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
KOLKATA, March. 19: Calcutta High Court's extension of deadline for phasing out petrol and diesel run auto rickshaws into LPG fuelled four stroke ones by a few months, does not seem to have pleased the auto-rickshaw operators. Leaders of auto-rickshaw operators union today said, even after the extension of the deadline, the phase-out still remains an absurd and impossible proposition.
KOLKATA, March 17: The last date for phasing out two-stroke auto rickshaws from the city and acquiring four-stroke ones was extended from 1 January to 31 July by the Division Bench of Mr SS Nijjar, Chief Justice and Mr Justice Pinaki Ghosh of Calcutta High Court today.
KOLKATA, March 14: The Centre has proposed that areas within 5 kms from the international border with Bangladesh, will be kept poultry-free, in a strategy to prevent avian influenza from flaring up in border states like Assam and West Bengal. Authorities suspect that the H5NI virus which afflicted the backyard poultry in the state, last year as well as this year, had its origin in Bangladesh.
Arunima Ghosh KOLKATA, March 14: Despite the Supreme Court's directive on making students aware of the environment, Environmental Studies (EVS) is being treated in a casual manner by both teachers and students of most undergraduate colleges.
TAMLUK, March 10: In a development that could yet grow to more alarming proportions, indiscriminate pumping of water by various means has taken a toll on the groundwater level in the coastal areas of Midnapore East district.
KOLKATA, March 10: Responding to a complaint lodged by an NGO, the sub-divisional officer of Diamond Harbour has asked the assistant engineer of the irrigation and waterways to initiate an inquiry into the alleged attempts of a person to encroach on a portion of an irrigation canal joining Mograhat and Diamond Harbour.
Sabyasachi Roy KOLKATA, March. 9 : The wildlife wing of the state forest department is putting its faith in new state-of-the-art information and communication technology to protect wildlife and reduce crime in the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve.
HALDIA, March 3: RPG flagship CESC Ltd is setting up a 2,000 MW greenfield thermal power plant in Haldia. The plant will come up in Baneswar Chawk, near Jhikurkhali, East Midnapore district.
TAMLUK, March. 3: Potato production in East Midnapore is expected to decrease by 30 per cent this year, compared to previous years due to an outbreak of late blight. With the district agriculture department doing little to arrest the spread of the disease, farmers feel it would be almost impossible for them to save paddy from damage.
KOLKATA, March 2: The Union ministry of environment and forest has recently directed all state forest departments to issue ownership certificates to people possessing wildlife articles and artifacts, in a crackdown on the illegal wildlife goods trade.