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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Centre gives `7 crore to state to facilitate land acquisition
KOLKATA, 14 SEPT: Accepting the revised estimate for acquisition of land for the upgrade of the International Check Post (ICP) at the Petrapole border, the Centre has released Rs 7 crore sought by the state government to avoid any trouble during acquisition of plots. A senior official at the Writers
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State blames railways for Metro project delay
KOLKATA, 14 SEPT: The state government today held the railways responsible for the delay in commencing work for the underground portion of the East-West Metro.
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Errant autos have a free run, flout pollution norms
KOLKATA, 13 SEPT: While the Public Vehicles Department and the state transport department continue haggling over the numbers of two-stroke autos scrapped in almost two years after the Calcutta High Court verdict, old but repainted autos continue to rule the city suburbs. Mr Sumantra Chowdhury, state transport secretary, said that till August 2010, more than 17,000 two-stroke autos have been scr
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Q2 growth to be lower than Q1: Kaushik Basu
KOLKATA, 13 SEPT: Economic growth in the second quarter of this fiscal will be lower than the 8.8 per cent expansion witnessed in the first quarter, chief economic adviser to the ministry of finance, Mr Kaushik Basu, said here today.
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Papers for PCPIR to be submitted
KOLKATA, 13 Sept: The managing committee of the proposed petroleum, chemicals and petrochemicals investment region (PCPIR) at Nayachar today decided that the required documentation to secure environmental clearance would be submitted to the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) within a few days. The first meeting of the managing committee was held under the chairmanship of chief secretar
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3.25 lakh tribals out of BPL list
KOLKATA, 5 SEPT: It
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Pollution Control Board lodges FIR against biomedical waste dealer
KOLKATA, 2 SEPT: The state pollution control board has lodged an FIR against a person who operated an illegal biomedical waste dump yard in Chowbaga, South 24 Parganas and used to sell the waste from several big and reputed private hospitals and nursing homes of the city as plastic scrap to another trader. The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is currently running an internal audit ag
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Toying with high toxic metal with ease
KOLKATA, 1 SEPT: At a time when the state pollution control board has taken up a drive to phase out lead, a toxic-metal, innumerable lead-battery units in the city not only continue to cough out lead aerosols dust, but also ignore the safety of labourers working in these units. There are about 100 small or medium lead battery units operating on the stretch of APC Road from Manicktala Crossing t
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State prepares blueprint for better rabi season
CHINSURAH, 29 AUG: As rainfall is far below the required amount for better production of kharif crops, the district agriculture department has come up with a blueprint to ensure a better rabi season.
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Farmers to get tube-wells for drought-hit Burdwan
<br /> <div> BURDWAN, 25 AUG: The district administration of Burdwan has been ordered to overhaul the deep tube-well system across the “rice bowl”of Burwan to help extend irrigation facilities ~ however minor ~ to the farmers who braved cultivation despite severe dearth of rainfall this year.</div> <div> </div> <div>The measure, according to the senior district officials h