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 …
KOLKATA, 24 JULY: The city police will soon use battery-operated cars to patrol the recently renovated Hooghly riverfront. The city police will get two environment-friendly cars costing around Rs 3.5 lakh each from the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC). Officers of the city police will use the cars to patrol the …
Calcutta High Court on Thursday stoked the dying embers of the campaign against vehicle pollution by asking the Mamata Banerjee government to explain the continued presence of banned commercial transport on the streets and say how it intends banishing them. “Pollution caused by emission is causing serious health problems. The …
KOLKATA, 16 JULY: For the first time in civic history, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will construct 66 community toilets in the city. The idea to set up community toilets was mooted by the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee. The ministry of minority affairs has provided Rs 5.94 crore to …
KOLKATA, 15 JULY: A sharp rise in fertiliser prices has raised the cost of cultivation by as much as Rs 1,200 per acre. Agriculturists are apprehensive this may lead to a dip in paddy production in the state because farmers are opting for urea, the only fertiliser whose price has …
KOLKATA, 10 JULY: The state government distributed only 12.7 per cent of the food grain "specially" allotted by the Centre for the 10 backward districts in the state in the last fiscal year, said Mr KV Thomas, the Union minister of state (independent charge) for consumer affairs, food and public …
KOLKATA, 5 JULY : As the mercury soars is the water going down your throat sans any contamination or traces of arsenic ? A Division Bench of the Calcutta High Court today expressed its concern and directed filing of affidavits by civic officials and an environmental activist on this matter. …
KOLKATA, 4 JULY: The state agriculture department is set to engage around 1,500 field officers to improve coordination with the farmers and help them with the latest technologies. Recruitment of field officers or Krishi Prayukti Sahayaks (KPSs) was last held in 2002. Reeling under an acute shortage of KPSs, with …
KOLKATA, 4 JULY: The state government is planning to engage self-help groups and co-operatives to run ration shops, state food and supply minister Jyotipriya Mullick said today at Writers’ Buildings. He said a large number of ration dealers are involved in corruption and the state government will gradually abolish individual …
Kolkata, 4 JULY: Methane gas generated from human waste could be used to light up bio-toilets developed by scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation. Acting on suggestions made by the Union minister for rural development, Mr Jairam Ramesh, the premier research agency is now working to provide lighting …
KOLKATA, 3 JULY: The state government is unlikely to introduce the much-awaited West Bengal Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill in the ongoing extended Budget session of the Assembly. The Bill, which was circulated amongst members in the last winter session was withdrawn immediately before being introduced in the House, …
KOLKATA, 29 JUNE: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) today took up a scheme worth Rs 210 crore to the resolve drinking water crisis in the city. The decision was taken following a meeting with the members, mayor-in-council at the KMC headquarters. The matter will be placed before the councillors for …
KOLKATA, 27 JUNE: For the first time the Directorate of National Vector Borne Disease Control has invited the member, mayor-in-council (health) and two civic officials to share their views at a two-day national seminar on malaria control in urban India. Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) managed to check the spread of …
Calcutta, June 27: The Mamata Banerjee government will soon launch a drive to find out the number of people involved in manual scavenging and offer them alternatives, the move coming days after the Centre pulled up the state for its failure to curb the humiliating practice. Chief secretary Samar Ghosh …
“To stop such practices, the government should consider if the heads of the panchayati bodies can be given liberty similar to that of the ministers, chief ministers and the Prime Minister wherein it is allowed to assume office first and then get elected within six months.” KOLKATA, 26 JUNE: The …
Delhi has been named the most competitive city in India for its demonstrated ability to attract capital, business, talent and tourists by a new Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) research report. The study, which has been commissioned by the Citigroup, ranked Delhi at number 68 in the list of 120 of …
The state irrigation minister has asked all officials of his department to monitor the rivers whose waters are touching the danger level. Dr Manas Bhuniya after meeting senior officials of the irrigation department said that the Met office has informed the department of the chances of heavy rain within three …
The water crisis much of Salt Lake had reeled under during summer has ended with the civic body carrying out a basic task it had neglected for long — cleaning up the clogged pipelines. Bidhannagar Municipality, flooded with complaints of water shortage from across the township for the past four …
KOLKATA, 16 JUNE: The state water resources investigation department has come up with a 10-minute documentary film to generate awareness and train people on preservation and conservation of water. CDs in this regard will be distributed in the districts. It will be displayed at public gatherings, melas, exhibitions and in …
KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: A Kolkata engineer has designed a cycle-rickshaw that uses passenger load to push the vehicle and reduces the puller's drudgery by using bumps on the road for propulsion. Mr Pratik Kumar Ghosh's wonder vehicle, which promises to improve the lives of thousands of rickshaw pullers, is easy …
KOLKATA, 15 JUNE: Environmental activist Subhash Dutta met transport minister Madan Mitra to urge him to replace 15-year-old private buses. Mr Dutta said the process of replacing 15-year-old vehicles such as private buses and auto-rickshaws is very slow, and this is exacerbating pollution in the city and its outskirts. He …
