Kolkata: Students of Presidency University and the institute’s publication society here have initiated a drive to raise funds for hundreds of beleaguered booksellers who incurred huge losses due to Cyclone Amphan.
The council members have also approached the state and the Central government, among other consulates to provide monetary support to booksellers at College Street.
“We were moved to tears after seeing images of books floating on the flooded street, as the stall owners watched helplessly. Nothing could be damaging than a calamity striking in the midst of a lockdown,” a student told India Today.
Meanwhile, the losses of these booksellers are estimated to run into crores, according to the publishers and booksellers in the state.
College Street has always been the first choice of students when it came to book-hunting. “So many of us have borrowed reference books from these stall owners by paying a nominal amount when we ran out of money. It’s time to do our bit,” the student added.
The initiative has been named “Boi Parar Pase Presidency- Pase Thakun Apnio” which means Presidency stands by the book hub of College Street — Need your support, too.
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