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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
Kalyan, a youth welfare organisation in the district has started a 'Millennium Village' programme supported by German Agro Action in a small pocket of Purulia district since September 2006. This organisation falls under the umbrella of Ramakrishna Mission Lokasiksha Parishad, Narendrapur and their aim is to achieve certain developmental goals by 2011.
At a time when the spurt in vector borne diseases have caught both the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) and the state health department unaware, bureaucrats and politicians are busy passing the buck. And this has resulted in confusion over the fate of the dengue kits, which were sought by the civic body.
Manob Chetona, an organisation in Sodepur Natagarh near Kharda in North 24-Parganas, has taken up a programme to spread awareness about conservation of water among the masses.
The state environment minister, Mr Sailen Sarkar, today introduced biodegradable bags, which would be popularly known as green bags in a sweet shop in front of Writers
MIDNAPORE, Nov. 6: After a decade long struggle, the tribals in the state are finally benifitting from their traditional rights to the forest land, from which they had been deprived creating strong resentment among them. The tribals of Midnapore West are the first to reap the benefits of the
If the state animal resources development department (ARD) officials thought they could sit back and relax even after the containment of highly pathogenic H5N1 virus that spread to 16 districts in the state earlier this year, here is a word of caution from the Centre.
The fate of the country
Chief minister, Mr Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, today urged coal producers to ensure more effective ways of extracting coal from underground mines while he urged the Centre to allocate more coal blocks to meet demands of upcoming industries.
The state transport minister Mr Subhas Chakraborty has convened a meeting to discuss the issue of banning all vehicles as old as 15 years with the public transport operators at Writers
Though over 25,000 people have been afflicted by Malaria and Dengue in the city in the past two months, the drive to spray mosquito repellents at every house by civic workers has virtually collapsed. The civic authorities had issued a circular asking all field workers to carry out anti-larval measures including spraying of larvaecide till 30 November .