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Irrigation Dept’s mega water supply project – 13 lakh acres over 12 districts

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The State Irrigation Department, in the largest project of its kind in two decades, is going to supply water for crops in 13 lakh acres for both rabi and boro cropping seasons. Last year, the number was 10 lakh acres.

The roadmap for the project was prepared at a recent meeting of the Irrigation Minister, senior officials of the department, sabhadhipatis and irrigation karmadhyakshyas at Jalasampad Bhawan in Salt Lake.

Twelve districts will be covered. Of them, Birbhum, Bankura, Hooghly, Purba Bardhaman and Paschim Bardhaman will be supplied more water. The other districts where water will be released are Howrah, Paschim Medinipur, Parba Medinipur, Jhargram, Jalpaiguri and Purulia.

For the rabi season, the water will be released in the last week of December and for the boro season, the water will be released in the third week of January. The water will be supplied from DVC, and from check dams on Kansabati, Mayurakshi, Teesta and 28 other small and medium-sized rivers.

সাড়ে ১৩ লক্ষ একর জমিতে জল পৌঁছে দেবে রাজ্য

আগামী রবি ও খরিফ মরশুমে ১২টি জেলার প্রায় সাড়ে ১৩ লক্ষ একর জমিতে সেচের জল পৌঁছে দেবে রাজ্য সরকার। গত দু’দশকের মধ্যে যা রেকর্ড বলে দাবি করেন সেচমন্ত্রী।

সল্টলেকে জলসম্পদ ভবনে সেচ দপ্তরের আধিকারিক ও জেলার সভাধিপতিদের নিয়ে বৈঠকে ওই সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়া হয়েছে। গত বছর ১০ লক্ষ একরের কাছাকাছি জমিতে সেচের জল পৌঁছে দেওয়া হয়েছিল।

এবার বীরভূম, পূর্ব বর্ধমান, হুগলী, পশ্চিম বর্ধমান ও বাঁকুড়া জেলায় অতিরিক্ত পরিমাণ জমিতে জল দেওয়া হবে। রবি চাষের জন্য ডিসেম্বর মাসের শেষ সপ্তাহ ও বোরো চাষের জন্য জানুয়ারি মাসের তৃতীয় সপ্তাহ থেকে জল ছাড়া হবে। অন্য যে জেলাগুলিতে জল পাঠানো হবে, সেগুলি হল, হাওড়া, পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুর, পূর্ব মেদিনীপুর, ঝাড়গ্রাম, জলপাইগুড়ি ও পুরুলিয়া।

মন্ত্রী জানান, ডিভিসি, কংসাবতী, ময়ূরাক্ষী, তিস্তা ও ২৮টি ছোট ও মাঝারি জলাধার প্রকল্প (চেক ড্যাম) থেকে জল দেওয়া হবে। এর মধ্যে বর্ধমানে ডিভিসি থেকে, বাঁকুড়ায় ডিভিসি ও কংসাবতী জলাধার প্রকল্প থেকে, হুগলিতে ডিভিসি ও কংসাবতী থেকে, হাওড়ায় ডিভিসি ও নিকাশি খাল থেকে, পশ্চিম মেদিনীপুর ও ঝাড়গ্রামে কংসাবতী থেকে, পূর্ব মেদিনীপুরে নিকাশি খালের জোয়ারের কারণে প্রাপ্ত ব্যাকওয়াটার থেকে, বীরভূমে ময়ূরাক্ষী জলাধার প্রকল্প, জলপাইগুড়িতে তিস্তা ব্যারেজ প্রকল্প থেকে এবং পুরুলিয়ায় ২৮টি ছোট ও মাঝারি জলাধার থেকে জল দেওয়া হবে।

Source: Bartaman, Millennium Post

10 MW solar PV project on Teesta Canal Bank commissioned

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A 10 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project has been commissioned on the bank of the Teesta Canal by the Bengal Government. This solar plant is the first canal-bank project under the government’s canal-top and canal bank projects scheme for solar power plants.

West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency (WBREDA) is setting up the Regional Energy Efficiency Centre (REEC) to promote and implement the Energy Efficiency Programme (EEP). WBREDA is developing mass awareness about the usefulness of renewable energy, of which solar energy is a type. It is promoting the usage of appliances using energy-efficient state-of-the art technologies. Energy efficiency is one of the most important tools to avoid global warming.

The State Government is also stressing on financial support to enable people to buy and use these kinds of efficient devices.

It may be mentioned that the state Power Department is contemplating on the use of energy efficient pumps in agriculture in various districts.

The state government has already taken initiatives to increase the electricity access and has added nearly 80 lakh consumers over the past four years. The state has achieved 24X7 quality power supply to its villages. The state government also has a plan to give power to the agriculture sector across the state through a dedicated line to ensure uninterrupted supply at a steady voltage.

 

Source: Millennium Post

 

তিস্তা ক্যানালে ১০ মেগাওয়াটের সৌরবিদ্যুৎ প্রকল্পের অনুমোদন দিল রাজ্য

রাজ্য সরকার তিস্তা ক্যানালে মেগাওয়াটের সৌরবিদ্যুৎ প্রকল্পকে অনুমোদন দিল। এই ধরনের ক্যানাল ব্যাংক প্রকল্প রাজ্যে এই প্রথম।

প্রসঙ্গত, ওয়েস্ট বেঙ্গল রিনিউএবেল এনার্জি ডেভেলপমেন্ট এজেন্সি একটি রিজিওনাল এনার্জি এফিসিয়েন্সি সেন্টার তৈরি করছে। নবীকরণযোগ্য শক্তির ব্যবহার বাড়াতে সাধারন মানুষের মধ্যে ব্যাপক প্রচার চালানো হচ্ছে।

পাশাপাশি, সৌর বিদ্যুৎ ব্যবহারের জন্য অত্যাধুনিক প্রযুক্তিতে তৈরি আধুনিক বিভিন্ন যন্ত্রের প্রচারও করা হচ্ছে। এইসব যন্ত্রপাতি কিনে ব্যবহার করতে সাধারন মানুষকে অর্থনৈতিক সহায়তাও প্রদান করছে রাজ্য সরকার।

প্রসঙ্গত, রাজ্য বিদ্যুৎ দপ্তর পরিকল্পনা করছে বিভিন্ন জেলায় চাষের কাজে এনার্জি এফিসিয়েন্ট পাম্প ব্যবহার করার। রাজ্য সরকার পরিকল্পনা করেছে একটি নির্দিষ্ট লাইন থেকে সারা রাজ্যে কৃষিকাজে অবিচ্ছেদ্য ভাবে বিদ্যুৎ পৌঁছে দিতে। রাজ্য সরকার ইতিমধ্যেই বিদ্যুতায়নের ওপর জোর দিয়েছে; গত ৪ বছরে রাজ্যে বেড়েছে ৮০ লক্ষ নতুন গ্রাহক। জেলাগুলিতে ২৪ ঘণ্টা বিদ্যুৎ পরিষেবা দিতেও সক্ষম হয়েছে রাজ্য সরকার।

Bengal Govt starts new schemes to augment fish cultivation in north Bengal

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Bengal government has started some new schemes to augment fish production in north Bengal where pisciculture could not be done in large scale.

In addition to these schemes, the state Fisheries department is also procuring the most advanced satellite images through which the department officials will be able to assess the condition of various water bodies across the state.

Water quality mapping is an important factor in the production of fishes. An increase in fish production depends on the water quality. A host of parameters such as dissolved oxygen content in water, chlorophyll, water turbidity, water depth etc plays a vital role.

Fish production in north Bengal has comparatively been low and hence several steps have been taken to boost the pisciculture there. The department has started to put fishlings into rivers and government ponds. They were distributing free food for feeding small fishes. Fish farmers are being provided training on how to apply scientific methods to cultivate fishes. Food is being distributed for feeding small fishes completely free of cost.

After carrying out a study, it has been observed that most of the fish cultivators do not feed the fish sufficiently and as a result of this, the growth of the fishes is not up to the mark. The state government is conducting awareness camps to inform the farmers how to detect diseases of the fishes and boost fish growth. The department has already chosen some government ponds for cultivating fish.

Fishlings have been put into different ponds across North Bengal and also in rivers like Teesta, Torsha, Kalijani, Karla, Jaldhaka, Sankosh and others. Awareness campaigns in local areas has been started where tea gardens exist, so that people learn to avoid using the river water to clean the spray machines after using them for pest control purposes. It was learnt that around 6,000 ton of fish are currently produced in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts annually.

To increase the fish production, the satellite images would help the department in many ways. The department will procure current satellite data to know the exact contents of a particular waterbody. It will also help understand the nature and quality of each waterbody.

 

উত্তরবঙ্গে মাছচাষ বৃদ্ধির উদ্যোগ রাজ্য সরকারের

উত্তরবঙ্গের যেসব অঞ্চলে বড় আকারে মাছ চাষ সম্ভব নয়, সেই সব অঞ্চলে মাছচাষ বাড়ানোর উদ্যোগ নিয়েছে রাজ্য সরকার।

এই প্রকল্পে রাজ্য ম९স্য দপ্তরের তরফে আধুনিক প্রযুক্তি ব্যাবহার করছে। এই প্রযুক্তিতে সারা রাজ্যে যত জলাশয় আছে তার স্যাটেলাইট মারফত ছবি ম९স্য দপ্তরের আধিকারিকদের কাছে চলে যাবে। এছাড়াও জলাশয়গুলির জলের গুনমানও জানা যাবে প্রযুক্তির সাহায্যে।

মাছ চাষের জন্য জলের গুনমান বিচার খুব জরুরি বিষয়। জলাশয়ের অনেক গুরুত্বপূর্ণ মাপকাঠির ওপর নির্ভর করে মাছচাষ। যেমন, জলে অক্সিজেনের পরিমান, ক্লোরোফিলের মাত্রা, জলের গভীরতা ইত্যাদি।

মাছ উ९পাদন উত্তরবঙ্গে তুলনামূলকভাবে কম। তাই, সেখানে মাছ উ९পাদন বৃদ্ধি করতে বেশ কিছু পদক্ষেপ নেওয়া হয়েছে। মৎস্য দপ্তর তিস্তা, তোর্সা, কালিজানি, কারলা, জলঢাকা, সঙ্কশ নদী ও রাজ্য সরকারের অধীন পুকুরগুলোতে চারা মাছ ছাড়ছে। মাছ চাষে অত্যাধুনিক পদ্ধতি ব্যাবহার করার প্রশিক্ষণ দেওয়া হচ্ছে মাছচাষিদের।

একটি সমীক্ষার মাধ্যমে জানা গেছে মাছ চাষিরা বেশির ভাগ ক্ষেত্রেই মাছেদের উপযুক্ত পরিমানে খাবার দেয় না। তাই, ছোট মাছের খাদ্যও বিনামূল্যে বিতরণ করছে। মাছের রোগ চিহ্নিত করার তালিমও দেওয়া হবে এই প্রশিক্ষণে। এর ফলে ফলন বাড়বে।

 

 

State Fisheries Dept takes steps to boost fish production in north Bengal

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State fisheries department has taken several measures to augment fish production in North Bengal.

Mr Chandranath Sinha, Minister for State Fisheries department said that since fish production in North Bengal is low, the fisheries department has taken up several measures to augment the fish production.

There will be free distribution of the fishlings (small fish) for fish cultivation and already fisheries department has started to put fishlings into rivers and Government ponds. “We would also distribute free food for feeding small fishes. Fish farmers will be trained how to apply scientific methods to cultivate fishes,” he said.

Mr Sinha said that officials of the fisheries department have observed that most of the fish cultivators did not feed the fish sufficiently, so growth of the fishes is not up to the mark. “We shall also set up awareness camps to inform the farmers how to detect diseases of the fishes and boost fish growth,” he said. The department has already chosen some government ponds for cultivating fish.

Fish fry were put into the government ponds in Jalpaiguri, Dhupguri and Maynaguri a few days ago and more government ponds will be used for this purpose. Fish fry were put into the rivers like Teesta, Torsha, Kaljani, Karla, Jaldhaka and Sankosh. Rs 5.25 lakhs has already been spent for this purpose. And Rs 8 lakh was spent for introducing fish fry in government ponds.

Awareness campaigns in local areas has been started where tea gardens exist, so that people learn to avoid using the river water to clean the spray machines after using them for pest control purposes.

Currently, around 6000 ton of fish are produced in Jalpaiguri and Alipurduar districts annually.

WB CM names Gajoldoba tourist hotspot ‘Bhorer Aalo’

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The state government is setting up a tourist hotspot at Gajoldoba in North Bengal to be named ‘Bhorer Aalo’.

The spot, identified by Mamata Banerjee during her election campaign in 2011, is located near Teesta Barrage in Jalpaiguri district. The seven reserve forests are an hour’s drive from there.

Sprawling over 210 acres of government land, the spot is encircled by the Teesta barrage catchment on one side and a bird sanctuary on the other where over 15,000 birds come annually.

“For the last two years, we have been developing the infrastructure of the area with PWD constructing three connecting roads of 31 km, 9 km and 7 km to the spot. A power sub-station has been set up and two huge water tanks are there,” Dr Amit Mitra, State Finance Minister, told reporters.

Several star category hotels, including three, four and five star, would come up along with two budget hotels for the middle class. A nine-hole golf course, too, would come up.

“We would set up a golf training centre and small cottages at the golf course,” Mitra added.

Sterling Holiday Resorts, in joint venture with Thomas Cook, had won the bid for the three-star hotel, while Summit Group, which owns Darjeeling’s Swiss Hotel and Seal Group, that promotes tea tourism in North Bengal, had won bids for two budget hotels.

“One lakh tourists can be served by these three hotels annually and around 1,000 people would get job opportunities,” the finance minister said.

The government would be earning Rs 4.5 crore as annual lease rental and Rs 3.5-4 crore as luxury tax from these hotels.

A crafts and ayurveda village, too, are under construction in the area, Dr Mitra added.

 

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Four new Hydro Projects coming up in north Bengal

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A MoU amongst the West Bengal government, West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (WBSEDCL)and NHPC was signed at Kolkata for development of four Hydro Projects with total capacity of 293 MW in Teesta Basin. Projects are – 80 MW Teesta Low Dam-V, 81 MW Teesta Low Dam I & II combined, 84 MW Teesta Intermediate Stage, and 48 MW Rammam Stage-I all located in Darjeeling of West Bengal. These projects will be developed on Build, Own, Operate and Maintain (BOOM) basis by NHPC Limited.

The development of the above four hydro projects on Teesta and Rangit Rivers shall not only ease the power scenario in North Bengal by harnessing its untapped hydropower potential but it will also help the infrastructural & socio-economic development of the area. This apart, NHPC also has already commissioned 132 MW TLD-III Power Station near Rambi, Darjeeling in 2013 and 160 MW TLDP-IV HE project in Kalijhora is under advanced stage of completion and is likely to be completed by June, 2016.

Bengal cabinet clears deck for developing six theme cities

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West Bengal cabinet on Friday cleared the deck for developing six modern cities in the state.

Speaking to the press after the cabinet meeting, state Urban Development and Municipal Affairs Minister Firhad Hakim said the location for six modern cities had already been finalised. The Cabinet had even named all the six proposed cities according to choice and importance of the place, he said adding they would have modern facilities for decent living.

Naming the theme cities

Speaking about the smart cities, Hakim said one would come up over 85 acres at Dabgram near Siliguri and would be called ‘Teesta’ after the name of a major river in north Bengal. Another city would come up near Bolpur in Birbhum district over 127 acres and christened ‘Gitabitan’ after a popular compilation of songs by Rabindranath Tagore.

A third city over 50 acres would come up near the twin industrial towns of Asansol-Durgapur covering Churulia, birth place of the poet Kazi Nazrul Islam. It would be named ‘Agnibina’, after the name of a collection of poems by the rebel poet. One more city would come up near Kalyani, developed by erstwhile chief minister Bidhan Chandra Roy, in Nadia district over 50 acres and would be known as ‘Samriddhi’.

Another city, which is yet to be named, would come up at Dumurjala in neighbouring Howrah district over 50 acres. The sixth smart city would come up at Baruipur in the southern outskirt of the metropolis over 86 acres and would be named after the famed Bengal matinee idol Uttam Kumar, the minister said.

Allotment of land

In all cases the state government has adequate land and would be developed by the state urban development department, Hakim said. Besides, the state government would also develop some thematic private township over land within ceiling at different places in the state.

The themes could range from knowledge, sports and IT and the townships would be developed by various wings of the department like HIDCO and KMDA, he said.

Hakim hoped that the projects would bring in huge investment and create a lot of employment opportunity. In all cases there would be 25 per cent reservations for the economically weaker sections.

Law and order in Bengal better than other states: Partha Chatterjee

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West Bengal Education and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, Dr Partha Chatterjee today slammed Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh for his comments on the law and order situation in West Bengal.

Partha Chatterjee said, “Rajnath Singh Ji spoke like a party leader and not a Central Minister. Was he trying to please his party workers?” He also added, “Law and order situation in Bengal is far better than other states.”

The minister also took Rajnath Singh Ji to task for his comments on Teesta water sharing treaty, describing it as “uncalled for”. “He should not have spoken about Teesta water sharing treaty without consulting State government,” said Partha Chatterjee while addressing reporters at the State Assembly.