Kolkata Police to acquire electric scooters for easier patrolling

Posted on November 2, 2017 | by aitc | Leave a Comment

If things go according to plan, Kolkata Police is soon going to get self-driving electric scooters for patrolling. After Puducherry and Mumbai, where the police use such vehicles for patrolling beaches, Kolkata is next in line to acquire the scooters.

These scooters are driven standing up. Being electric scooters, they are environment-friendly. Each charge would drive the scooter for 30 to 35 km. they run at a speed of 15 to 20 kilometres per hour. They are also much lighter than normal scooters. According to police sources, four of these vehicles would be bought initially.

However, unlike Puducherry and Mumbai, police sources said that the vehicles in Kolkata would be used for patrolling areas along the bank of the Hooghly and in the Maidan, where a lot of people come for morning and evening walks. The scooters can also be used in narrow lanes, where cars are difficult to manoeuvre.

Police personnel would be given trained to handle this special type of electric scooters. These scooters would have pockets for keeping walkie-talkie and radio sets. Special charging kiosks would also be set up for convenient charging.

Source: Ei Samay

নজরদারিতে কলকাতা পুলিশ ব্যবহার করবে ইলেকট্রিক স্কুটার

সবকিছু পরিকল্পনামাফিক চললে পুডুচেরী বা মুম্বইতে সমুদ্রতটের ওপর নজরদারি চালাতে যেরকম ইলেকট্রিক স্কুটার ব্যবহার করে, সেরম স্কুটার পেতে চলেছে কলকাতা পুলিশ।

এই স্কুটারগুলি দাঁড়িয়ে দাঁড়িয়ে চালাতে হয়। ইলেকট্রিক চালিত হওয়ার কারণে এই স্কুটার পুরোপুরি পরিবেশ বান্ধব। প্রতিবার চার্জিং-এ এই স্কুটার চলবে ৩০-৩৫ কিঃ মিঃ। এই স্কুটার চলে ঘণ্টায় ১৫-২০ কিঃ মিঃ গতিবেগে। এগুলি সাধারন স্কুটারের থেকে অনেক হালকা। প্রাথমিক ভাবে ৪টি স্কুটার আনা হবে।

কলকাতা পুলিশ এগুলি ব্যবহার করবে হুগলী নদীর দুপাশে নজরদারি চালাতে। পাশাপাশি নজরদারি চলবে ময়দানেও। এই স্কুটার নিয়ে খুব সরু গলিতেও ঢোকা যাবে।

পুলিশ কর্মীদের এই বিশেষ স্কুটার চালানোর প্রশিক্ষণও দেওয়া হবে। এই স্কুটারে ওয়াকি-টকি ও রেডিও-সেট রাখার পকেট থাকবে। বিশেষ চার্জিং কিয়স্ক তৈরি করা হবে চার্জিং-এর সুবিধার্থে।

KMC launches country’s first municipal archive

Posted on March 6, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

In a bid to preserve and narrate the over four centuries old history and evolution of Kolkata, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation authorities have launched a comprehensive archive, complete with rare photographs, texts and digital record.

Taken to be India’s first municipal archive, the ‘Amal Home Digital Archive’ has been developed and curated by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC).

Primarily sourced from the Calcutta Municipal Gazette, published by the civic body since 1924, the content offers insight into India’s freedom struggle through letters and speeches of great personalities like Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Rabindranath Tagore.

It is named after Amal Home, a tribute to the founder-editor of the Gazette. The records date back to the 17th Century and chronicle the society, economics, the British rule, freedom struggle and other issues during the course of the centuries.

Other nuggets include the original sale deed that shows how much the East India Company paid to purchase the three villages of Sutanuti, Gobindapur and Kolikata, that eventually formed the present day Kolkata.

The archive also contains contributions by researchers, publishers and citizens, who came forward to help with its making.

Since it is India’s first archive built by a civic body, the process involves people from across India who can offer any historical data, photographs of the city.

It also consists of documents related to municipalities in undivided Indian towns, now in Bangladesh, like Dhaka, Rajsahi, Khulna, Barishal, Chittagong and cities which are now in Pakistan like Lahore, Karachi and also Mumbai, Surat, Chennai and Chandannagore which was the French colony in India.

WB CM expresses concern on rising incidents of Swine flu

Posted on February 24, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today expressed concern over the increasing rates of swine flu in the country.

The CM today expressed distress over the matter saying:

“The incidents of Swine Flu have been on the increase. Certain diseases become a matter of concern. But instead of getting panicky, we must work together to widely spread awareness about the do’s and don’ts to prevent it as much as possible.

As of now, 833 deaths have taken place due to Swine Flu this year in the entire country of which, the number of deaths are 214 in Rajasthan, 207 in Gujarat, 112 in Madhya Pradesh, 99 in Maharashtra, 51 in Telengana, 33 in Karnataka, 20 in Haryana, 10 in Andhra Pradesh, 8 in Delhi, etc.

Despite all our efforts and making available necessary medicines, 5 unfortunate deaths, including 1 patient from Mumbai, have taken place in our State so far.

It is time for the Central Government, State Governments and NGOs to work together to take all necessary remedial measures.”

The CM also expressed concern on the same matter over Twitter.

Study: Kolkata’s economic performance better than other major cities in India

Posted on January 24, 2015 | by admin2 | Leave a Comment

Kolkata ranks 32 in performance among 300 world cities in the annual 2014 economic rankings of cities worldwide conducted by the Brookings Institution and JPMorgan Chase. It has left behind Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bengaluru and Chennai. The only better ranked city of India in the report is Delhi.

A study was conducted of world’s largest 300 cities, which accounted for almost half of global output in 2014. The report is based on two key economic indicators- annualised growth rate of real GDP per capita and annualised growth rate of employment. These indicators were combined into an economic performance index and the metros were ranked.

For India, 5 leading cities viz Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad were considered for the study. Except for Delhi, all cities are ranked below Kolkata.

Kolkata has been ranked at 32 out of the 300 cities.

The rank for other cities in India are – Delhi (18), Mumbai (52), Chennai (57) ,Hyderabad (76), and Bengaluru (87).

Kolkata: The annualised growth rate of real GDP for 2013-14 is 2.5% and annualised growth rate of employment is 4.7%.

The table above shows the results of the study of Global Metro Monitor 2014 in respect of the 6 Indian cities.

The study commented, “These indicators matter because they reflect the importance that people and policymakers attach to achieving rising incomes and standards of living and generating widespread labour market opportunity.”