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Fish farming in south Bengal gets a boost

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The West Bengal Fisheries Department is going to farm boroli fish in ponds of South Bengal. The small-sized boroli, because of its taste, is regarded as the ‘king of fish’ in North Bengal, and is sold at Rs 400 a kg. Fish lovers of South Bengal often lament its unavailability there.

According to the Minister for Fisheries, Chandranath Singha, “After a person successfully cultivated boroli fish in his pond in Cooch Behar, we are planning to cultivate it in South Bengal too and plans in this regard are being chalked out.”

In North Bengal, boroli is a very popular fish and is found in most of the rivers. Tourists from the plains search for it when they visit North Bengal and it is a compulsion of every eatery owner in North Bengal to include the fish in their menus; some even display it at their eateries. The fish is found in the districts of Jalpaiguri (Siliguri is a big market), Cooch Behar and Alipurduar.

 

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বাংলায় ম९স্য চাষের নতুন দিগন্ত

দক্ষিণবঙ্গেও এবার বোরলি মাছ চাষ শুরু করবে পশ্চিমবঙ্গ ম९স্য দপ্তর। ছোট আকারের বোরলি মাছ তার অসাধারন স্বাদের জন্য উত্তরবঙ্গের মাছেদের রাজা নামে পরিচিত। এর মূল্য ৪০০ টাকা প্রতি কেজি। দক্ষিণবঙ্গের মাছ প্রেমিকরা প্রায়ই এর অভাব বোধ করেন।

ম९স্যমন্ত্রী চন্দ্রনাথ সিনহার বক্তব্য, “কুচবিহারের একজন ম९স্যচাষী বোরলি মাছ চাষ করে সাফল্য অর্জনের পরই আমরা দক্ষিণবঙ্গে এই মাছ চাষের পরিকল্পনার করেছি এবং পরিকল্পনামাফিক কাজ শুরু করেছি”।

উত্তরবঙ্গে বোরলি মাছ খুব জনপ্রিয়। সমতল থেকে যখন পর্যটকরা উত্তরবঙ্গ পরিদর্শনে আসেন তখন এই মাছের খোঁজ করেন।

মাছটি এতই জনপ্রিয় যে উত্তরবঙ্গের প্রতিটি খাবারের দোকানের মেনুতে এই মাছের একটি করে পদ নিশ্চিতরূপে থাকে। জলপাইগুড়ি, কুচবিহার এবং আলিপুরদুয়ারে এই মাছ পাওয়া যায়।

WB Govt announces loan for workers of closed tea gardens

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The state government on Tuesday announced soft loan to be provided to the planters of closed and sick tea gardens of North Bengal from the Rs 100 crore special corpus fund for tea industry.

The decision came after state labour minister Malay Ghatak held few rounds of meetings with the tea planters, trade union leaders and the officials of Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts here at Uttar Kanya.

State food minister Jyotipriya Mullick also attended the meeting. Later, speaking to reporters, Mr Ghatak said, “The loan at low interest rate would be provided to the owners of sick and closed tea gardens to be used for the welfare of workers.”

The minister said the condition to get the loan is that the planters should use the loan only to carry out workers’ welfare activities.

He also informed that the state government is working to extend the National Food Security Act to the tea gardens by January 1, 2016. Under the act, the beneficiaries would get subsidized ration. The act was implemented in the state from September.

Industrial clusters in north Bengal to generate 55000 jobs

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State finance minister Dr Amit Mitra on Monday announced that the state government in principle has agreed to facilitate setting up of three industrial clusters in Jalpaiguri district.

The clusters of small and medium industries would generate 55,000 jobs and would see private investment of Rs 1,490 crore.

Present as chief guest during North Bengal business summit organised by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with the Government of West Bengal and West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation, Dr Mitra said the new industrial policy of the state government has brought tremendous change in the industrial picture of North Bengal.

He announced that three industrial clusters having 322 industrial units would come up in Jalpaiguri district.

The first proposed industrial cluster near Fulbari will be spread over an area of 32.7 acres with an investment of Rs 175 crore. The 38 units there would generate 5,500 jobs.

The second, known as Shilpangan, and spread over 107 acres, will see an investment of Rs 630 crore. The 139 industrial units there will generate 23,000 jobs.

The third, Shilpabrata, spread over 105.80 acres will have an investment of Rs 685 crore and the145 units will generate 26,000 jobs, said Dr Mitra.

Dr Mitra also announced that infrastructure developments at Gajoldoba project spread over 210 acres are complete and investors are bidding for land to set up their projects.

Situated near the Teesta Barrage, Gajoldoba, rechristened as Bhorer Aalo, has been the dream tourism project of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

WB Govt plans to set up Anganwadi centres in tea gardens

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The state government has urgently sought funds from National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) in ‘stressed’ tea gardens of North Bengal.

The government wants to set up around 180 anganwadi centres in Alipurduar and Jalpaiguri. Anganwadis are government sponsored child care and mother-care centres.

The programme aims to benefit children in the age group of 0-6 years. These centres are run under Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program to combat child-hunger and malnutrition.

The state government has sought Rs.19 crore from NABARD. The money has been sought through Rural Infrastructure Development Fund (RIDF), which is a wing of NABARD and provides direct loans to state governments.

A high-level meeting was held at Nabanna in presence of chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday and a task force was formed for maintaining co-ordination with several governments’ departments, including health, food, power, Public Health Engineering (PHE), ICDS, labour and others to prevent malnutrition.

WB Govt allocates Rs 100 Cr for the welfare of tea garden workers

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A group of ministers (GoM) formed by chief minister Mamata Banerjee has decided to extend a series of benefits in the areas of food, health, power and education for the employees of not only closed or abandoned tea gardens but also of the stressed ones.

The GoM has decided to allocate a Rs 100 crore Tea Garden Employees’ Welfare Fund (formed in early 2015) as corpus for the benefit of the ailing tea garden workers.

The GoM headed by finance and industries minister Dr Amit Mitra had an hourlong meeting with the officials of education, food, health, PHE and power departments on Friday to discuss the strategy and modalities.

The other members of GoM also include power minister Manish Gupta, rural development minister Subrata Mukherjee, education minister Partha Chatterjee, north Bengal development minister Gautam Deb, labour minister Moloy Ghatak and agriculture minister Purnendu Bose.

It was decided that a task force will be formed under the district magistrates of Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar to oversee the implementation of the relief measures on a day-to-day basis. The state government has set a deadline of seven days to supply power directly to the workers houses in all the 234 Dooars gardens.

Besides free power, the state is organising a free kitchen in over 30 stressed gardens in Dooars.

WB CM in north Bengal – Bouquet of projects for Jalpaiguri district

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee, on her 4-day visit to north Bengal, addresses a public rally today at Malbazar (Jalpaiguri district). She launched the ‘Sabuj Sathi’ scheme in the district. Under this scheme 40 lakh students in the State will receive bicycles.

Today, the Chief Minister inaugurated a slew of projects for Jalpaiguri district including Farmers’ mart at Belakoba, Mal and Maynaguri, Tourist lodge at West Damdim, Neora and Mangalbari, Plastic cluster at Dabgram,new sub-station at Gajaldoba, Pather Sathi and helipad at Chalsa, tourist assistance centres, girls’ hostel, public health check up centre, workshop of NBSTC at Matigara.

She also laid the foundation stone for the development of Rabindra Bhavan at Jalpaiguri, new sub-station at Jalpaiguri Sadar, Karma Tirtha and Eco Park at Matiyali block, food godown at Belakoba, piped drinking water projects  for Maynaguri, Dhupguri and Matiyali blocks, Hindi high school at Matiyali block, Karma Tirtha at Ambari-Flakata, Adivasi Bhavan at Matiyali block, boys’ hostel at Matiyali block.

That apart, she also distributed benefits under various schemes like Kanyashree, Nijo Bhumi Nijo Griha, agricultural pattas, grants to farmers for purchasing equipment, training and tools to artisans among others.

WB CM Mamata Banerjee on 4-day visit to north Bengal

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee’s visit to North Bengal is scheduled with a slew of programmes in the next three days. The West Bengal Chief Minister, who is stationed at Jayanti will be visiting different locations from the place.

The Chief Minister is scheduled to would be attending a meeting at Jaigaon, on Indo-Bhutan border on November 3. The West Bengal Chief Minister said it will be attended by a big delegation from Bhutan including their ministers. Besides there will be a slew of meetings at Coochbehar, Dooars, Terai, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Mal where public projects will be discussed, she said.

Stressing that she believed in regularly monitoring projects in north Bengal, the Chief Minister said, “I do hold meetings in every three-four months in different places of North Bengal. My programmes will start from today itself after we reach Bagdogra airport near Siliguri.”

WB CM launches ‘Sabuj Sathi’ scheme for Coochbehar

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today launched ‘Sabuj Sathi’ scheme for the Cooch Behar district. The Chief Minister also addressed a public meeting at Mathabhanga at 1:15 PM.

The Chief Minister today inaugurated a bouquet of projects for the district including a new electrical substation, a district jute park, drinking water supply projects, road projects, new government buildings and AC bus service.

The Chief Minister laid foundation stones for a number of projects including upgradation of hospitals, irrigation projects among many others.

Besides the distribution of the cycles for the ‘Sabuj Sathi’ scheme, the Chief Minister today distributed benefits like Shikshyashree, different credit cards, cheques for loans, equipment for fishermen and a host of other schemes.

The Chief Minister met the officials of the districts and reviewed the progress of developmental works in the three districts of Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri and Cooch Behar during her visit.

50-bed AYUSH hospital to be set up in Jalpaiguri

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The West Bengal Government has decided to set up a 50-bed AYUSH hospital in Jalpaiguri district.

State AYUSH Minister Asish Banerjee revealed this on Thursday after a meeting with representatives of the Ayurvedic Drug Manufacturers’ Association of India at Swasthya Bhaban, the health department’s headquarters.

The Minister has urged representatives of the association to recruit ayurvedic passouts in their organisations through campus interviews in the three ayurvedic medical colleges in the state.

The Minister has also asked to maintain standards and quality of ayurvedic products.

AITC Women’s Cell to hold workshops across the State

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AITC Chairperson Ms Mamata Banerjee has asked Trinamool Congress Women Cell State President and Chandrima Bhattacharjee to hold workshops of elected Trinamool women representatives in different civic bodies, gram panchayats, panchayat samities, zilla parishads.

She said respective MPs and MLAs would also be present in such workshops. The AITC Women Cell State President said that Trinamool Congress will hold these workshops in all 20 districts along with 18 notional districts. She said it is expected the workshops would be completed by 15 September.

She said that the main objective of these workshops is to create awareness among these women representatives, especially newly elected, about the different state government projects on women and children. She said she would ask the elected people’s representatives to meet the public with humanitarian approach.

The AITC Women Cell State President said: “I will also discuss at length about the women’s property right, right to residence, right to inheritance. They are people’s representatives and they should be aware of the women rights. Only then can they solve such problems in their respective area.”

“We will also make them aware of different government projects related to women and children like Kanyashree, Shikshashree, health care of mother and child, especially pregnant women (Janani Suraksha),” the minister said. Workshops would be held in Singur,Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar and Alipurduar in August and Darjeeling plains in August. She would probably hold workshops in Malda, North and South Dinjapur in mid week of August.

“We will explain the function of Sick Neonatal Care Unit (SNCU), Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (Nicu) and how our government has increased the number of SNCUs and Nicu not only in tertiary hospitals but also at district and sub division levels,” the AITC Women Cell State President said.