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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Govt fails to check arsenic contamination
SONARPUR, 31 OCT: The state government seems to have turned a blind eye to the acute water contamination problem in rural Bengal. The picture is really grim at Dingalpota village in the Ban-Hooghly gram
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New green policy on the cards
Kolkata, 28 Oct: Facing a mounting threat from pollution, the state government has constituted several committees to explore the need to frame a new environment policy. On the one hand, the state government
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12 newborns die at Burdwan Medical College
BURDWAN/KOLKATA, 28 OCT: Close on the heels of the uproar over crib deaths at a Kolkata Hospital, the Burdwan Medical College & Hospital (BMCH) recorded deaths of 12 newborns in 24 hours. The director
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Nayachar to get eco-friendly hub
HALDIA, 28 OCT: The state government has agreed to allot 350 acres to Mr Prasoon Mukherjee-promoted Universal Success Enterprises (USE) for setting up an industrial park and eco-tourism infrastructure
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Rs 150 cr project for road development in the Hills
KOLKATA, 27 OCT: In a move to improve the road network in Darjeeling and some other border districts, the state government has decided to spend Rs 150 crore over the next year under a Border Area Development
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Stern action against sale, use of crackers
KOLKATA, 24 OCT: To ensure compliance of pollution control norms, especially those for creating noise pollution by bursting firecrackers, the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), along with state
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Stress on green energy to meet increasing demand
About 40 per cent of thermal power will be replaced by “clean energy" by 2035. It was decided at a seminar on energy conservation and India Vision Plan 2035 organised by the Union ministry of science and
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World Bank-backed project expected to boost crop production
KOLKATA, 23 OCT: At a time when the common people are facing immense hardship owing to rapidly rising prices of essential commodities, a new project to be taken up by the state irrigation department may
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Government lip service to bird habitat for city
The government has responded to the citizens’ initiative to preserve Santragachhi Jheel as a habitat for migrant waterfowl by washing its hands of the responsibility, only offering technical help to those
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Stone-crushers given one month to submit papers
ADMINISTRATION THREATENS TO SEAL UNITS IF OWNERS FAIL TO PRODUCE POLLUTION DOCUMENTS, TRIBAL BODY STICKS TO STAND RAMPURHAT, 19 OCT: The Birbhum district administration today asked owners of stone-crushing