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Call to solve Siliguri pollution problems
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned
Concerned about the rising pollution levels in Siliguri, a voluntary organisation on Tuesday sought measures to be taken against the same. Members of the Green Forum also demanded that authorities concerned
Confident that the state government would meet the target it had set for the production of "alternative crops' this Rabi season as part of its new agriculture policy, the agriculture director, Dr D
The state government today carried out a pulse polio "mop up" programme targeting certain sections of the population in Kolkata, Howrah, North and South 24 Parganas that has not been covered
There is some solace for florists, betel leaf and vegetable growers in the state who suffered losses in the heavy downpour and the consequent floods in the first week of October this year. The state
The district administration has decided to assign the land and land reform department and the fire brigade to the task of demolishing the unauthorised brick kiln at Suratpur in Chanchal of north
The spectre of serious respiratory ailments, including lung cancer, hovers on more than half of Calcutta city's schoolchildren, a study conducted by Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute says. The
Some residents of Santinikaten have filed a writ petition in Calcutta High Court praying for an order for preservation of the natural beauty of Khoai which is an undulating land covered with red soil
The state Pollution Control Board has ticked off 38 city nursing homes for falling to observe norms for disposal of bio-medical waste, thus exposing residence to health hazardsin
The alarming decline in the ground water level around the city, amidst increase in ground water intake for commercial purposes without implementing any alternate plans to artificially recharge the
Although the Supreme Court had directed that environment should be taught as a separate and compulsory subject way back in 1991, schools in the state are lagging behind, including those run by the
The state government should formulate an aqua reform policy, similar to the land reform policy, which may give more teeth to fishermen for carrying out deep sea fishing. Dr MS Swaminathan, chairman