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KMC to set up more night shelters

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To accommodate people who come to Kolkata for various purposes but are too poor to put up in hotels or hire a place to stay, many of whom come to earn a living, and some for purposes like medical treatment, etc., as well as vagabonds and pavement and slum dwellers, the State Government and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) run night shelters.

Now, KMC has decided to build more such shelters. So the civic body is holding talks with various government organisations like Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA), Kolkata Improvement Trust (KIT), Hooghly River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC), Port Trust and the Railways to request them to hand over some of the extra vacant land plots they have. It is already preparing a detailed project report (DPR) to set up a night shelter on Mahatma Gandhi Road in ward 122

At present, Kolkata has 40 night shelters, of which 35 have been set up by the State Government and five by the KMC. These five are located in Chetla, Bhowanipore, Galiff Street, Gauribari Lane and Raja Manindra Road, and can accommodate around 2,500 people on a daily basis.

শহরে নাইট শেল্টারের জন্য জমির সন্ধান পুরসভার

 

রুটি-রুজির টানে রাতের শহরে থেকে যেতে হয় অনেককেই। এমন বহু মানুষ ফুটপাতে বা রাস্তার একধারে রাত কাটাতে বাধ্য হন। কলকাতায় এরকম মানুষজনের থাকার জন্য হিসেব অনুযায়ী প্রায় ৪৫টি নাইট শেল্টার থাকার কথা।

এখন শহরে রাজ্য সরকার ও পুরসভার ৪০টি নাইট শেল্টার রয়েছে। শহরে নাইট শেল্টারের জন্য জমির সন্ধান চালাচ্ছে পুরসভা। জমি দেখা চূড়ান্ত হয়ে গেলেই শুরু হবে কাজ।

শীঘ্রই কমপক্ষে আরও দু’টি নাইট শেল্টার তৈরির কাজে পুরসভা হাত দেবে বলে জানা গিয়েছে। বর্তমানে শহরে কলকাতা পুরসভার তৈরি পাঁচটি এবং রাজ্য সরকারের তৈরি প্রায় ৩৫টি নাইট শেল্টার রয়েছে।

Source: Millennium Post

Water for all: Bengal shows the way

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Public Health Engineering Department has been working towards the commitment of providing clean drinking water to every block in West Bengal.

A ‘Vision 2020’ document has been formulated which involves step for the medium term and the long term with a budget of Rs 1295 crore and Rs 21,285 crore respectively.

Here are the few key highlights in efforts of providing clean drinking water for all:

  • 428 numbers of piped water projects has been sanctioned, which is estimated to benefit around 1.25 crore people ( 2011 census data).
  • More than 41 thousand hand pumps installed.
  • The coverage of piped water has increased from 37.95% to 44.11%.
  • For arsenic purification, 349 projects have been undertaken. Out of which 212 have already started. More than 28 lakh people will benefit from this.
  • A “International Centre for Water Quality” is proposed to come up at Joka, Kolkata. This will be the first in the kind in India.
  • 7 bottling plants have already started and 15 on the move purification machines have started.

 

Significant Projects:

  • Jangalmahal : Around 50 projects of piped water has been undertaken in the backward areas of Jangalmahal, out of which 39 has already been commissioned. It involves an expenditure of Rs 141 crores and will benefit more than 3 lakh people.
  • In Bankura under the BRGF (Backward Region Grant Fund) a project has been undertaken with a cost of 1011 crore which will benefit 30 lakh people. A project for Purulia is also undertaken with assistance from JICA worth Rs 1173 crore, which will benefit 15 lakh people.
  • Major projects are underway in Kulpi, Panskura, Habra, Gaighata, Bally and others.

 

Achievements in Kolkata:

  • 95% of the area in Kolkata, under KMC is now supplied with clean drinking water.
  • The project of laying of 64’’ diameter Transmission Main from Palta to Tallah, with a cost of Rs 326 crores, has been completed and it has benefited around 20 lakh citizens of Kolkata.
  • Construction of 15 MGD Water treatment plant at Garden Reach and Chetla Booster Pumping Station has finished. These projects will benefit around 2.5 lakh residents of Behala, Chetla and parts of South Kolkata.
  • Construction of Intake Jetty and Pump House at ‘Mayer Ghat’ along with 30 MGD capacity “Jai Hind” project at Dhapa and its distribution network has been completed with a cost of around Rs 400 crore. This will benefit around 7 lakh residents of Kolkata.