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Trinamool gains ascendancy in Maldah, Jalpaiguri Zilla Parishads

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The Zilla Parishads in Maldah and Jalpaiguri came under the control of Trinamool on Monday.

In Maldah Zilla Parishad, eight Left Front members, along with six Congress and two Samajwadi Party members joined TMC at a function at the party’s headquarters at Trinamool Bhavan. Current strength of Trinamool in the Zilla Parishad thus became 22 out of a total 37.

In Jalpaiguri , six Left Front members joined Trinamool thus taking the party’s tally to 10 in the 19 member Zilla Parishad.

Opposition leaders in the State are joining Trinamool to become a part of the surge of development initiated by Mamata Banerjee in the Bengal.

 

মালদা ও জলপাইগুড়ি জেলা পরিষদ এল তৃণমূলের দখলে

সোমবার মালদা ও জলপাইগুড়ি জেলা পরিষদ এল তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসের দখলে।

সোমবার তৃণমূল ভবনে একসঙ্গে বামেদের আটজন, কংগ্রেসের ছয়জন এবং সমাজবাদী পার্টির দু’জন মিলিয়ে মোট ১৬ জন মালদা জেলা পরিষদ সদস্য তৃণমূল কংগ্রেসে যোগ দিলেন৷ এর ফলে সেখানে মোট ৩৭টি সদস্যের জেলা পরিষদের মধ্যে ২২ জন সদস্য তৃণমূলের।

জলপাইগুড়ি জেলা পরিষদে ৬ জন বাম সদস্য তৃণমূলে যোগদান করলেন। এর ফলে ১৯ জন জেলা পরিষদ সদস্যের মধ্যে তৃণমূলের সদস্য সংখ্যা হল ১০।

বিরোধী দলের নেতারাও এখন মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের নেতৃত্বে বাংলার উন্নয়নের শরিক হতে চলেছেন।

 

Malda: Trinamool Congress issues statement

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Statement issued by Derek O’Brien, Chief National Spokesperson:

1. The situation in Kaliachak, Malda was tense, but never got out of hand. The police handled the issue tactfully. Thankfully, no deaths occurred, no injuries and 10 people have been arrested.

2. This was a ‘criminal issue’ but the BJP/RSS, as is their strategy, tried to turn it into a ‘communal issue’. They did this by trending hashtags on Twitter, sharing year-old photographs and posting irresponsible tweets with the help of their social media ‘army’.

3. The BJP/RSS were trying for the last one week to present, what I call, CIN 100: Communally Insensitive Narrative, 100 days before the State goes to polls. They follow the same tactic in all election-bound States.

4. The BJP team did not come here this morning for a ‘fact finding mission’. They came here for a ‘fuel the communal tension’ mission.

5. We now hear that this morning the leaders were now stating this was opium/fake currency issue. We have been saying all along this is a sensitive issue in a border town and not a communal issue.

6. Trinamool believes in working for people irrespective of community, caste or creed. Our track record of development for the last five years, across sectors, is there for all to see. Our focus is on development.

West Bengal Govt to launch Pran Dhara bottled water for consumers

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The West Bengal Government has ventured to produce bottled drinking water Pran Dhara with seven bottling plants across the state. The Public Health & Engineering Department, responsible for supplying safe drinking water to all the people of the state has done a record amount of work though it had to create proper infrastructure.

The seven plants producing around three thousand bottled water per hour are at Haringhata, Nodakhali, Baharampur, Maldah, Siliguri and Coochbehar. Two more plants are being set up soon. The 1 lt bottle will cost Rs 18 while the 500 ml bottle will cost Rs 9.

State Public Health & Engineering Minister Subrata Mukherjee said that Pran Dhara is using surface water from the Hooghly River, which is being processed to get rid of all impurities and harmful elements through proper scientific processes of distillation.

It has been experienced during relief works that water pouches produced through Mobile Treatment Units (MTU) are very useful for easy distribution of drinking water to the stranded people, but this type of packaging is not sustainable for a long time and also may get damaged due to leaking/bursting of poly packs.

To overcome these difficulties, the Public Health Engineering Department introduced ‘Pran Dhara’. For the first time this type of Package Drinking Water Plant was installed at Dakshin Roypur Water Treatment Plant Complex in the year 2012-13 in accordance with BIS Specifications. Capacity of this plant is 3600 Bottles of 1000 ml or 500 ml per hour.

WB CM conducts administrative review meetings in north Bengal

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee chaired two administrative review meetings for three districts on Tuesday, one at Raiganj and the other at Siliguri.

At Karnajora in Raiganj, Uttar Dinajpur, the West Bengal Chief Minister chaired the administrative review meeting for Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur. She inaugurated and laid foundation stones for 55 projects, 29 for Uttar and 26 for Dakshin Dinajpur.

The Chief Minister announced that a Government Engineering College will be set up in Dakshin Dinajpur, a medical college and a super specialty hospital, at Raiganj and Islampur. Auditoriums will be set up in both the districts.

The Chief Minister informed that the project- Sabar Ghare Alo has been completed in the districts of Maldah, Dakshin Dinajpur and Paschim Medinipur. She said that she has instructed the newly appointed District Magistrate of the Uttar Dinajpur to bring more pace in executing developmental works.

The Chief Minister said that while travelling on road, she had observed the bad condition of the national higway from Itahar to Raiganj. She said that she had informed the National Highways Authority to take immediate steps.

The Chief Minister held meeting with the vice chancellor of the newly formed Raiganj University. She enquired about the current status of the university, the administrative set up and related information.

At around 1:30 PM, the Chief Minister left for Siliguri.

On reaching Siliguri, the West Bengal Chief Minister chaired the administrative review meeting for the Darjeeling district at the Rabindra Bhanu Bhavan in the North Bengal University. She said that this was the 97th review meeting she was conducting. Discussions were held regarding Naxalbari, Kharibari, Matigara and Chopra among other issues.

 

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WB CM at Siliguri administrative review meeting

WB CM writes to Centre on the export of Maldah mangoes

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During an administrative review meeting at Maldah, West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee said that the State Government has written to the Centre to permit the mango-farmers in the district to export their products to foreign countries.

“The State Government cannot sanction export of mangoes to a foreign country without the consent of the Centre. We’ve written to the Centre,” the Chief Minister said.

The Chief Minister also insisted that the Merchant Chamber of Commerce may have a meeting with the mango exporters. She said that if it is necessary, the State Government may also provide subsidy.

WB CM on 4-day north Bengal tour

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee traveled to Maldah on Monday via train, thus beginning her four-day visit to north Bengal.

The Chief Minister chaired an administrative review meeting for the district of Maldah last evening at Durga Kinkar Bhavan, the Maldah College auditorium. She has already chaired more than ninety administrative meetings covering all the twenty districts of the state.

She will conduct an administrative meeting for the districts of Uttar and Dakshin Dinajpur today, 16 June, 2015, at Karnajora.

The Chief Minister will reach  Darjeeling on 17 June where she will meet district officials. She will leave Darjeeling on 19 June to attend the meeting of the North Bengal development department at Uttarkanya.

Bouquet of projects for Maldah

The West Bengal Chief Minister inaugurated projects like Sabar Ghar-e Aalo (a rural electrification project), a central bus terminus in Malda, two new BLLRO offices at Kaliachak and Habibpur and a bevy of new educational institutions in the district. The state government has already allotted ` 289 crore for the electrification project.

The Chief Minister said that the State Government has already written to the Centre for export of Maldah mangoes to foreign countries.

Tourism gets special focus under Trinamool Government

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The West Bengal Government under the leadership of Ms Mamata Banerjee has made developments in every sector in every districts of the State. The Chief Minister has visited each district, chaired meetings across the State with the district officials from Darjeeling to Sundarbans to take stock of ongoing projects and plan newer ones. Identifying new tourist spots and creation of infrastructure for tourists have been one of the agendas of the Chief Minister during her numerous district visits.

The Trinamool Government under Ms Mamata Banerjee had rightly identified that West Bengal with its varied natural beauty has the capability to attract tourists from national and international sphere, and thus earn huge revenue. However, after 34 years of Left misrule, the tourism infrastructure in the State was in tatters. So, firstly, it was decided to renovate the existing to a quality standard and then identify the newer options.

Increased planned expenditure In Tourism under Trinamool Government

In the four year, from 2007-08 to 2010-11, the planned expenditure in Tourism under the Left Government was on an average Rs 16.88 crore only. In the first four years of the West Bengal Government under Trinamool Congress, the planned expenditure in Tourism rose to a total of Rs 331.93 crores, which is Rs 82.95 crores on an average per year. In the years 2011-12 the the planned expenditure on tourism was Rs 30.64 crores. It was increased to Rs 52.62 in 2012-13 and in 2013-14 it further increased to Rs 81.16 crores. In 2014-15, the planned expenditure (revised) was Rs 167.50 crores.

It is observed that while the past Left Government was downsizing the planned expenditure on Tourism year after year, the present Government under Trinamool has been instrumental in increasing the same.

Completed Tourism projects under Trinamool Government

As published on the Economic review2014-15, the following tourism projects have been completed since May 2011:

• Construction and renovation of cottages in different locations at Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong

• Tourism centres in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts

• Tourism centres in Cooch Behar

• Construction of Maldah Museum

• Motijhil tourism centre in Murshidabad

• Chupchar project, Batukeshwar Dutta project and Gopinath Sabji project in Bardhaman

• Ballavpur-Sharmbati project in Birbhum

• Gadiara tourism centre in Howrah

• Furfura Sharif and Chandannagar tourism centres in Hooghly

• Kashipur Mahashram, Kolkata Maidan, Police Museum, College Street, Eden Gardens and other such projects in Kolkata

• Malancha Tourist Lodge in North 24 Parganas

• Tourism projects in Gangasagar and Basanti in South 24 Parganas

• Digha Tourist Lodge in Purba Medinipur

Newer tourism projects are coming up in Bengal

The West Bengal Government has taken up a ne Tourism Incentive Policy in 2015. Under the initiative of the West Bengal Chief Minister, Eco-tourism, Home Tourism and Tea Tourism have been included under this policy.

New projects that are coming up include the Gajaldoba Mega Tourism project, Jharkhali Eco-tourism project, Sabujdwip Eco-tourism project and Jhargram Rajbari Heritage project. Besides, facilities of home-stays are being identified at Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri, Mukutmanipur and other places of scenic beauty.

Bottomline

The West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has time and again given suggestions regarding different tourism projects and providing proper facilities to the tourists. The State Government is following the suggestions and also taking part in different tourism fairs nationally and internationally in order to promote Bengal and attract tourists. From Gangasagar in the south to Darjeeling in the north, special focus is being given to tourism and this will be a major success for the State in the coming years.

WB Government receives proposals for 13 new townships

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The West Bengal Government has received proposals for approval of 13 new townships across the state. Keeping in mind the various needs of the people, these proposals have come to build the townships under various themes like health, education, entertainment, handicrafts and even for senior citizens etc. These townships will have all basic facilities from healthcare, education and various other needs for day to day life.

The proposals have been received from all local entrepreneurs and the sites selected by them are Sonarpur, Baruipur, Barasat, Howrah, Domjur etc. The State Government is also promoting other areas in the state like Baharampur, Uluberia, Chinsura, Chandannagar, Duttapukur, Asansol, Durgapur, Siliguri, Maldah etc.  For these areas, the Government is thinking of giving special packages and the matter is now under the consideration of Urban Development Minister.

The new 13 proposals will be built on land measuring 50 to 185 acres and is expected to get their go ahead in the next Cabinet meeting.

From the very beginning the West Bengal Government had made it very clear the interested investors have to procure land on their own and the Government will also not handover any of its land located in various prime localities.

The two important criteria to be maintained while building these townships as set by the West Bengal Government are 25% of the housing facility should be reserved for the financially weaker section of the society and another 25% have to be invested in economic development projects.