Successful ‘Sukanyas’ to be felicitated today

After the successful completion of the first two batches of the project, Sukanya that was taken up to provide self-defence training to schoolgirls, the Bidhannagar, Barrackpore and Howrah Police

Commissionerates have now taken steps to start the third batch.
Participants of all the three commissionerates will be felicitated at a programme to be held at Howrah Sarat Sadan on March 28. They will be given certificates.

It may be mentioned that the Sukanya project for all these three commissionerates was launched in July 2017. The project was introduced in the three commissionerates after it became immensely successful in Kolkata.

It is one of the dream projects of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the initiative has provided an international platform to the girls who underwent self-defence training. Six girls had participated in the Kickboxing World Cup in 2016 held in Russia and won five gold medals, two silvers and two bronzes.

In the first phase, girl students of 26 schools in the jurisdiction of the three police commissionerates underwent training and they will be performing at the March 28.

 

 

কৃতী সুকন্যাদের সংবর্ধিত করা হবে আজ

 

মেয়েদের আত্মরক্ষার প্রশিক্ষণ দিতে শহরের কিছু স্কুলগুলিকে নিয়ে কলকাতা পুলিশ চালু করেছিল ‘সুকন্যা’ প্রকল্প। সেই প্রকল্পের সাফল্যের পর ২০১৭ সালে বিধাননগর, ব্যারাকপুর এবং হাওড়া পুলিশ কমিশনারেটের অন্তর্গত ২৬টি স্কুলে শুরু করা হয় এই প্রকল্প।

এই প্রকল্পের প্রথম দুই ব্যাচের প্রশিক্ষণ শেষ হয়েছে। তৃতীয় ব্যাচের প্রশিক্ষণ শুরু হবে শীঘ্রই। আজ হাওড়ার শরৎ সদনে এই কৃতী সুকন্যাদের সংবর্ধিত করা হবে।
প্রসঙ্গত, ২০১৬ সালে ৬ জন সুকন্যা রাশিয়ায় অনুষ্ঠিত কিক-বক্সিং বিশ্বকাপে অংশগ্রহণ করে। এই প্রতিযোগিতায় তারা পাঁচটি সোনার পদক, দুটি রুপোর পদক, দুটি ব্রোঞ্জ পদক জিতেছিল।

Source: Millennium Post

Bengal Transport Dept to launch electric buses, gear up road safety measures

The state Transport department would ply CNG buses all across the state besides introducing electric buses in Rajarhat, Bidhannagar and New Town.

The state Transport department minister, in the Assembly on Wednesday, said that CNG buses will ply all across the state. One bus will cost around Rs 1 crore, but its maintenance cost will be much less compared to those of the diesel-run buses. Moreover, the fuel cost will be much cheaper as gas costs lesser than diesel.

At present, some CNG buses ply in Asansol and Durgapur. Moreover, 10 electric buses would be plying in Rajarhat, Bidhannagar and New Town. The Minister further said that steps have also been taken to ensure ambulance facilities in Sundarbans. This comes at the time when the Transport Corporations have been revived after incurring loss for the past many years.

The Bengal Government has allotted Rs 50 crore to the state Transport department for further implementation of “Safe Drive Save Life” campaign across the state.

The Kolkata Police, each of the police Commissionerates and police department of each district have been allotted funds to  implement “Safe Drive Save Life” campaign and to take other necessary steps to curb the rate of accidents in their respective areas.

Steps have been taken to install surveillance at strategic locations and at the same time, District Magistrates and Superintendents of police of all the districts were asked to file a report by identifying the accident prone zones. Necessary measures will be taken based on their reports.

Steps were also taken to install surveillance cameras, even at the places where checking of vehicles are carried out to give certificate of fitness.

 

 

ইলেকট্রিক বাস চালু করবে রাজ্য সরকার, জানালেন পরিবহণ মন্ত্রী

রাজ্য জুড়ে সিএনজি (কমপ্রেসড ন্যাচারাল গ্যাস) বাস চালাবে রাজ্য সরকার। পাশাপাশি রাজারহাট, বিধাননগর, নিউটাউনেও চলবে ইলেকট্রিক বাস।

বুধবার রাজ্য বিধানসভায় পরিবহনমন্ত্রী জানান এবার থেকে রাজ্য জুড়ে সিএনজি পরিচালিত বাস চলবে। এক একটি বাসের জন্য খরচ হবে ১ কোটি টাকা। তবে ডিজেল চালিত বাসের তুলনায় এই ধরনের বাসগুলির রক্ষণাবেক্ষণ খরচ অনেক কম। এছাড়া জ্বালানী খরচও অনেক কমে যাবে।

সম্প্রতি আসানসোল-দুর্গাপুরে প্রথম এই ধরনের দূষণমুক্ত বাস চলছে। এছাড়া, সল্টলেক-নিউটাউন এলাকায় ১০টি সিএনজি বাস চালানো হবে। আগামিদিনে সুন্দরবন এলাকায় ওয়াটার অ্যাম্বুলেন্স চালুর ভাবনাও রয়েছে।

সমগ্র রাজ্য জুড়ে সেফ ড্রাইভ সেভ লাইফ প্রচারের জন্য ৫০ কোটি টাকা বরাদ্দ করেছে রাজ্য পরিবহন দপ্তর।

‘সেফ ড্রাইভ সেভ লাইফ’ ইতিমধ্যেই কার্যকরী ভুমিকা নিয়েছে। প্রতিটি জেলায় এই প্রকল্পের জন্য তহবিল গড়া হয়েছে। কলকাতা পুলিশ, পুলিশ কমিশনারেট এবং পুলিশ ডিপার্টমেন্ট এই খাতে প্রচারের জন্য অর্থ বরাদ্দ করেছে। এছাড়া সিসিটিভি বসিয়ে নজরদারি বাড়ানো হয়েছে।

 

 

Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation to launch app for better governance

Aamar Sahar, a pilot project of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) on information and communication technology to leverage the governance is set to be completed by the end of this year.

The most attractive thing of the project is an App, which will provide various civic services. The total project will be completed within 3 months of time. People can pay taxes, apply for licenses by the app from anywhere of the world.

 

Bidhannagar City Police has already developed a mobile application which residents can use for various purposes.

 

জনপরিষেবার জন্য বিধাননগর পুরসভার নতুন মোবাইল অ্যাপ

বিধাননগর মিউনিসিপালিটি কর্পোরেশন একটি পাইলট প্রজেক্ট হল ‘আমার শহর’। এই বছরের শেষের দিকেই এই প্রকল্পের কাজ সম্পূর্ণ হবে।

এই প্রকল্পের সবচেয়ে আকর্ষণীয় জিনিস একটি অ্যাপ, যা বিভিন্ন নাগরিক সেবা প্রদান করবে। সমগ্র প্রকল্পের কাজ ৩ মাসের মধ্যে সম্পন্ন করা হবে। এই অ্যাপটির মাধ্যমে ট্যাক্স দিতে পারবে, পৃথিবীর যে কোন জায়গায় লাইসেন্সের জন্য আবেদন করতে পারবে।

বিধাননগর সিটি পুলিশ ইতিমধ্যেই একটি মোবাইল অ্যাপ্লিকেশন চালু করেছে। এই অ্যাপটি এলাকাবাসীরা বিভিন্ন ক্ষেত্রে ব্যবহার করতে পারবেন।

Mamata Banerjee designs logo of Bidhannagar civic body

The new Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation (BMC) will now have a logo of its own, designed and approved by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Mamata has earlier designed logos for various government schemes and concepts like `Biswa Bangla’ and `Kanyashree’, which are now widely used.

BMC mayor Sabyasachi Dutta said the corporation needed a logo of its own for identification. “The civic body did not have a logo till now. The name of the civic body is now officially Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation,“ added Dutta. According to BMC, the logo, which is blue in colour with a tinge of yellow, was finalized on Monday . The corporation authorities have already carved the mayor’s letterhead with the new logo at the top. The name `Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation’ will be written in blue colour.

The letterheads of the corporation top brass, including the commissioner, chairperson, deputy mayor and the seven mayor-in-council members, will also use the new logo. The Chief Minister’s designs have also been used in manufacturing sarees under handloom brand Tantuja.

‘Smart Anandababu’ – Icon of smart city project

The smart city initiatives of New Town and Salt Lake have already grabbed the attention of mayors from some countries. The New Town Kolkata Development Authority (NKDA) is now planning to follow the ‘Buladi’ route to reach out to residents of New Town to have a direct interface with the citizens in a smart way.

Similar to the state’s counter-AIDS icon, the authorities are planning ‘Smart Anandababu’ who will always be there to listen, give details and refer it to the relevant section through a web-based software at the back-end and give feedback to the concerned residents.

Officials said that resolving citizen’s grievances is one of the main focus areas of the smart city strategy. While many are talking of online web portals, complaint monitoring software and GISbased photo shoots through smartphone applications, officials said that the interaction needs to have a human face, a person people can relate to and hence the ‘ Anandababu’ ídea has been conceptualised.

To make the system more effective, the person on the other side of telephone will be backed up with a control room that will provide time bound results on the actions being taken by giving sms based feedback to the complainant on his or her mobile phone.

The authorities are also holding ‘Smart Fridays’ where interactions are taking place with citizens of the township to discuss on the smart city initiatives.

‘Smart’ kiosks in Bidhannagar for citizens

In a ‘smart’ move, the Bidhannagar municipal corporation on Saturday opened a kiosk at the Mayor’s ward office in Salt Lake where residents will be able to contact him as well as the municipal commissioner through video-conferencing, submit building plans for sanction and pay their property taxes.

The civic authorities plan to introduce a smart card for all households of the township with in the next three months, using which residents will be able to know everything about municipal service and property taxes and pay the taxes through a common portal set up at the kiosk.

The next such smart kiosk will be opened at the City Centre mall and subsequently , at all the ward offices in Salt Lake.

As part of the initiative, the officials recently put up a 10 km canvas across the township, inviting residents to write or draw their suggestions to develop Salt Lake into a Smart City; it has been holding seminars for citizens and distributing feedback forms to homes, asking for their suggestions.

 

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CII inks pact with WB Govt to develop smart cities

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Friday sealed an agreement with the West Bengal government to build four smart cities in the state.

Dr Saugat Mukherjee, regional director, CII Eastern Region, and Sutanu Prasad Kar, mission director, Smart Cities Mission of West Bengal, signed the MoU during a Roundtable on CII National Mission on Smart Cities.

As per the agreement, CII will work with the state’s urban development department and other stakeholders in developing the vision, setting goals and charting strategies on how to transform Bidhan Nagar, New Town-Rajarhat, Haldia and Durgapur, the four urban locations in West Bengal, into world-class smart cities.

CII will also collaborate with the state government in terms of mobilising industry expertise and resources, the release said.

Top municipal and state government officials and senior executives from various companies took part.

Mamata Banerjee meets newly elected councillors, announces names of Mayor

Trinamool Chairperson Mamata Banerjee today met all the new councillors at Khudiram Anushilan Kendra.

The winning councillors were directed by party All India General Secretary Subrata Bakshi to attend the programme.

Trinamool has emerged victorious in the controversy-ridden October 3 polls with a significantly increased vote-share.

The party won all 16 seats in Bally with a vote share of 76%. At Bidhannagar, Trinamool won 37 out of 41 seats securing a vote share of 62%. In Asansol, the party won 46% votes, winning 74 out of 106 wards.

Mamata Banerjee announced that Sabyasachi Datta would be the Mayor of Bidhannagar while Jitendra Tewary would be the Mayor of Asansol.

TMC sweeps civic polls, victory of development over disruptive politics says party

The Trinamool Congress made a clean sweep of the three civic bodies, including the high profile Bidhannagar-Rajarhat municipal corporation, the Asansol municipal corporation and the Bally-Howrah municipal corporation – the results for which were declared today.

The victories reiterate the Trinamool Congress’ continuing hold over urban electorate. The scale and margin of the victories were some indication that the opposition political space has shrunk to a great extent and the Trinamool Congress’s supremacy was still unchallenged – four and half years after it had come to power in 2011. The state goes for the assembly elections middle of 2016.

Final Tally:

Bidhannagar – TMC wins in 37 out of 41 wards

Asansol – TMC wins in 75 out of 106 wards

Bally – TMC wins in all 16 wards

 

Vote Share:

Bidhannagar – 62%

Asansol – 46%

Bally – 75%

 

Reaction of Partha Chatterjee on today’s verdict:

  • The civil society and people at large have reposed their faith on Trinamool in the Corporation Election
  • We are thankful to the people for placing their trust on TMC. Our responsibilities have increased now
  • People have democratically rejected the politics of disruption, violence and bandhs. They have voted for development
  • People have witnessed widespread development in the last four years. Support for Mamata Banerjee is surging

 

Reaction of Subrata Mukherjee on today’s verdict:

  • People have not forgotten anarchy, violence & misrule of 34 years. They have given a reply in today’s polls
  • Today’s victory is a historic one. This shows people across all sections of society support Mamata Banerjee
  • There cannot be politics without people. Opposition leaders can only be seen in TV studios

Trinamool stages dharna in front af EC, protests against postponing of counting

The Trinamool Congress staged a ‘dharna’ in front of the State Election Commission office in Kolkata protesting against the Commission’s sudden decision to postpone counting of votes for the Bidhannagar, Asansol and Bali Municipal elections held on Saturday.

Trinamool Kolkata district head and Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee led the dharna. Trinamool protests against the decision of postponing counting of votes at Bidhannagar, Bali and Asansol, Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterje said.

All the Trinamool councillors were present in the dharna with large participation of women councillors of the party.

Trinamool All India General Secretary Subrata Bakshi and Secretary General Partha Chatterjee were present during the dharna. Senior leaders, State Minister Subrata Mukherjee, Irinamool Trade Union president Dola Sen joined the dharna too.

Trinamool Congress will organise a protest rally tomorrow from College Street to the Rani Rashmoni Road tomorrow.