The most respected person of the blind lane was Professor Dr. Abdul Halim. Originally the lane was six ft wide. One fine morning in the year of 1953/54 Dr. Halim sat together with the local land lords and took a resolution to widen the lane from 6 ft to 18 ft. In the next day he grounded all his five giant trees along his property line and released 6 ft of his side. Then all other land lords followed him. That is how the lane of Naya Paltan came into existence. At that time 18 ft. wide lane was simply a dream.