After being locked down for half a century, ‘Bari Kothi’, 4 hours from Kolkata, located on the banks of River Ganges was magically restored, over 5 years, into the first Grand Heritage Hotel of East India led by brother-sister duo Darshan Dudhoria & Lipika Dudhoria. They engaged Canadian restoration specialist architect Dr. Samar Chandra to restore Bari Kothi, which later turned to a zero waste project. Functioning on the principle of adaptive reuse, Bari Kothi is completely taken care of by the local community.