Fence off Mollar Bheri, orders NGT
Kolkata: The National Green Tribunal (NGT), in an interim order, has directed several measures to be taken for protection of the East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW). These include fencing of the Mollar Bheri by
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Green cover loss: Kolkata paying price for civic body's myopic vision
KOLKATA: In the past 12 months, the city has lost over 1,000 full-grown trees, around 100 of them uprooted in storms and the rest hacked down to make way for infrastructure projects. Hardly any attempt
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Dengue onslaught continues in Bengal
KOLKATA: The dengue onslaught refuses to stop even after claims of combative steps by health officials and civic bodies. With the death of a six- month old baby in a private hospital on Tuesday, dengue
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New Town to get city's first e-health centre
KOLKATA: New Town will get an e-health centre, the first in the city, on Wednesday. A CSR project of Narayana Health (NH), it's being jointly set up by NH and CISCO. Officers from CISCO and NH recently
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Dengue menace: Civic staff fighting a losing battle
KOLKATA: Though they have earned appreciation from none other than the chief minister Mamata Banerjee for successfully combatting dengue outbreak in Kolkata, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation health department
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Traffic poles will now have SOS systems
Kolkata: After Monday's schoolbus accident in New Town, the Housing Infrastructure Development Corporation (Hidco) authorities are planning to install smart poles in the township. Apart from LED lights,
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Kolkata in grip of ‘unclassified fever’
KOLKATA: Even as dengue and malaria cases continue to spiral in Kolkata, an 'unclassified fever' is on the prowl as well. With symptoms similar to the twin mosquito-borne diseases, the viral has made it
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Downpour may not offer relief from dengue
KOLKATA: Heavy rain lashed Kolkata on Wednesday evening, flooding large parts of the city, but it won't be enough provide relief from dengue, fear experts. Though such rain usually washes away mosquito
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Scrub Typhus, the insect-borne disease
KOLKATA: At a time when the Kolkata Municipal Corporation is struggling to combat outbreak of dengue in the city, scrub typhus, a type of mite-borne infectious disease has kept the civic bosses on their
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Dengue toll rises to 17 in West Bengal
KOLKATA: Dengue deaths in West Bengal since January rose to 17 with medical reports today confirming the recent death of two women due to the vector-borne disease, a senior government official said.
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Students cover up to fight disease in schools
Kolkata: With two city students having succumbed to dengue and at least two more testing positive, schools are on high alert. The latest victim is a Class-VII girl from a Salt Lake school, who was reportedly