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WB Govt sets up solar-powered water supply system for schools

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The West Bengal Government is setting up a solar-powered drinking water supply system for schools.

The project is being implemented by the State Public Health Engineering Department. It has been started with 110 schools in the South 24-Parganas district.

A 5000-litre reservoir is being constructed in each of the schools, each attached to a solar-powered pump, imported from Germany. The good thing is that these pumps require minimal maintenance. Only the water reservoir needs to be cleaned occasionally.

 

সরকারী স্কুলে সৌরচালিত পানীয় জল সরবরাহ ব্যবস্থা করবে রাজ্য সরকার

বিদ্যালয়গুলির জন্য সৌরচালিত পানীয় জল সরবরাহ ব্যবস্থা শুরু করছে রাজ্য সরকার।

রাজ্যের জনস্বাস্থ্য ও কারিগর দপ্তরের উদ্যোগে শুরু হবে এই কাজ। আপাতত দক্ষিণ ২৪ পরগনার ১১০টি স্কুলে সৌর বিদ্যুতের সাহায্যে পানীয় জল পৌঁছে দেওয়া হবে।

এজন্য প্রতিটি স্কুলে আলাদা করে তৈরি হচ্ছে রিজার্ভার। এতে প্রায় ৫০০০ লিটার জল ধরবে। একটি করে সোলার পাম্প বসানো হচ্ছে। এটি রক্ষণাবেক্ষণের কোনও প্রয়োজন নেই শুধু কয়েকদিন অন্তর ট্যাঙ্কগুলি পরিষ্কার করতে হবে।

CPI(M), Congress and BJP will cease to exist after the election: Abhishek Banerjee

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“After the (2016 Assembly) election, the Opposition will go to hell! CPI(M), Congress and BJP will cease to exist!” Thundered Trinamool Congress Member of Parliament Abhishek Banerjee. He was addressing a party rally at Kanyanagar in Bishnupur block, South 24-Parganas.

He said the more the Opposition slanders the Government, the faster would the wheel of development turn. They do not have the capability to stop Trinamool. They are trying to win the Assembly election by hook or by crook.

He further said, “People have seen the development that has happened in the State with their own eyes. The Opposition won’t be able to influence them by slandering the Government. People won’t believe them.”

“Rather, the election could result in a situation where there is no Opposition in the State.”

 

ভোটের পর রাজ্যে সিপিএম, কংগ্রেস এবং বিজেপি বলে কিছু থাকবে নাঃ অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়

গতকাল দক্ষিণ ২৪ পরগণার বিষ্ণুপুরে কন্যানগরে একটি সভা করেন তৃণমূল যুব কংগ্রেসের সভাপতি অভিষেক বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়। এদিনের সভামঞ্চে অভিষেক বলেন, “২০১৬-র নির্বাচনের পর বিরোধীদের গঙ্গাযাত্রা হবে। রাজ্যে সিপিএম, বিজেপি, কংগ্রেস বলে কিছু থাকবেনা”।

তিনি বলেন, “বিরোধীরা যতই কু९সা করবে ততই রাজ্যে উন্নয়নের রথ ছুটবে। তৃণমূলের এই উন্নয়নের রথ থামানোর ক্ষমতা নেই বিরোধীদের। বিরোধীরা কু९সা করে ভোটে জেতার চেষ্টা করছে”।

তিনি আরও বলেন, “মানুষ উন্নয়ন নিজের চোখে দেখছে। কু९সা করে মানুষের সেই দেখাকে মিথ্যা প্রমাণিত করা যাবে না। মানুষ ওদের বিশ্বাস করবেনা”।

 

WB CM launches Sabuj Sathi scheme for South 24 Parganas

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today launched the Sabuj Sathi project for the South 24 Parganas from Mathurapur Circus Ground.

The Chief Minister today inaugurated numerous projects ranging from a CCU in Canning Hospital, new building of primary health centre, new building of Kulpi Rural hospital, a 1.5 Tesla MRI Diagnostic Centre at MR Bangur Hospital, hostels for boys and girls, road projects, government buildings, bus routes and many such projects.

The Chief Minister laid foundation stones for numerous projects like drinking water supply, Karma Tirtha, model schools and hostels, market complex, road projects and many such developmental works.

The Chief Minister also distributed grants, scholarships and benefits including Kanyashree, Sikshashree, Anandadhara, land pattas besides giving out cycles to students under Sabuj Sathi.

Highlights of her speech:

  • 5000 Sabuj Sathi cycles will be given today & more than 1 lakh in January.
  • We will give 40 lakh cycles under the Sabuj Sathi scheme.
  • The performance of our Govt is 100% in South 24 Prgs, we have achieved success in patta distribution & Kanyashree.
  • We have 31 lakh girls under Kanyashree, 16 lakh students under Shikshashree & 40 lakh students under Sabuj Sathi.
  • We did extremely well in S 24 Prgs in providing free health service & free treatment.
  • Deep sea port is being set up at Gangasagar at a cost of Rs 42,000 cr.
  • The entire economic scenario of the district will change soon due to the new tourist destinations being set up.
  • We have set up a women’s university & a medical college in the district.
  • Krishak bazars at Baruipur are operational, 126 Anganwadi centers have been set up as well.
  • Kakdwip, Metiaburz & Baruipur will soon get multi-speciality hospitals, to be inaugurated in January.
  • We have set up a designated minority bhawan to look into the matters that concern the minority communities.
  • Mobile healthcare centers for Sagar, CCU units & 5 new ITIs are now operational in this district.
  • We have made sure that each and every person affected by Aila has been given due compensation.
  • What Bengal has done, no other state has achieved.
  • 8 fair-price medicine shops are now operational.
  • I instruct all the authorities of this district to prepare well for Ganga Sagar mela that is coming up. We will be there to help.
  • We have lifted the tax that was collected to visit Ganga Sagar mela, we instituted insurance for the pilgrims.
  • 21 Karma Tirthas, offering 30% subsidies have been set up for the youth of backward classes.
  • 17% OBC reservation has been instituted by our Govt without touching the general category. This is a huge achievement.
  • 84 lakh students of the minority community have received scholarships.
  • From 27th Jan, people of backward classes will get rice & wheat at Rs2 per kg.
  • 17 new bus routes have been started to make travel easier for the people of this district.
  • Sunderban will soon become a separate district, this will help in better administration.
  • We are helping out the folk artists, they are being given opportunities in Govt events.
  • We are working extensively on drinking water & road development projects.
  • We do not just speak of development but show it in action. The development speaks for itself.
  • Gross Value-Added growth in 2014-15 of WB was 10.48% as compared to 7.5% nationally.
  • I have visited every single district of Bengal personally because I believe that to work I must go to the people.
  • Tomorrow I will be holding meetings in North and South Dinajpur.
  • In 2016 we will focus on the skill development of the students.
  • Do not give in to provocations to damage the harmony of our state.
  • We will observe Swami Vivekanada’s birth anniversary from Jan 10-12 in every block.
  • Netaj’s birth anniversary will be observed from Jan 20-23 in every block.

 

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.

 

WB Govt to launch boat ambulances for patients living in remote islands

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The West Bengal Government is going to launch boat ambulances with GPS tracking and other emergency facilities for patients living in remote islands of Malda and South 24 Parganas.

The service that will be available between 6am and 6pm in two blocks of the two districts initially, will later be extended to round-the-clock.

There will be arrangement of medicines and some other necessary items for the treatment of the seriously ill patients. The Malda district administration and health department has already got the order to start the service.

A health department employee will be supervise the boat ambulance.

Incidentally the State Government had already launched helicopter-ambulance service during the Ganga Sagar Mela and lives could be saved because of the service.

The West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee had laid special focus to revive the health infrastructure of the State and around 40 multi-super specialty hospitals have been planned covering all the districts. Some of these hospitals have already been inaugurated.

 

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Gangasagar Mela to go green in 2016

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Ganga Sagar Mela next year would be declared Green Mela where sanitary toilets would be provided for all pilgrims, South 24 Paraganas district magistrate P B Salim said.

10,000 sanitary toilets would be set up for the mela, which attracts lakhs of pilgrims from across the country.

He said the pilgrims would be made aware of the demerits of open defecation at various stages of their journey right from the city to Sagar Island, where they take the holy dip on the occasion of Makar Sankranti.

Referring to the situation in the district vis-a-vis sanitation, he said the model set by Nadia, declared a total sanitation district, would be followed though South 24 Parganas had a much larger population.

“Next year on Gandhi Jayanti we plan to declare South 24 Parganas a total sanitation district. For this we are involving people from all sections – students, Anganwadi and Asha workers, SHGs, NGOs besides religious heads,” he said adding at present there are no sanitary toilets in at least seven lakh households in the district.

The government will provide Rs 10,000 for each toilet built and the beneficiary would pay Rs 900 or provide labour. In West Bengal 40 per cent of the people have no sanitary toilets at their homes compared to 58 per cent in the country.

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Mamata brings ‘toilets for all’ plan to the Sunderbans

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After making Nadia the first ‘open defecation free’ district in the country, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to implement the Sabar Shouchagar (toilets for all) model in the Sunderbans, a UNESCO world heritage site.

The Sunderbans, a tourist hub, has been declared a World Heritage site by UNESCO for its rich biodiversity and is a home to the famed Royal Bengal Tiger.

Located in South 24-Parganas district of West Bengal, it is a vast area covering 4,262 sq km including a mangrove cover of 2,125 sq km in India alone, with a larger portion in Bangladesh.

The district administration of Kolkata’s adjoining South 24-Parganas has embarked upon the project by selecting 13 out of 29 blocks for the cleanliness drive.

“We have selected 13 inaccessible rural blocks of the Sunderbans region to transform them into open defecation free areas. Slowly, we will also work in other 16 blocks,” South 24-Parganas district magistrate said.

“We have also decided to make Sagar Island an open defecation free area by January, before the Ganga Sagar Mela. In 2007, when I was an additional district magistrate here I had thought of implementing it. This time, we have been able to do that successfully,” the district magistrate said.

He further said that this time the Sagar mela (to be held early next year) will be a completely plastic-free zone as well.

“Understanding the importance of eliminating open defecation, we had decided to accord highest priority to sanitation. We built about 3,55,609 toilets in Nadia over a period of time”, said Salim.

The district leadership of Nadia also took a collective decision on October 2, 2013 and launched an innovative Sabar Shouchagar movement.

The district ensured 100 percent sanitation coverage by March 2015. Later, the model was taken up by the state government for implementation in each and every district.

 

Published on Daily Mail dated 28 September 2015

Flood situation: WB CM chairs meeting of disaster management group at Nabanna

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West Bengal Chief Minister held a meeting with the disaster management committee of the State to review the flood situation in the State. Several officials and ministers of various departments were present in the meeting.

The Chief Minister assigned specific ministers the charge over overseeing relief operations in specific districts. She said that Bengal received excess rainfall this year, over and above the normal. Ruing the fact that no one can control natural calamities, she said the government was taking all precautions in light of the fresh prediction of heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours.

“39 people have died so far in the flood situation due to various reasons like electrocution and snake bites. We have decided to give ex-gratia payment of Rs 4 lakh to families of those have lost their lives due to floods,” she announced during a press briefing after the meeting.

“We will carry out a survey of the damages caused to crops and farmlands. We are requesting the Centre to repair National Highways. PWD Dept will take care of State Highways,” she added.

The government had launched an emergency helpline 1070 yesterday for flood relief operations.

WB Govt launches emergency helpline number 1070 for flood situation

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today reached Kolkata at 4:30 PM IST. Without wasting any time, she conducted a meeting with the Home Secretary and other senior officials at the airport itself.

The Chief Minister said that 26000 people have been shifted to relief camps so far. “Our priority is to provide relief to stranded people and carry on with rescue operations,” she added.

The government has launched an emergency helpline number. People can call 1070 for any information related to the relief operations.

Highlights of WB CM’s press briefing at Dumdum airport:

  • I met senior officials at airport itself. I took stock of the flood situation in the State from Home Secretary
  • I cut short my London visit due of the flood situation and impending cyclone. Dr Mitra and other officials are in London for meetings
  • We have dispatched relief materials to the affected areas. We are taking all measures to stand by the side of people
  • No one can control nature. We feel saddened at the losses due to heavy rains. Our priority is to provide relief to stranded people and carry on with rescue operations
  • Many houses and farm lands have been affected due to heavy rains. We will do everything possible to help people
  • We are monitoring the situation. District administration has been alerted. People in coastal areas must be careful

 

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Centre needs to address plight of potato farmers in Bengal: Trinamool in RS

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AITC Chief Whip in Rajya Sabha, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray raised the issue of plight of potato farmers of Bengal in the Parliament and urged the Central Government for some financial assistance to be given to the State so that some more steps can be taken for the rehabilitation of these farmers.

He said in the House that the Government of West Bengal has taken special measures to arrest the situation after the potato farmers were not getting remunerative prices of potato.

He also raised the issue of the irreparable losses of the farmers due to untimely incessant rain and hail storms in different part of the country, including the districts of South Dinajpur, Malda, Murshidabad, Nadia, North 24 Parganas, South 24 Parganas, Howrah, Hooghly and Purba Medinipur in West Bengal. This affected vast agricultural lands and huge quantity of crops like wheat, pulses, potato, paddy and fruits which were destroyed.

He urged the Government to announce a financial package towards relief and rehabilitation of the affected farmers without further loss of time.