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Online licence application at all RTOs, ARTOs before Pujas

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Soon, you can apply for a driving license online. This facility will be rolled out at all the Regional Transport Offices and Assistant Regional Transport Offices before Durga Puja.

At present there are as many as 50 offices across the State from where driving licence is given to applicants following necessary tests. Of these, the facility of giving online application to get driving licence is available at 28. One more office of ARTO is coming up in Katwa in September, bringing the total to 51.

Now the department has planned to extend the facility of online application to all the 51 offices.

Source: Millennium Post

Now, KMC to collect garbage four times a day

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From August 15, Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will introduce the system of collecting garbage during the evenings too. This will be a major step towards better solid waste management in the city.

With this routine in place, daily garbage collection will increase from three times to four.

KMC will set up three groups of people for each borough, who will keep an eye on garbage accumulation from 12 noon till 9 pm. Each group will have a supervisor. The groups will inform the Solid Waste Management Department of the corporation at which places garbage has accumulated and from where KMC’s vehicles may collect the same from.

Waste amounting to 4,500 metric tonnes is generated per day in Kolkata, which the KMC handles, while the total municipal waste generation in Bengal stands at 14,000 metric tonne per day.

The Bengal Government’s Solid Waste Management Rules 2016 categorises solid waste into six broad categories – industrial hazardous waste, healthcare or biomedical waste, solid waste (waste from houses, schools, offices, etc.), plastic waste, electronic or e-waste and construction or demolition waste. The Government is working upon classifying solid waste under three subcategories – biodegradable waste, recyclable waste and inert waste.

Source: Millennium Post

The culture of bandhs must be defeated: Mamata Banerjee

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West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Chairperson Ms Mamata Banerjee today urged people to defeat the culture of bandhs. She was addressing a press conference at Nabanna regarding the bandh called by communist parties.

“We need to get rid of this bandh culture. Those who destroyed Bengal for 34 years are now destroying development,” she said.

She added, “We have not called a bandh since 2009. We are against this bandh culture. Bandhs do not offer any solution.”

Slamming the CPI(M), she said that those who destroyed the infrastructure and economy of the State for 34 years have to right to terrorise people with culture of violence and hooliganism.

“They are like Kumbhakarna. They sleep for 6 months and wake up one day for photo-ops for TV channels,” the CM said.

Reiterating that Trinamool is pro-people, pro-worker and pro-farmer, Mamata Banerjee said that issues must be sorted through dialogue and discussion.

“We also have several objections to labour laws reforms by Centre. We have written to them. We do not endorse bandhs,” she said.

WB Govt offices to remain open during Sept 2 bandh

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The West Bengal government on Monday made it mandatory for all its employees to be present on September 2 when a nation-wide trade union strike has been called by central trade unions.

In view of the trade union strike all over the country on September 2, government offices, including those provided with grant-in-aid, would remain open and no leave would be granted on that day, a memo, issued by state Finance Department, said.

Moreover, the directive said that absence of employees on that date would be treated as ‘dies non’ and no salary would be admissible.

Bengal Govt taking all measures to thwart CPI(M)’s bandh on Sept 2

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West Bengal Government will take every measure possible to foil the nationwide strike called by the central trade unions on 2 September.

The State Government will take all ensure that the strike doesn’t disrupt the normal activities.

State transport corporations will run additional fleet of buses and government offices, including those provided with grants-in aid by the State Government will remain open.

Leaves are never granted to State Government employees who go on any strike. Like previous occasions, Government would issue circular directing employees to compulsorily report to work.

The State Government officials have also spoken to private bus operators. It is expected that the private bus service will also be normal on the day. The State Government will also run extra buses and trams on the day so that common people are not affected.