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West Bengal to get five new districts

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West Bengal Cabinet led by Mamata Banerjee on Friday cleared the deck for setting up five new districts – Kalimpong, Basirhat, Sunderbans, Jhargram and Burdwan industrial, as it was announced by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

By bifurcating Midnapore (west), Jhargram will be formed. From South 24-Parganas, Sunderbans is to be curved out, similarly Basirhat will be formed from North 24-Parganas. Burdwan will be bifurcated into Burdwan Rural and Burdwan Industrial. Kalimpong will be carved out of Darjeeling district.

Mamata Banerjee, after becoming chief minister, had promised about setting up new districts for better administrative control and so that public service can be delivered at the door steps of the people staying at remote areas.

The five new districts will increase the number of districts of Bengal to 25. Earlier on June 25, Alipuduar became the 20th district of the state after it was curved out of Jalpaiguri.

 

Development of Jangalmahal will continue: WB CM at Jhargram

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee chaired an administrative meeting at the office of the police superintendent of Jhargram for Paschim Medinipur with the district officials.

The West Bengal Chief Minister informed that a new project will be started in the State for the BPL families. The State will soon implement the Socio-economic Cast Census to determine the financially backward people of the State as the existing list has errors.

The Chief Minister announced that the 100 Days works Scheme will be used for sanitation works in the schools across the State. She informed that the by the end of the current month, every household of the district will be connected by electricity. She also announced that the State will provide compensation of Rs 2 lakh to the families of the deceased due to the Pingla incident and Rs 50,000 to those who were injured.

The Chief Minister said that the Trinamool Government, during the last three and half years had set up 30 government and 15 private colleges, in comparison to the 24 colleges set up during 34 years of Left rule. The Paschim Medinipur district now has nine government colleges, she said. She also said that 48 multi specialty hospitals are being set up in the State.

The Chief Minister informed that a road project worth Rs 4000 crore is being set up which will connect North Bengal with South Bengal.

The Chief Minister also chaired a meeting with the representatives of the tribal pole belonging to the Purbanchal Adivasi Kurmi Samaj and promised that a Manbhumi Cultural Academy will be set up in Purulia.

Bengal to get 10 more women police stations

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10 more women police stations are coming up in West Bengal besides the existing 20.

The West Bengal Chief Minister had targeted to set up 65 such police stations across the State.  The government has approved the establishment of 330 posts under various categories for the new police stations. A woman police officer will head each of these police stations and majority of the other ranks will constitute of women also.

In the first phase 20 women police stations were set up at Howrah, Barasat, Baruipur, Asansol, Jhargram, Contai, Chinsurah, Krishnanagar, Siliguri and Jalpaiguri Sadar, sub-divisional headquarters of Burdwan Sadar, Medinipur Sadar, Purulia Sadar, Bankura Sadar, Darjeeling Sadar, Sreerampore (Hooghly), Suri (Birbhum), English Bazar (Malda), Diamond Harbour (South 24-Parganas) and Barrackpore (North 24-Parganas) have got such stations. Now, 10 new stations have opened at Bidhannagar and Durgapur Commissionerate, Cooch Behar, Balurghat, Raiganj, Berhampore, Kharagpur, Haldia, Uluberia and Arambag.  With these new stations the total number of all women police stations has reached to 30.

WB CM Ms Mamata Banerjee has been working relentlessly for the safety of women across the State. It was her idea to have all women police stations in the state to combat women related crimes. In a police station where women will not only feel free and safe to report criminal cases against them, but where such cases will also be dealt with immense sensitivity and compassion.

In another innovative step, the West Bengal Government is launching a special police cell to deal with highway accidents. This cell will be known as ‘Highway Traffic Police’. Along with investigating accident cases on highways, they will also take prompt action so that accident victims get immediate medical attention and effective rescue missions.