World Bank project brings state officials competence under scanner

  • 01/11/2010

  • Statesman (Kolkata)

KOLKATA, 31 OCT: The $28.9 million capacity building project on identification and remediation of contaminated hazardous waste dumpsites in the state funded by the World Bank and implemented by the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) has made several officials of the board uncomfortable as it questions their competence. A senior official of the WBPCB, who is also a member of the team constituted to carry out the project, said that the funds sanctioned by the World Bank is only enough to complete the initial process of identification and remediation of seven contaminated hazardous waste dumpsites in Hooghly.