January 20, 2016
Uttar Kanya, the mini-state secretariat for north Bengal, completes its second year today
The mini-state secretariat for north Bengal, Uttar Kanya completed its second year today.
On January 20, 2014, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had inaugurated the mini-state secretariat for north Bengal in Siliguri, in a bid to expedite development in the region and remove bottlenecks in governance.
“Uttar Kanya” is our sweet gift to meet the long-standing demand of the people of North Bengal, West Bengal Chief Minister had said. As soon as our Government came to power, we had taken a decision to set up a Branch Secretariat of the State Government in North Bengal, as people from these far-flung places had to come to Kolkata for many important works, Mamata Banerjee said.
Here are some initiatives taken by the Government for North Bengal:
- Construction work of Multi Disciplinary Civil Defence Centre at Hathighisa, Naxalbari has been completed and has been handed over to Civil Defence Department.
- The construction of three new major roads in Uttar Dinajpur District viz.,
- of road from Churamohan to Lalganj
- of road from Baitola to Joyhat
- of road from Barodighighat to Lalganj
taken up by the Department have been completed.
- Construction work of alternate road from Siliguri to Jalpaiguri via Eastern Bypass – Sahudangi – Ambari Falakata-Belacoba- Gosala-3 no. Ghumti has been completed.
- Construction of RCC bridge over river Sahu at Kholachand Fafri village, Salugara, Jalpaiguri, has been completed.
- Construction of RCC bridge over river Sahu at Choto Fafri village, Salugara, Jalpaiguri, has been completed.
- Up-gradation & renovation works of Dinbandhu Mancha at Siliguri has been completed.
- The construction of Bhutni bridge (1.8 Km long) at Manikchak, Malda has been taken up.
- Construction of bridge over river Kaljani in Coochbehar has commenced.
- Construction of 2 new Govt. Colleges (Banarhat (Hindi) and Chopra) is complete, while 3 new Govt. Colleges (Dhupguri, Ghoksadanga and Nishiganj) are in final stages of completion.
- Extension works of Rajganj College, Baxirhat College and Dewanhat College have been completed.
- Development of Fathema and Mary Gorethi Schools at Birpara, Jalpaiguri has been completed
উত্তরবঙ্গের মিনি সচিবালয় ‘উত্তরকন্যার’ দ্বিতীয় বর্ষপূর্তি আজ
উত্তরবঙ্গ সচিবালয় ‘উত্তরকন্যার’ আজ দুই বছর সম্পূর্ণ হল।
২০১৪ সালের ২০ জানুয়ারি পশ্চিমবঙ্গের মাননীয়া মুখ্যমন্ত্রী শ্রীমতী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায় শিলিগুড়িতে উত্তরকন্যার উদ্বোধন করেন।
মুখ্যমন্ত্রী বলেন, উত্তরবঙ্গের মানুষের বহুদিনের দাবি ছিল এই সচিবালয়, তাই উত্তরকন্যা হল তাদের মিষ্টি উপহার। আমাদের সরকার ক্ষমতায় আসার পরই সিদ্ধান্ত নিয়েছিল যে উত্তরবঙ্গে রাজ্য সরকারের একটি শাখা সচিবালয় তৈরি করা হবে যাতে গুরুত্বপূর্ণ কাজের জন্যও উত্তরবঙ্গের লোকেদের আর কলকাতায় ছুতে আসতে না হয়।
