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Soon, a green corridor will be developed in Kolkata for ambulances. The transport department, Kolkata Police, health department and State Pollution Control Board have jointly taken the initiative. Nabanna has given a green signal to the initiative. In the past we have seen the Kolkata Police have rushed a number of patients to hospitals quickly by setting up green corridors.

Under the directives of the Chief Minister, the route of the green corridor has already been outlined. It will be operationalised in the new year. A new app has also been designed for the same. In the first phase, several government hospitals will be selected on an experimental basis. Then it will be extended across the State. This will greatly reduce the risk of loss of life and anxiety of the patient’s family.

From picking up the patient from their home to reaching the hospital, the entire process will be monitored by the app. It will be installed in the phone of the driver of the ambulance, as well as at the police control room. Police will create a green corridor for the ambulance. The movement of other vehicles on that road will also be controlled. As a result, ambulances will not have to play the hooter on the road or even at the hospital.

Days after inaugurating the grand Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in Digha, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has said that the Bangla Government will be holding an international business summit there in December.

Accordingly, a two-day Business Conclave will be held at the ‘Brighton of the East’ in Bangla, Digha, starting today. Industry representatives and diplomats from 17-18 nations will attend the meet. Bangla Chief Minister will be present there too.

The representatives will be taken to Digha via Volvo buses, trains and chopper services. The summit will be inaugurated at 2.30 PM today, followed by a cultural function in the evening. B2B and G2B sessions will be held tomorrow.

Infrastructure, transport, urban development, tourism and IT are some of the key areas which will be explored at the conclave. MoUs will be signed too.

Reiterating that the real estate sector has witnessed a boom since the Mamata Banerjee government assumed office in 2011, state Finance and Industry Minister Dr Amit Mitra said on November 28 that out of 1,75,000 residential units, 60 to 70 percent share has been in the area of low-cost affordable housing. The total investment estimate is to the tune of Rs 40,000 crore since 2011.

“Affordable housing in real estate sector has always been a challenge. But since 2011, after our government assumed office, we have launched 1,06,000 units and 60 to 70 percent of it has been low-cost housing. The total employment that has been generated is over 40 lakh,” Dr Mitra said at an event, where CREDAI Bengal, in association with its knowledge partner CBRE, released a joint report titled ‘West Bengal: A beacon of growth in the East’ at Statecon 2019 in Kolkata.

He maintained that the real estate sector has been the second largest employment generator in the country. The total residential units launched till date since December 31, 2018 is 1,06,000 in number, while that for commercial units is 2,510.

Bangla government is mulling to set up a call centre having a toll free number to cater to the complaints of crime against women in the districts. Once a call is received, the executives at the call centre will alert the concerned police station in the districts for prompt action.

Kolkata police and the police administration in its surrounding areas have already beefed up security arrangements for the safety of the women. In Kolkata, the city police has already installed CCTV cameras and planning to set up many more of them besides operating mobile toilets for the fair sex for their security.

Kolkata police is also considering a new dedicated cyber crime investigation laboratory for quick and better probe of online crimes against women, a senior officer of the force said. The force has also taken initiative to educate men to respect women.

There have been campaigns by the city police to make citizens aware of emergency numbers like 100, 1090 and 1091. Kolkata police has also launched projects like ‘Respect Women’ and self-defence drives, like ‘Tejashwini’ to sensitive people and make women self-reliant.

Bangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee at a recent meeting directed all police stations to register complaints of violence against women without any delay. The chief minister also instructed senior officers to penalise police personnel, who refuses to register complaint in such cases.

Poverty rate has decreased in Bangla during Mamata Banerjee’s tenure, a recent report by the Centre shows. It has decreased by 6 per cent in both rural and urban areas.

At a time when poverty is on the rise across the country, this data from Bangla is significant. The rate of decline of poverty rate in Bangla is the highest among large States.

In 2011-12, the poverty rate in Bangla was 19.98 per cent. The rural poverty rate was 22.52 per cent and urban poverty rate was 14.66 per cent. In 2017-18, the poverty rate in the State stands at 13.98 per cent.

Undoubtedly, the credit for achieving this feat goes to Bangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her policies.

Bangla Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has directed all police stations to register complaints of violence against women without delay. She also directed the senior officers to penalise police personnel who refuse to file a complaint in such cases.

The Chief Minister, during a closed-door meeting with senior police officers, advised them to “increase contact with lower-ranked personnel so that information reaches them faster”.

The district police superintendents attended the deliberations via video conference.

The CM has sought heightened vigilance on radical organisations attempting to create disturbances in the state. She has also asked the police officers to intensify efforts to combat fake news and half-truths.

Bangla Sangeet Mela 2019 begins today. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be felicitating eminent artistes at the inaugural ceremony to be held at Nazrul Mancha. She will also be inaugurating Biswa Bangla Lok Sanskriti Utsav.

While the Bangla Sangeet Mela will be held in as many as 10 venues in the city starting from December 4 to 12, the Biswa Bangla Lok Sanskriti Utsav will be held from December 5 to December 8.

Rabindra Sadan, Sisir Mancha, Rabindra Okakura Bhavan, Phanibhusan Bidya Binod Jatra Manch, Mohor Kunja, Hedua Park, Madhusudan Mukta Mancha, Ektara Mukta Mancha, Deshapriya Park and Rajya Sangeet Academy Mukta Manch will be the venues for the mega event.

Another venue at the area beside Charukala Parshad has been added this year for both ‘Bangla Sangeet Mela’ and ‘Biswa Bangla Lok Sanskriti Utsav’. There will be numerous musical performances under the title “Paray Paray Sangeeet Mela” at 32 different locations across Kolkata from December 5 to December 12. 

More than 5,000 singers and musicians are expected to participate at the gala musical fiesta.

The Bangla Government is going to set up 2000 co-operative hubs for the farmers of Bengal. They will be able to take agricultural equipment on loan from these hubs at a nominal cost. State Cooperative Minister made this announcement on the last day of State Co-operative Week at Udaynarayanpur.

The minister said that if farmers are able to loan agricultural equipment, instead of buying them, it will be more cost-effective for them. Co-operative hubs will do this job. He also mentioned that in the current fiscal year, various cooperative banks in the State disbursed more than Rs 8,000 crore as agricultural loans to farmers.

The minister added that cooperative department was working hard for women’s empowerment too. More than 2.20 lakh women are associated with self help groups, which are doing a good job. The co-operative department is to give more loans to these women. In the current fiscal year, loans worth Rs 1200 crore were given to various self-help groups.