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Bengal government to develop green spaces in urban areas

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The state Municipal Affairs department has taken up several steps for creation and development of green space in urban areas at an estimated cost of around Rs 60 crore. The schemes have been taken up as a part of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s announced programme ‘Green City Clean City.’

The state government has allotted Rs 32 crore to develop 106 parks under green space development project in urban areas. The work will be carried out by the municipal bodies with technical support from Municipal Engineering Directorate.

In 2015, the department took up development of 177 parks in 54 urban towns at an estimated cost of Rs 28 crore. The work is in the final stages and last minute touches are being given. Once these 283 parks are completed and are thrown opened to the public it will cover 470 acre of new green space in urban areas.

Municipal Affairs department has developed 566 parks since 2011.

 

রাজ্যের শহরাঞ্চলে আরও পার্ক বানাবে সরকার

রাজ্যের শহরাঞ্চলে আরও পার্ক বানানোর উদ্যোগ নিয়েছে পুর-বিষয়ক দপ্তর। এর জন্য বরাদ্দ হয়েছে ৬০ কোটি টাকা। মুখ্যমন্ত্রীর মস্তিষ্কপ্রসূত ‘গ্রীন সিটি ক্লিন সিটি’ প্রকল্পকে বাস্তবায়িত করতেই এই উদ্যোগ।

শহরাঞ্চলে ১০৬টি পার্ক বানাতে ৩২ কোটি টাকা বরাদ্দ হয়েছে। Municipal Engineering Directorate সহায়তায় পুর-বিষয়ক দপ্তর এই কাজটি করবে।

২০১৫ সালে ২৮ কোটি টাকা ব্যয়ে ৫৪টি শহরে ১৭৭টি পার্ক বানানো হয়েছিল। সেগুলির কাজ এখন শেষ পর্যায়ে। এর মধ্যে ২৮৩টি পার্কের কাজ শেষ যার ফলে রাজ্যে সবুজায়ন হয়েছে ৪৭০ একর জমির।

২০১১ সাল থেকে রাজ্যে ৫৬৬টি পার্ক তৈরী ও রক্ষনাবেক্ষন করছে পুর-বিষয়ক দপ্তর।

KMC takes a step towards cleaner city

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In a bid to make Kolkata cleaner, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has decided to dispose of garbage from the entire city through the modern compactor method.

The State has now sanctioned a special fund for the modernization of the solid waste management scheme. In fact, buoyed by the success of the first phase of the project, even Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has herself taken keen interest in funding the plan as Kolkata is now being perceived as a cleaner city . With assurance from the State, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation now plans to set up 19 more compactor stations and buy movable compactor machines for areas where the civic body has failed to get land for the stations.

The places where the compactor stations will be set up include Park Circus, NRS Medical College, Esplanade bus terminus, Kalighat temple, Bowbazar, Surjya Sen Street and Naktala. Stations at New Alipore, Golf Club Road and Bondel Road are already built but awaiting inauguration.

Debabrata Majumdar, member, mayor-in-council overseeing the KMC solid waste management department, said the compactor stations and movable compactors reduced the dependence on trucks carrying waste to the Dhapa dumping ground. “Once the project is fully implemented, we hope to get rid of all big vats, which dirty the roads with garbage spilling out, and the rickety trucks that carry waste to Dhapa,” the MMiC said.

In the first phase, the KMC solid waste management department built 43 compactor stations, the first one being set up near the Kalighat tram depot, followed by another one on Southern Avenue.

Inspired by the success of the two stations, the KMC built 42 more such stations. But the civic body had to put on hold the garbage disposal modernization programme for want of funds. The KMC was apparently shocked to find there was no provision for modernization of garbage disposal as the Centre refused to finance it under JNNURM. Before the civic polls last year, the KMC had approached the state to set up compactor stations and the money has finally been sanctioned.

Bengal observes ‘Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan’ on Independence Day

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All the elected representatives of the party, welfare groups and clubs in various parts of the State took up a cleanliness drive on August 15, 2015 as per the instructions of West Bengal Chief Minister. This Independence Day became special as Bengal observed Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan.

On Monday, before leaving for a 4-day visit to Delhi, the West Bengal Chief Minister had said that the cleanliness drive will be taken up between 11 AM and 12 Noon on August 15 in every corners of the State.

“West Bengal had embarked on the ‘Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan’ three years ago and we were the first ones in the country having undertaken such a campaign,” Ms Banerjee had said.

Incidentally, on a list of 476 cities ranked for cleanliness under the Swachch Bharat mission, West Bengal has done well with 25 in the top 100. Halisahar is among India’s top 10 cleanest cities.

Cleanliness drive across Bengal on Independence Day: WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Chairperson Ms Mamata Banerjee has instructed all the elected representatives of the party and welfare groups and clubs to take up a cleanliness drive on August 15, 2015. The District Magistrates in every districts of the State has been instructed to oversee the process being carried out successfully.

On Monday, before leaving for a 4-day visit to Delhi, the West Bengal Chief Minister said that the cleanliness drive will be taken up between 11 AM and 12 Noon in every corners of the State.

“West Bengal had embarked on the ‘Nirmal Bangla Abhiyan’ three years ago and we were the first ones in the country having undertaken such a campaign,” Ms Banerjee said when asked to comment on the PM’s ambitious countrywide cleanliness project, which has attracted global attention.

On a list of 476 cities ranked for cleanliness under the Swachch Bharat mission, West Bengal has done well with 25 in the top 100. Halisahar is among India’s top 10 cleanest cities.

KMC Clean City project to turn Kolkata vat-free

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Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s solid waste management department is on its way to realize the dream of a vat-free city that they had started nurturing after the introduction of mechanized compactors last year. Aptly christened Clean City programme, this is a boon for the citizens who had for years lived through stench from more than 200 open vats around the city. The open vats are being discontinued.

Once the garbage disposal modernization project is fully implemented, there will be as many as 78 modern garbage transfer stations – located at vantage points of the city – fitted with modern vehicles and equipment. These stations will replace large garbage vats that litter the road.

Currently, there are such station at Kalighat, Southern Avenue, Ballygunge Circular Road, Tallah, Chetla, Northern Park, Samsul Huda Road, Mirza Ghalib Street and other junctures. KMC is striving hard to replace all major vats since there are no less than 150 such vats in Kolkata. This apart, the KMC plans to buy movable compactors to collect garbage from roadside vats.

Kolkata Mayor Sovan Chatterjee said that Kolkata Municipal Corporation has taken up a project to turn Kolkata into a “Vat free” city within March 2015.

Around 163 moveable compactors will be set up in all the fifteen boroughs replacing the vats at an estimated cost of Rs 152 crore. The project is expected to be completed by March 2015. Some of the wards under KMC have already got compactor machines. Around 15 such machines have already begun functioning. This is part of a beautification drive for the city, the Mayor said.

KMC has been also planning to extend the time of duty from 5 to 9 p.m. for workers who are deployed to clean the city.