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Mamata Banerjee inaugurates ‘Utsav’ auditorium in Cooch Behar

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today reached Cooch Behar for her district tours. She inaugurated the ‘Utsav’ auditorium in Cooch Behar. She also chaired the administrative review meeting for the district in the same auditorium. She took stock of the progress of the ongoing projects during the administrative review meeting.

On Tuesday, the Chief Minister will be addressing a public meeting during which she will be distributing different benefits among the residents of Cooch Behar. She will also be inaugurating some projects and also lay foundation stones of many more projects to ensure further development of the district. The benefits distribution programme has been organised at Rashmela Ground in Cooch Behar.

After her programme in Cooch Behar, she is scheduled to visit Dooars where she will chair the administrative review meetings for Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts.

Kolkata Police’s ‘Bandhu’ app to help Durga Puja pandal hoppers

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Like every year, Kolkata Police has unveiled the guidemap for Durga Puja 2018. Live information about 1,800 puja pandals will also be available from the ‘Bandhu’ app. Apart from ‘Bandhu’, people can also track waiting time and queues from the ‘Utsav’ app.

Kolkata Police has planned to come up with live streaming of some major puja pandals throughout the city, during this year’s Durga Puja. The number of ‘Bandhu’ app users has crossed 2.5 lakh. This year, people can monitor live information about almost 1,800 puja pandals throughout the city.

Apart from ‘Bandhu’, another app called ‘Utsav’ was also introduced a few years ago for Durga Puja. Kolkata Police has also informed that the ‘Utsav’ app has now been upgraded with some new features. Through this app, people can easily track the locations of the pandals and can find the ways to reach them.

Also, a new section has been added in the app for the puja committees. From now on, puja committees will be able to upload details of their pandals such as theme, attraction details, images and many more on the app. This would help them to attract more pandal hoppers.

 

Pollution-control measures during Durga Puja immersion

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To prevent pollution of river water, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has decided to set up a boundary with nylon nets around certain zones along the Hooghly river where immersions of Durga idols would take place.

The nets would prevent the idols and decorations from floating away, which would then be picked up by cranes employed by the KMC.

This technique will be used at the immersion points of Baje Kadamtala Ghat, Judges Court Ghat and Nimtala Ghat. The first one is where most of the big Pujas conduct their immersions.

Source: Aajkaal

Tourism promotion in housing complexes during Durga Puja

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Bengalis are known for their penchant for food and travel. So, what better time to promote the tourist spots in Bengal, than the four days of Durga Pujo? With this thought in mind, the State Tourism Department has come up with an innovative idea.

To cater to tourists in Kolkata, the State Tourism Department has decided to go for direct promotion in housing complexes. Twenty-six of the big housing complexes have been selected for the purpose.

The promotion would be in the form of banners and hoardings. Some of the complexes, which play host to a large number of people, would also be visited by Tourism Department officials.

A similar plan is being made for the big puja pandals, where lakhs of people converge on each of the festival days.

Source: Bartaman

Homestay tourism boom in Dooars during festive season

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The homestay facilities in Dooars region are all booked to full for the festive season. This is a huge shot in the arm for the Bangla Government, led by Mamata Banerjee, who has been working tirelessly for the last seven years to project the state as an ideal tourist destination.

All the homestay cottages in Lataguri and Dhupjhora region in Jalpaiguri district, and the hamlets in Kalimpong district, have full booking for the festive period. The homestay owners and tour operators have expressed their happiness over this development.

Lataguri and Dhupjhora are extremely popular tourist destinations. Every year during Durga Puja, tourists throng these places. Additionally, several new homestay facilities have opened near Jaldhaka and Gorubathan. The natural beauty of these places is too alluring for tourists to ignore.

In the last two-three years, there has been a considerable rise in the number of homestay facilities in the State. The government has also come up with a new homestay tourism policy. This has led to a tourism boom for north Bengal.

Traditional fish items during Durga Puja at SFDC restaurants

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Like every year, this year too, the State Fisheries Development Corporation (SFDC) will be serving special dishes at its five restaurants in Kolkata during Durga Puja.

The five are located at Nalban Food Park, Nabanna, Eco Park, Bidhan Sishu Udyan in Ultadanga and in front of Nicco Park. The food will be served in bell metal (kansa) or terracotta plates.

This year, the highlight will be fish items associated with the famous traditional pujas of zamindars of Kolkata and temple pujas of other places in Bangla.

The organisation is finalising the menu in consultation with the descendents of Sovabazar Rajbari, Sabarna Roy Choudhury Rajbari and other famous rajbaris of Kolkata. With respect to the temple pujas, one will be able to relish the magur macher tok of Sarbamangala Temple in Bardhaman and shol pora of Kanakdurga Shrine at Chilkagarh in Jhargram, among others.

The bhogs served at some of the traditional pujas of Kolkata will also be an integral part of the menu.

People will be able to try out boroli, the famous delicious fish from the streams of north Bengal, now being cultivated by the SFDC in three large waterbodies in Kolkata and Memari, and groupers and Indian pompano, also being cultivated by it in the last few months.

There will be a discount of 7 per cent in the thali items and on ordering over the online delivery app, Smart Fish (during the Puja days).

The SFDC will also set up stalls at the premises of 23 famous Durga Pujas in Kolkata, including Singhi Park, Hazra Park, Kalighat Milan Sangha and Hindustan Park in south Kolkata, and Jagat Mukherjee Park, Sovabazar, Tala Sarbajanin and Nalin Sarkar Street in north Kolkata.

Source: Millennium Post

 

CD containing songs composed by Mamata Banerjee to be launched on Mahalaya

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A CD containing songs composed by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will be released on Mahalaya. These songs have been sung by Indranil Sen, Lopamudra Mitra and Rupankar Bagchi.

Mamata Banerjee has written eight songs and composed the music for them too. Excerpts of the lyrics from two of the songs are: ‘Roudra chayae sakalbelae dustu misti hanshi, roder khelae barbar phire ashi,” and ‘Pal tol, pal tolre majhi’.

Despite her busy schedule, she composes songs while on tour and later adds tunes to them. It may be recalled that last August, Matri Maa, a CD containing nine songs written and composed Mamata Banerjee, was released during a function at Nazrul Mancha. It became a gold disc.

Mamata Banerjee is proficient with the electric organ, which she plays often in her spare time, after the days’ hectic work is done.

 

Source: Millennium Post

Bangla Govt changes rules to ensure better-qualified personnel for diagnostic labs

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In modern diagnostic laboratories, there is equal importance of doctors and technologists. Keeping this in mind, the State Government has brought about certain changes in the Clinical Establishment Rules (Registration, regulation and Transparency) 2017.

All big and medium-sized laboratories need to employ BSc and higher-qualified personnel, and not just diploma holders. Till now, it was enough to have just Diploma in Medical Laboratory Technology or DMLT-qualified technical personnel in diagnostic laboratories in the State.

According to people linked to this issue, including the creator and course coordinator of the Bio-Medical Laboratory Science and Management or BLSM course in the State, the new rules would help in two main ways – better laboratory reports and employment creation for highly-qualified people.

The new rules lay down that all mid-sized blood-testing laboratories need to have BSc (BLSM) graduates or DMLT postgraduates too, alongside the diploma holders that they now employ.

For the big diagnostic laboratories, conducting a wider variety of tests, the rules are stricter to ensure better quality control: they must employ postgraduates (that is, MSc) in BLSM, alongside BSc (BLSM) or PGDMLT-degree holders.

Source: Bartaman

Trauma care centre at SSKM Hospital

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The State Government is going to start a 10-storeyed trauma care centre (TCC) At SSKM Hospital. This would be the second such centre, after the one at RG Kar Medical College & Hospital.

It will cost Rs 20 crore to build and will start operating by the end of this year. The government has plans to build such TCCs at all the six teaching hospitals in Kolkata, where a large number of trauma patients are admitted every year.

The centre will have all arrangements for emergency operations for road and air accident cases of severe neuro-surgical and orthopaedic injuries.

There will be facilities for pre- and post-surgery treatment for severe head injury cases.

 

Source: The Statesman

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Bangla Govt to project Kolkata as MICE hotspot

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The State Tourism Department has plans to project Kolkata as a hotspot for MICE (meetings, incentives, conferences and events) tourism.

The department’s principal secretary made this comment at a conclave arranged by the India Convention Promotion Bureau (ICPB) at the state-of-the-art Biswa Bangla Convention Centre in New Town on August 30.

He also mentioned that Bangla in general has a big potential to grow MICE tourism and the State Government was making all efforts to make that a reality.

He also said that if the number of direct flights with some parts of world could be increased, then it would be a plus point for the tourism sector.

The State Government is looking into business tourism very seriously and is going all out to formulate strategies for making it a success.

Source: Millennium Post