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 …
Raktima Bose KULPENI (West Bengal): Fifty-five-year-old Bulu Sheet's eyes light up as he speaks about the prosperity that the 10,000-million-tonne steel plant, to be set up by the JSW Steel near this village in Paschim Medinipur district will bring to locals. Thatching the roof of his house, along which the …
PRONAB MONDAL Dharampur (West Midnapore), May 25: Maoists in Lalgarh have said they would distribute among the poor and landless the land and property belonging to CPM leaders and workers who have fled the area. A local Maoist leader said on Sunday that the rebels would resist if the administration …
Raktima Bose Reduced from 1.6 km to 1 km No possibility of mass displacement of people Site selection for the project not yet complete Kolkata: Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Srikumar Banerjee said here on Saturday that the Department of Atomic Energy has decided to reduce the buffer zone for the …
TAMLUK: As the mercury level continues to rise and an unbearable heat wave continues to sweep across Midnapore East district, health department officials have come up with tips to help people deal with the rough weather.
- Nandigram in another protest, land scarce for substations ANSHUMAN PHADIKAR Tamluk, March 28: Farmers in East Midnapore have refused to give land for power substations needed to electrify about 2,800 villages, demanding more than double the price being offered in some places. Among the seven substations planned in East …
The state panchayat and rural development minister, Mr Anisur Rehaman today claimed in the Assembly that the panchayats in the Maoist-dominated areas of West Midnapore performed better in creating work under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme than the Trinamul-controlled panchayats in South 24 Parganas. He also conceded that state's …
The Centre has promised Rs 5,032 crore to repair Aila-damaged embankments and Rs 530 crore for flood control in East and West Midnapore, a team of Bengal MLAs said after meetings here today. The delegation, which met Union water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal and finance minister Pranab Mukherjee, had …
The state land and land reforms minister, Mr Abdur Rezzak Mollah has asked his department to put all land acquisition work on hold due to lack of manpower. Despite the intervention of the chief minister, the department is yet to get replacements after several officials retired and their posts fell …
The Maoists have been at the helm of the movement in Lalgarh right from its inception. Even as they organised the resistance to state repression, they put in place, at a rudimentary level, an alternative programme of development based on the people
The paper deals with the Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) of the Midnapore Coast, West Bengal. It is suggested that management studies should include baseline information related to rainfall, runoff, tidal rhythm, currents and waves with their related aspects.
TAMLUK: Protest against the nuclear power plant at Haripur in Midnapore East district took a significant turn today as the Matangini Mahila Samity, which was once declared a Maoist-wing by state police and had played a pivotal role in consolidating the peoples
KOLKATA, 16 NOV: The proposed nuclear power plant at Haripur in East Midnapore will come up only if local people willingly give their land for the project, said chairman of Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and secretary of Department of Atomic energy (DAE), Mr Anil Kakodkar, in Kolkata this afternoon. Mr …
At least five people have died and over 1,000 villages across south Bengal have gone under water following heavy rain and discharge from reservoirs. Hooghly appears the worst hit, with almost half of the estimated 15 lakh flood victims living in that district.
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Two people were killed and nearly 11.5 lakh affected in certain districts of south Bengal by floods caused when large quantities of water were released over the past two days from the Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) reservoirs . StateFinance Minister Asim Dasgupta held a meeting with the …
Vast stretches of Howrah, Hooghly, the two Midnapores and Burdwan could go under water tomorrow as the DVC released 2.5 lakh cusecs today following heavy rain in Jharkhand and parts of Bengal. Water is flowing above the danger level in the Kangshabati, Shilabati, Gandheswari and Damodar. In southern Bank-ura, villages …
