India, Aug. 21 -- Kolkata Municipal Corporation to include more buildings in the city's heritage list after 20 years. It might even consider a proposal to declare some parts as heritage precincts.

The Kolkata heritage buildings' list that has been lying static since 2000 will finally be expanded after 20 years, in an attempt to not just increase the number of buildings, but to also enhance their cultural, historical and architectural importance, and conserve them.

The Kolkata Municipal Corporation has already inducted a structural engineer and an architect in its Heritage Conservation Committee and has even listed details of members and meetings in the public domain, to avoid the practice of downgrading the building without public kno...