NTPC Ltd has launched India's largest CSR-funded heritage restoration project with a ₹23 crore commitment to revive the 142-year-old Old Herbarium at Shibpur's AJC Bose Indian Botanic Garden, surpassing previous restoration initiatives.

NTPC commits ₹23 crore to restore Kolkata's 141-year-old Old Herbarium building at the Botanic Garden, marking India's largest CSR-funded heritage conservation project and setting new standards for corporate involvement in architectural preservation.

A proposal to auction a historic 2.5-acre sanatorium in Sanjan has triggered strong opposition from the Parsi-Irani Zoroastrian community, who view the site adjacent to the 1917 Memorial Column as sacred heritage facing financial pressures from the World Zoroastrian Organisation Trust.