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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
BARASAT: Social workers expressed grave concern over arsenic pollution which has been affecting vegetation in the area.
The 12th National Animal Husbandry week concluded at Purulia Polytechnic ground, in the outskirts of Purulia town last week. This was the first time that this seminar was conducted in the state.
The farmers had to sell their paddy out of sheer distress, for not getting facilities to sell their produce in government- stipulated prices of Rs 900 a quintal. At a time like this, the unscrupulous traders are charging exorbitant rates for fertilisers in Midnapore East and West districts.
The Birbhum district administration today admitted that it had failed to provide basic facilities to tribal villages. The authorities sought time to implement development schemes.
After experiencing failure in Singur and Nandigram, chief minister Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee urged caution to industries keen on developing agricultural land.
Even after controlling Howrah Municipal Corporation (HMC) for over two decades, the CPI-M led board has failed to stop pollution created by industries in most of its wards.
More than three dozen elephants have been killed after being hit by trains between Siliguri and Alipurduar railway stations in the North East Frontier Railway in the past eight years and yet neither the state government nor the railway board seems to have an answer to stop the rising cases of jumbo deaths on train tracks.
The state government
A water resource centre was inaugurated at Bengal Engineering and Science University (Besu) today to conduct collaborative research on water and environment.
BANKURA: Power generation at the Mejia Thermal Power Station (MTPS) may be hampered following disruption in ash evacuation by the villagers who have stopped transportation of ash from the ash ponds since yesterday alleging environmental pollution. Villagers have demanded immediate rehabilitation before evacuation of ash.