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
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
RANIGANJ, 3 FEB: The continued illegal coal mining in Raniganj has posed a threat to the Haldia-Barauni underground oil pipeline passing through the area. Experts apprehend that an explosion is imminent and fearing this, police sought immediate intervention of the Eastern Coalfields Limited.
The state government is planning to set up 20 eco-friendly houses at Sunderbans for victims of cyclone Aila.
The air quality in some public places in the city that includes restaurants, bars and pubs, is harmful, says a study conducted by the Voluntary Health Organisation of India in association with Cancer Foundation of India. The study has also implied that ban on smoking could not be enforced in some public places in Kolkata.
CONTAI : Seafood exporters are disappointed with the Union government's indifferent policy towards marine food exports, which have a high demand in the international market.
HALDIA, 2 FEB : Haldia Petrochemicals Limited (HPL) has completed its Supermax project by augmenting ethylene capacity, and is ready to reopen shortly, after a three-month expansion shutdown. The naphtha cracker has been shut since November 2009 to commission the Rs 1230 crore Supermax project, aiming to increase ethylene capacity from 520,000 tpa to 670,000 tpa.
A study conducted by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has found that the industries located in Haldia and Howrah add more to air pollution levels than those in Durgapur and Asansol.
Statesman News Service KOLKATA, 28 JAN: The state health minister, Dr Surjya Kanta Mishra, said there is a need for uplinking telemedicine facilities with doctors of well known institutes in the country including All India Institute of Medical Sciences( AIIMS) to treat critical patients.
The withdrawal of the Nano project from the state has given a wrong signal to automobile manufacturers globally, Dr Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart, who was on his first visit to the city, told The Statesman today.
The state land and land reforms minister, Mr Abdur Rezzak Mollah has asked his department to put all land acquisition work on hold due to lack of manpower. Despite the intervention of the chief minister, the department is yet to get replacements after several officials retired and their posts fell vacant.
The West Bengal State Aids Prevention Control Society has taken up a project to collect blood samples of expectant mothers by pricking their fingers to check whether they are HIV positive or not. The needle would be pricked in the finger and a drop of blood will be taken on a glass slide to carry out the HIV confirmation test.