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
Statesman (Kolkata)
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Four-year waste on waste disposal
Four years after making waste disposal compulsory in hospitals, the West Bengal government has finally realised that not much has been done for its implementation. Hence, it has asked NGOs to conduct
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Police failed to crack down on crackers : Green Bench officer
The special officer of Calcutta High Court's Green bench Mr Gitanath Gangulay, threatened to complain to the Chief Minister against police for their failure to prevent bursting of banned crackers,
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KMC anti malaria moves floundering
While the Kolkata Muncipal Corporation decides to spend money funding inane projects like determining the number of people using mosquito nets in select wards of the city, its own malaria control
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Scheme to check timber smuggling
To check smuggling of timber from reserve forests, the West Bengal forest department is drawing up a multi-crore rupees economic regeneration scheme for the poor living in the fringe areas of forests
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Six malignant malaria deaths in October
Six persons have died of malignant malaria in Kolkata last month. Mr Pratyush Mukherjee the state health minister said that last month about 35000 blood slides were examined in the city of which more
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500 Olive Ridley turtles dead
The People for Animals, a NGO has claimed that carcasses of over 500 Oilve Ridley sea turles were found strewn near Gahirmatha in Orissa last week. The NGO that undertook a survey after reports of
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Elephants fall prey to poachers from the east
Suspecting the involvement of professional poachers from Arunachal Pradesh in the recent killing of a rhino in North Bengal, Project Elephant officials have drawn the attention of the West Bengal
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Expired larvicides in city, courtesy KMC
Some of the pesticides used to kill mosquito larvae by the KMC in many parts of Kolkata for the past few months have already completed their shelf lives. That's
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Eco-tourism drive to counter terrorism
West Bengal finance minister, Mr Asim Dasgupta, inaugurated the Parimal Kanan, which was thrown open to the public. The park, the first of its kind in the state, was built jointly by the urban and
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Orissa mulls ban on illegal fishing in Chilka
The Orissa government may ban "un-conventional fishing" within 1000 metre of the Chilka lake. A Bill to this effect is likely to be introduced in the Assembly during the winter session. The revenue