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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Singur case
“Some explanations are required as to why the actions leading to taking the Tata Motors Limited's land at Singur took place within a few hours of state industries minister announcing the Singur Land Rehabilitation
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Farmers refuse to give land for railway bridge over Brahmani
A project to set up a new railway bridge on river Brahmani has come to a halt following sheer unwillingness of the farmers at Birbhum’s Jagdhari village in the Nalhati I block area to part with their land.
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New draft Land Acquisition Bill likely to see modification
KOLKATA, 31 JULY: The new draft Land Acquisition Bill is likely to see some modifications to clarify certain points, Union rural development minister Mr Jairam Ramesh said after a meeting with West Bengal
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High-tech makeover for Hooghly
<p> KOLKATA, 26 JULY: The railways’ engineering public sector undertaking (PSU), RITES, is set to push new boundaries with Kolkata's Hooghly riverfront development project.</p> <p> The pilot
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Radio signals confuse fishermen at sea
KOLKATA, 18 JULY: The state government has requested All India Radio (AIR) to undertake a survey to examine the transmission capacity of Kolkata-A-Channel, after reports that fishermen in the Bay of Bengal on the Indian side are receiving signals from a Bangladesh radio instead of the AIR. Such a survey is required because it was pointed out by fishermen that they are not getting weather warnin
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Illegal felling of trees on the rise in Sunderbans
SONARPUR, 18 JULY: Although environmentalists have stressed the importance of tree plantation for regulating pollution level in the air, illegal felling of trees is on the rise in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest. People living in close proximity to forests in South 24-Parganas are directly involved in illegal trade in wood.
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State to focus on industrial growth in Darjeeling Hills
KOLKATA, 17 JULY: After settling the issue in the hills by signing the tripartite agreement tomorrow, the Trinamul Congress-led state government is set to lay stress on bringing in industries in the three hill sub-divisions of Darjeeling. For this, the state government is likely to place a demand before the department of industrial policy and promotion of the Union ministry of commerce and indu
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KMC to supply 235 million gallons of filtered water per day
KOLKATA, 15 JULY: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will supply 235 Million Gallon Per day (MGD) of filtered water to the city, mayor Mr Sovan Chatterjee, said today. He was speaking during the handing over of the Garden Reach Water Treatment Plant from Kolkata Metropolitan Water and Sanitation Authority (KMWSA) to KMC. Mr Chatterjee said the Garden Reach water treatment plant is now
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River water enters coal pits, production suspended
DURGAPUR, 13 JULY: Production at two Eastern Coalfields mines (see SNS photo) has come to a halt for the past five days after water from a river gushed inside the mine pits of the sick coal major in the Satgram area in Raniganj. Though the ECL has initiated extensive pumping to recover the waterlogged mine, it has not yielded any result as water continues to enter the pits.
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No compensation for Malda storm victims as district fails to utilise funds
The compensation sum of around Rs 19 lakh allotted by the state government for re-building the houses flattened by storms were returned to the state government. The district administration is reported to have failed to use the amount for the purpose.