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 …
West Bengal Pollution Control Board’s public hearing regarding the setting up of 600MW power plant in Salboni got a major push with villagers invoking their support for the plant, seeking “immediate” set up. Held at the Salboni community hall, the public hearing found people’s support even as the support came …
The West Bengal government has undertaken a Rs 500-crore programme to convert 50,000 hectares of non–arable land into cultivable area in the State’s four drought-prone districts — Bankura, Birbhum, Purulia and West Midnapore. The decision was taken by the Cabinet and an amount of Rs. 500 crore had been cleared …
Man-elephant conflict in seven forest divisions in three districts of south Bengal resulting in the loss of human lives and pachyderms is emerging as a major challenge for foresters and the district administration. While a 70-year-old villager was killed by an elephant in Jhragram subdivision in Paschim Medinipur district on …
The State has got investments to the tune of Rs.500 crore in the agro products sector from the Biyani Group-owned Future Consumer Enterprise Limited, said Finance Minister Amit Mitra here on Wednesday. Pointing out that 30 to 40 per cent of total agricultural production went waste in the State , …
Nine persons have died in the floods, even as the situation in four districts of south Bengal continued to be grim. New areas were inundated on Thursday. Seven of the deaths were reported from Paschim Medinipur district alone, according to the Disaster Management Department (DMD). “About 81,560 people have been …
The United Progressive Alliance government has cleared . 822-crore roads projects for three Maoist affected districts of West Bengal, signaling its intent to thaw frosty ties with the Trinamool Congress-led state government. The sanction for 447 road projects for the districts of Paschim Mednipur, Bankura and Purulia comes soon after …
Unregulated tourism and development activity along beaches like Mandarmani and Digha in West Bengal is killing turtles including the vulnerable Olive Ridleys, say researchers. "In Digha intense tourism pressure has resulted in the decline of turtles and based on information revealed by local people, no nesting population of Olive Ridley …
Yet to achieve financial closure for project because of pending draft agreement The West Bengal government has upped the ante against JSW Steel and charged it with delaying the Salboni steel and power project. At Rs 35,000 crore, the investment for the project is the largest in the state. Questioning …
The Union petroleum ministry has issued directives to Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) to not consider any investment in Haldia Petrochemicals (HPL) since the oil major has no room to leverage its finances with government subsidy required to post profits. IOC posted a R22,451 crore net loss in the first quarter …
The Indian Oil Corporation’s R910-crore LPG pipeline project has hit a 20-acre sticky patch in Haldia. The land is crucial since the oil major has planned a pumping station on it which would enable gas flow through a 300-km-long pipeline from Haldia to Durgapur and right up to Kalyani. An …
Calcutta, Sept. 25: At least 53 lakh families in Bengal have to walk half a kilometre or more for drinking water, according to provisional census data. The figure, which translates into 27 per cent of the households surveyed in the state, is far higher than the national average of 18 …
TAMLUK, 5 SEPT: The rapid expansion of shrimp cultivation in East Midnapore district has been causing trouble, as hundreds of hectares of agricultural land has been converted into shrimp ponds. This has given rise to conflicts between fishermen and farmers living in the coastal areas, massive environmental pollution, salinisation of …
The Union Environment Ministry’s expert appraisal committee has objected to West Bengal’s Super Critical Imported Coal Based Thermal Power Plant at Nayachar Island, saying that it stands on ecologically fragile ground. For the Mamata Banerjee government, the objection to this project near Haldia in East Medinipur district brings bigger worries …
Aug. 27: The Union environment ministry has raised concerns over the proposed power plant on Nayachar island, casting a cloud on the Rs 8,600-crore investment proposal by NRI businessman Prasoon Mukherjee. At a meeting earlier this month with Bengal government officials, an expert appraisal committee under the central ministry asked …
Document contains Judgement of National Green Tribunal (NGT) dated 24/8/12; Apeal No. 32/2011. The parties are Rana Sengupta, Kolkata verses Union of India & Ors.
TAMLUK: The economy of East Midnapore district could be in trouble, since it is heavily dependent upon the cultivation of Bagda prawns, a product for which there is dwindling demand. In the last month, at least five struggling Bagda prawn growers who had taken out loans they could not repay …
Belpahari, Aug. 7: In the past 40 years, only one chief minister — S.S. Ray — has visited Belpahari, one of the state’s most backward areas where six starvation-like deaths were reported in the past eight years and where many poverty-stricken people eat ant eggs. Ray had come to Belpahari, …
Calcutta, July 10: Work on Bengal’s largest industrial venture is likely to get under way in October as the Jindals and the Mamata Banerjee government have resolved differences over the Rs 35,000-crore steel and power project five years after it was conceived. Biswadip Gupta, the chief executive of JSW Bengal …
TAMLUK, 6 JULY: The Karanjee Subhash Vidyabhaban at Balisai in East Midnapore will be the first school to implement a Central rainwater harvesting project. “This is the first of its kind in the district, a school is going to have a rainwater harvesting project. It will inculcate the habit of …
KOLKATA, 4 JULY: The state government has given permission to private parties for setting up three "environment friendly" projects on the Nayachar river island in East Midnapore, which was originally acquired for establishing a chemical hub, industries minister Partha Chatterjee said in the Assembly today. The three projects are the …
