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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State takes up plan to preserve natural resources
KOLKATA, 4 MARCH: The state urban development department will prepare an environmental resource management plan to preserve natural resources in the civic bodies. Mr Asok Bhattacharya, state minister for urban development said the plan will be mooted in every ward within the municipal area. He laid the foundation stone of Subhas Sarobar this afternoon.
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Solid waste management high on govt agenda
The state government has cleared proposals for setting up sanitary landfill sites for
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Its fine to make city a garbage dump
Fearing negative publicity, ahead of the civic elections scheduled in May, the Left Front controlled Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to stop the screening of a documentary film aimed at creating awareness among the citizens regarding proper disposal of garbage. Orders have been given to tone down the message of the film.
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Drive to prevent cancer from arsenic contamination
Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) has taken up a project to identify people affected by arsenic contamination in Karimpur area of Nadia. It would tap the contamination in the cells of these people and gauge the extent of damage.
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Amartya Sen wants law to ensure food for all
New Delhi, 17 Feb: Nobel laureate Dr Amartya Sen has stressed on the need for a firm recognition of the right to food and a comprehensive legislation to guarantee it to everybody.
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Ministry to inspect irregularities in JnNURM projects
The Urban development ministry will look into the alleged irregularities in executing work under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JnNURM) by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).
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PCB to enact law on carbon emission for new buildings
The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) is going to enact a law for all the new buildings making it mandatory for them to install low carbon emitting lights.
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Tagging the Big Cat
Kolkata, 11 Feb: As part of a countrywide exercise, the census of the big cats in Buxa tiger reserve in north Bengal would begin by the end of this month and continue till April, Mr RP Saini, field director of the reserve, said today.
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Loudspeakers fitted on vehicles to be seized for sound pollution
The state environment department today issued a notification asking police to confiscate loudspeakers fitted on vehicles that are found guilty of noise pollution.
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Malaria clinics of KMC without doctors
This can happen only in Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Apparently, malaria clinics of the civic body are being run not by doctors but by laboratory technicians and pharmacists, with the latter also prescribing medicine to patients who visit these clinics. A senior official of the health department of KMC said, over the past one year no doctor has been assigned to look