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 …
The Mamata Banerjee government has taken up a scheme to supply 70 litres of safe drinking water daily to each household in rural areas by 2020. The chief minister has asked public health engineering (PHE) minister Subrata Mukherjee to draw up a detailed report on the project
Torrential rain over the last few days due to an intense depression over the Bay of Bengal has rendered almost 2 lakh people homeless in East Midnapore in West Bengal. Sabong and Daspur regions in West Midnapore have also been critically affected. State irrigation minister Manas Bhunia and Union minister …
Over 14,000 people in West and East Midnapore were rendered homeless today as a swelling Kangshabati river breached mud embankments. The flooding in the low-lying villages was aggravated because water was released from the Tarafeni barrage. Irrigation officials said there was a surge of around 80,000 cusecs of water in …
KOLKATA, 19 JUNE: A high-power monitoring committee was constituted by the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, today to monitor the flood-like situation in parts of south Bengal. She has also asked officials to set up a control room at Writers
MIDNAPORE/TAMLUK, 19 JUNE: Incessant rain coupled with strong winds triggered by the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal continued to wreak havoc in both West and East Midnapore today disrupting life. The Kanshabati river, which breached its embankment near Maratala in Debra, flooded at least seven villages today. Villagers …
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Wednesday her government's decision to increase the number of those to whom rice is being made available at Rs. 2 a kg.
Her Govt To Review All Land Allotments Made Since 1991 Under Left Rule Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday is working out the process of returning 400 acres to unwilling farmers in Singur. The government will also conduct a comprehensive review of the previous Left Front government
HARIPUR (East Midnapore), 30 APRIL: The decision to set up a nuclear power plant at Haripur took a significant turn as thousands of fishermen and local residents raised their voice in protest against any government move to acquire land in the area. Amid this situation, together with other parts of …
KOLKATA, 21 MARCH: Incidents of nuclear accidents are frequent across the world but the governments suppress the news and fabricate facts when it comes to the extent of causing damage, said the former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Dr Manoj Pal, at a press meet organised by …
KOLKATA: A major fire broke out in a private petrochemical company's warehouse containing plastic granules at Haldia town in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Monday. There was no report of any casualty. According to District Magistrate Archana, the fire broke out in one corner of the 3,000 sq ft …
Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) is slated to complete preliminary ground work for its controversial 6,000 mw power plant in West Bengal by March 2012. The proposed nuclear power project at Haripur has run into trouble with locals resisting land acquisition. NPCIL, however, has gone ahead and started ground …
- Road rules trampled by feet and wheels as green zone takes a pounding Forget the high court ruling, the cadres would not even listen to their leaders. Lakhs of supporters who had descended on Brigade Parade Ground for the Left Front rally on Sunday blatantly violated every rule in …
DURGAPUR, 6 FEB: Chinese mining experts, appointed by Jindal Steel for the purpose, started a survey for a coal mining project in the Sarpi-Ichapur area in Laudoha block about 12 km from Durgapur town. The coal deposits were located in January, 2011. A group of 31 Chinese coal mining experts …
Just three years after shelving its multi-billion dollar investment plans at Nandigram in West Bengal, one of the promoter groups, Singapore-based Universal Success Enterprises (USEL) has returned with plans to set up a power project in Nayachar, the sparsely inhabited delta near the original flashpoint. The project is part of …
TAMLUK, 29 NOV: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (PCB) has slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on the Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant (KTPP) for flouting its instructions. In its order, the PCB has clearly stated that if the KTPP authorities fail to act according to its instruction, it …
Alipurduar, Nov. 28: The forest department is planning to approach Project Elephant to help improve the habitat of the jumbos in the Buxa Tiger Reserve, where the animal
TAMLUK, 9 NOV: With the Assembly elections drawing near, the much-hyped Keleghai-Kapaleswari-Bagui River Scheme which had been held up in the state irrigation department for years might finally see the light of the day. In the last budget, the Centre had allocated Rs 650.38 crore for this project but the …
KOLKATA: Over 500 people engaged in small-scale fishing and related activities held a demonstration here on Friday in protest against the Draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2010. They alleged that the new draft neither safeguards the interests of the traditional coastal fishermen community nor includes any clause of involving …
