 30 would have Kolkata landmarks such as Howrah Bridge, Victoria Memorial and the Shahid Minar etched in yellow metal. The Indian skipper would be given a citation on a silver plate framed in mahogany and also a diamond studded platinum ring.
KMC's largesse would also extend to Ganguly's wife Dona, who would be gifted a set of gold ornaments.
The felicitation would be held at the historic Town Hall, the venue where Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore was given a civic reception in 1931 on his 70th birth anniversary as also Nobel Prize winner economist Amartya Sen in 1999. Bureau Report