Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Joint Forest Management (JFM), the partnership between the Government Forest Department and the forest-fringe community (organized through the Forest Protection Committees (FPCs) towards forest protection had its inception in the state of West Bengal and is considered to be the most successful in this state. Bankura (North) Division, being part …
For the CPI-M led state government, industrialisation evidently comes ahead of all other issues, even at the expense of development in tribal dominated areas. Though the state government had taken only a few months to acquire land for the Tata Motors project at Singur, it took more than two years …
BANKURA: Widespread deaths of cattle have spread panic in the Onda block in Bankura. In a fortnight, the block recorded 24 livestock casualties. The Bankura District Livestock Department has also expressed concern over the matter. The Sarura Ghanti village in Onda was the first area to be affected, with a …
The political movement that came up from among the people of Lalgarh in November 2008 cried out for help and support from the civil and democratic society
Investigations were carried out in 26 sacred groves of the district of Bankura of West Bengal during 2006 to 2007. 114 plant species were recorded from those groves including 102 dicots and 12 monocots. The major tribal groups in those areas are Santals and Koramudis; others are Bedias and Mahalis. …
May 25: At least 20 people were killed and nearly two lakh left homeless in the south Bengal districts as winds flattened houses and rivers burst their banks. South 24-Parganas was the worst hit, recording 13 deaths. Army and BSF personnel have managed to shift some 80,000 people to safer …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Twenty-three persons were killed when a severe cyclonic storm accompanied by heavy rain brought by Cyclone Aila lashed the city and some districts of West Bengal on Monday. The death toll could be higher: reports from the districts were only coming in. Many people were injured. The …
Bankura by now has become synonymous with Basudeb Acharia. For the eight-time MP from this constituency in West Bengal, increasing connectivity between his home turf and the rest of the country has been of foremost importance. He argues that better connectivity spurs development. Acharia being chairman of the parliamentary central …
KOLKATA, March 21: After the Nano pull-out, the state government has finally woken up to the fact that setting up of proper infrastructure is key in motivating private investors to set up industry in the state. According to the economic review 2008-09, published by the state government, developing both social …
Four farmer communities from different parts of the country were recently felicitated by the Government for their efforts at preserving different original varieties of rice genomes. The communities are Vrihi Beej Binimoy Kendra (Bankura, West Bengal), Kuruchiya and Kuruma tribal communities (Wayanad, Kerala), tribal communities from Jharkhand, and P Narayanan …
BANKURA, Feb. 25: A Bankura-based NGO has been awarded the 2008 Meghnad Puraskar for popularising science among the rural population in south Bengal. The prestigious award will be handed to My Dear Trees and Wilds at the inaugural session of the State Science and Technology Congress, organised at Burdwan University …
DURGAPUR, Feb. 15: Asansol Durgapur Development Authority (ADDA) would soon construct a highway between Raniganj and Bankura with financial assistance from World Bank. The chairman of ADDA, Mr Bansogopal Chowdhury, said this while inaugurating a highway hub at Raniganj today. Mr Chowdhury said:
KOLKATA, Jan. 18: With a view to attract more people to major tourist spots in Hooghly and Bankura, the state government has urged the Centre to install a well-knit railway network connecting these tourist destinations. In a recent meeting held between the state tourism department and Mr Basudeb Acharia, chairman …
At a time when Bird Flu outbreaks are being reported in the state, the state government failed to send blood samples to the High Security Animal Disease Laboratory (HSADL) in Bhopal for confirmation of the disease. It may be mentioned here an above average mortality of poultry birds was reported …
A team of agriculture scientists zeroed in on a gene that imparts salt stress tolerance to paddy plants for long time and found that it remains suppressed in Gobindobhog. Gobindobhog aromatic rice is essential to many delicacies in eastern India. This small-grain rice variety commands high premium in domestic and …
Delhi-based NGO will help in mapping corridor of migratory elephants of Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary. The NGO, which has expertise in drawing routes of elephants with meticulous details, including food habits, would work on the project from January when the migratory season comes to an end. Shidharth Tripathy, the Dalma divisional …
Potato merchants want the state to reimburse the cost of cold storage preservation of potato bags through subsidy. The state this year recorded 25 percent additional yield of potato raising the total production to 85 lakh metric ton. The 104 cold-storages operating across the state have managed to keep 2.42 …
ANDAL/MEJIA - Union minister of state for power, Mr Jayram Ramesh faced the land losers' ire twice in Andal, Burdwan and Mejia, Bankura while visiting the DVC power plants today. The land losers demanded immediate absorption against loss of their cultivable land which they had "sacrificed' for the DVC's plants. …
BANKURA : Though the government initiatives didn't fetch any effective results, Bankura may have a solar power plant within the next two fiscals. This has been proposed by a multinational non-conventional power major. Besides, electronic giant Videocon too has proposed for solar power plants in Bankura and Purulia. The district …
