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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ADB loan for environment project
Sewage and drainage lines in sxi KMC boroughs, including five in Kolkata's added areas, will be upgraded thanks to a lona from the Asian Development Bank. The work will be undertaken as part of the
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Sewage escapes defunct treatment plants
Most sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Kolkata and its suburbs, commissioned under the Ganga Action Plan, are either unutilised or non-funcitonal. This is the finding of a joint survey by the central
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Pulse polio drive extended
About seven per cent of children below the age of five in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation areas are yet to be immunised under the pulse polio immunisation drive. Stating this today, and adding that
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Food crisis grounds peacocks
People from different parts of the country used to vist Rajhat to see the national bird roam freely as in Rajasthan. But the situation is quite different today and the peacocks in Rajhat are dying
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Sparks fly over garbage project
Mrs Mala Roy, member, mayor-in-council, will write to the municipal commissioner, Mr Debashish Som, and the mayor, Mr Subrata Mukherjee asking them to adhere to the recommendations of the expert
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'Pak bug' bugging trees in Rajasthan
A borer pest, commonly known as the "Pakistan bug", has badly hit trees in western Rajasthan, resulting in the large scale mortality of Khejri trees one of the most precious xerophyte trees of
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Endangered ecosystems of salty waters
The flora of the world's largest mangrove forests, the Sunderbans, is fast depleting. This is a matter of grave concern, observed ecologists who assembled to raise awareness among people. They also
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Row over Jambudwip settled
The dispute between the state fisheries department and the West Bengal state forest department over fishing in Jambudwip was settled after the intervention of the chief minister. It was decided that
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Fish farming to get a boost with new policy
The new integrated fish farming policy framed with the objective to augment the state's fish production, allows the farmer to carry out fish farming during monsoon on the same land where paddy is
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34,000 E Midnapore kids never administered polio drops
An East Midnapore district health department report prepared after the 1 June pulse polio campaign, mentions that more than 34,000 children of the district in West Bengal have never been administered