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
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KMC bans fairs in parks to save greenery
KOLKATA, 25 NOV: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will not allow fairs to be held in its parks, member, mayor-in-council (parks and garden), Mr Debasish Kumar, said today. Mr Kumar said the KMC has received a large number of complaints from locals, morning walkers, NGOs and environmentalists alleging that greenery is being destroyed by organisers of fairs. The KMC has 652 parks in the cit
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1,015 bags of wheat, rice seized
CHINSURAH, 21 NOV: Acting on a tiff-off, Serampore police today raided a house in the Mahesh Colony area and confiscated 1,015 bags of wheat and rice meant for APL, BPL and mid-day meal schemes. According to police, Mr Kishore Das of Mahesh Colony in Serampore purchased rice and wheat from local ration dealers and sold it in the open market at higher prices.
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Problems delay rural electrification
CHINSURAH, 18 NOV: The scheme to provide electricity to all rural households under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Vidyutikaran Yojana (RGGVY) has failed to meet its deadline allegedly due to lack of coordination and problems in supply of electric poles.
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Watch towers to be set up along jumbo corridors
KOLKATA, 17 NOV: The state forest department is setting up watch towers along the elephant corridor between Siliguri and Alipurduar junction to prevent incidents of elephants being killed by speeding trains. This comes after the Union ministry of forest and environment directed the department to take steps to prevent jumbo deaths.
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Green activists slam Deb on Rajarhat
KOLKATA, 17 NOV: Reacting sharply on housing minister Mr Gautam Deb's comments yesterday in a Press conference, city-based environmentalists today said the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report for the Rajarhat Township project was concocted and the EIA committee was manipulated. They also slammed the minister who claimed that the High Court has not even once raised any objection against th
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India likely to have 80 million diabetics by 2030: WHO
Kolkata, 14 Nov: The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned that the number of diabetics in India might leap to 80 million from the present 32 million by the year 2030. The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has, however, reported that the number of 50.8 million diabetics in the country now would rise to 87 million in the next 20 years, Mr Tirthankar Chaudhury, a leading consultant in
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Keleghai-Kapaleswari-Bagui River Scheme might see the light of the day
TAMLUK, 9 NOV: With the Assembly elections drawing near, the much-hyped Keleghai-Kapaleswari-Bagui River Scheme which had been held up in the state irrigation department for years might finally see the light of the day. In the last budget, the Centre had allocated Rs 650.38 crore for this project but the state irrigation department is now all set to initiate the project by the end of this month.
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Scientists to take up project to test genetics of Royal bengal tigers
A full-grown Royal Bengal Tiger trapped by forest officials of the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) has become a cause for concern for the latter as the tiger weighed much less than any other tiger trapped in the mangrove forest in the past 20 years. The tiger trapped on 23 October this year has raised a number of questions on whether the size, colour and characteristics of the big cats of Sunderba
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Bid to implement solid waste management project
Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has asked a Chennai- based NGO to conduct an area-wise survey for implementing an effective solid waste management project in the city, member mayor-in-council (Solid waste management), Mr Debabrata Majumder, said today. The six-member team of the NGO, Indian Green Service (IGS), visited KMC and later gave a presentation on their activities regarding solid w
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Ban on resort construction around sanctuaries
KOLKATA, 1 Nov: In a move that could harm both the revenue generation of the government and the prospect of tourism industry, the state forest department has issued a ban on construction of new resorts within and around one kilometre periphery of the seven wildlife sanctuaries in north Bengal. The initiative has been taken to avoid any kind of man-animal conflict in the areas and so that the wi