MALDA/BALURGHAT, 1 SEPT: With erosion wrecking havoc, the only school under Hiranandapur gram panchayat at Bhutni islet, Munilaltola Primary School with 200-odd students, is facing serious consequences. On Wednesday, the village education committee (VEC) had proposed to put the school on sale. Mr Ramprabesh Mandal, the chairman of the district …
MALDA/BALURGHAT, 1 SEPT: With erosion wrecking havoc, the only school under Hiranandapur gram panchayat at Bhutni islet, Munilaltola Primary School with 200-odd students, is facing serious consequences. On Wednesday, the village education committee (VEC) had proposed to put the school on sale. Mr Ramprabesh Mandal, the chairman of the district …
Balurghat, July 4: Almost 9,000 trees, some of them over a century old, have been felled along a 110-kilometre state highway that is being expanded, but not a single sapling has been planted under the re-plantation mandatory for such a project. Despite the project clause that 10 saplings have to …
Balurghat, Feb. 23: Culling figures in Barhamhar have exceeded the target set by the animal resources development (ARD) department that was going by the last poultry census. Till today, the number of chicken and ducks culled stood at 37,840. Following the 2007-census, the culling target in a 3-km radius of …
