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KMC service centre on way

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The KMC authorities have decided to build a citizens’ service centre adjacent to the civic headquarters on S N Banerjee Road. The construction will begin in December with an 18-month deadline in mind.

The G+ IV building will be constructed on a 12 cottah plot where the Chaplin cinema building once stood.

Once the building was complete, it would ease the pressure from the headquarters as some of the departments, like the treasury , trade licence and information technology, will be shifted to the new set up.

According to plans, the civic body will open up a whole floor for the citizens’ service centre. This centre will be modelled after some of the cash collection centres set up in different locations across the city .

“We will dedidate a 6,000 sq ft floor to the tax payers who can turn up at the new centre for paying property tax bills. Traders will also be entertained to pay their trade licence renewal fee at the new centre. Once construction is complete, we will offer a single window system for our citizens to avail of different civic services,” mayor Sovan Chatterjee said.

Solar dome to come up in Kolkata: Power Minister

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To push its solar programme forward, the West Bengal government will install a 110-foot-high solar dome in Kolkata for catching maximum daylight, a minister said on Tuesday.

“It will be 110-120 foot high and we have developed the design and have dealt with associated technological challenges to install the solar dome,” said Minister for Power Manish Gupta.

He said the solar dome will be different from geodesic greenhouses. “There is no such solar dome anywhere in India and nowhere in the world,” Gupta claimed.

Clad in solar panels, the dome will be installed at Eco Park in Rajarhat in the city fringes and “not only provide power to the entire park but also stand as our symbol to the commitment to develop solar energy”.

WB CM felicitates self help groups run by women at Anandadhara Sammelan

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee today felicitated self help groups (SHG) run by women at the Anandadhara Sammelan 2015 organised at Netaji Indoor Stadium. The programme was organised by the State Panchayat & Rural Development Department.

The Chief Minister said that the government was providing subsidy of 30% to the SHGs. She called upon all banks to provide financial assistance to these SHGs as they were the future of the country.

Taking pride in the achievements of the SHGs she said that of late a lot of scope for selling their products have come up with so many festivals and events organised by the government. The Chief Minister said that in future the products of SHGs will go global with Biswa Bangla.

Mamata Banerjee slammed the Centre for stopping the funding of several social sector projects like mid-day meal, ICDS, police modernisation among others. She rued the fact that she had to pay for the sins of the Left Front Government.

“The Prime Minister should immediately call a meeting of CMs. Earlier we voiced our concern at Planning Commission. It has been disbanded. Niti Ayog is na idhar ka na udhar ka. If I don’t get funds how will I carry on with developmental projects,” she added.

Around 1000 active SHGs were provided with onetime financial assistance at today’s programme. Fifty one cooperatives were also felicitated and one-time financial assistance was provided to them.

The Government also felicitated the cooperatives who have met with success post the RSETI training.

Today, three districts were awarded for their successful initiatives in providing assistance to the SHGs run by women. A documentary made on SHGs was also be screened today.

 

Bengal believes in ‘unity in diversity’ – WB CM

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said that the state believes in unity in diversity and was against promoting violence. Speaking at the inauguration of the Jagatdhatri Puja at Posta Bazaar in north Kolkata, she said, “Shedding blood is easy, but keeping peace is difficult.”

On this occasion North Kolkata MP and senior AITC leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay accompanied the Chief Minister. The dates for Jagaddhatri Puja 2015 are from November 18 to November 21.

The West Bengal Chief Minister said that she wanted to work for the people of Bengal and was fulfilling their dreams one by one. She said people of different communities and religion live here and “we should work together for peace.” She said in her state no communal violence would be tolerated.

TMYC President Abhishek Banerjee slams the Centre and Left at Dumdum rally

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Trinamool Youth Congress President and Lok Sabha MP Abhishek Banerjee today held a mass meeting at Lichubagan Math, Gorabazar in Dum Dum.

The rally was organised by the North 24 Parganas Youth Congress where various leaders of the party highlighted the developmental programmes of the Maa Mati Manush Government and also condemned the campaign of slander and misinformation by the combined opposition of CPI(M)-BJP-Congress.

Abhishek Banerjee, who was the chief speaker of the rally, slammed the Opposition for their canards against Mamata Banerjee. “The more you attack her, the stronger she will become with the blessings of the people,” he said.

“We have strengthened every step of administration, from gram sabhas to the top most level. We want to ensure that development can flow freely to the people,” commented the TMYC President.

He added that Mamata Banerjee had fulfilled all the promises made in the Manifesto. Taking a dig at the BJP he said that the party in power at Centre is fooling people in the name of ‘achhe din’.

“Today the biggest challenge for the people of India is to bring back Modi ji from his foreign pleasure trips,” he remarked.

Just because someone is elected to from govt at Centre doesn’t mean they can tell us what to eat and what to wear, he added while slamming the Centre for rising prices of essential commodities and recent hike in rail fare.

Abhishek Banerjee maintained that TMC believed in communal harmony. “TMC stands for Temple, Mosque, Church” he commented.

WB CM inaugurates a Kali Puja pandal at Girish Park

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday inaugurated one of the famous Kali Puja pandal at Girish Park in Central Kolkata. After inaugurating the puja, the Chief Minister asked everyone to follow all the regulations during Puja.

“During Kali Puja we must ensure our festivities are not reason for someone else’s misfortune,” she said.

“We must follow all regulations during Kali Puja festivities. Enjoy the fun but with safety,” the Chief Minister added.

“Maa, Mother and Ammi are one and same. She cannot be divided. We worship Durga then Lakshmi. Now Kali Puja. Hope Maa Kali fills darkness with light. Let us pray to Maa Kali to bring happiness in everyone’s life,” WB CM said.

WB CM slams Centre for not releasing funds for Bengal

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Mamata Banerjee once again slammed the Central government for not releasing funds for 37 schemes which was creating much hardship for the Bengal government and at the same time asked officials to complete all projects within three months.

WB CM was speaking to the media after a meeting with the senior bureaucrats at Town Hall and thanked them for their service to make the recent festival a major success.

She asked officials to go for an overdrive for completion of the projects for which the foundation stones had been laid. She warned if the declared projects were not started it should be started immediately.

The Chief Minister had slammed the Centre’s decision to withdraw funding for projects like ICDS, SSA, BRGF.

The CM said that the state government was performing better than the Centre and hit out at the Centre for not releasing any funds for the flood affected districts of Bengal.

WB CM Mamata Banerjee on 4-day visit to north Bengal

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee’s visit to North Bengal is scheduled with a slew of programmes in the next three days. The West Bengal Chief Minister, who is stationed at Jayanti will be visiting different locations from the place.

The Chief Minister is scheduled to would be attending a meeting at Jaigaon, on Indo-Bhutan border on November 3. The West Bengal Chief Minister said it will be attended by a big delegation from Bhutan including their ministers. Besides there will be a slew of meetings at Coochbehar, Dooars, Terai, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Mal where public projects will be discussed, she said.

Stressing that she believed in regularly monitoring projects in north Bengal, the Chief Minister said, “I do hold meetings in every three-four months in different places of North Bengal. My programmes will start from today itself after we reach Bagdogra airport near Siliguri.”

No political gain can be achieved by disturbances: WB CM

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Condemning incidents of encroaching on freedom of individuals, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday said no political gain can be achieved by creating instability and such elements don’t want development of the country.

“What a person should eat or what he should wear, what he should sing … are all matters of his freedom, independent choice. Everyone in this country has the equal right to profess things of his choice,” the Trinamool Congress Chairperson told reporters at the city airport in Kolkata.

Replying to queries on alleged incidents of creating disturbance and encroaching on individual freedom, Banerjee said she condemned them. The concept of ‘Bharat’ remained within unity in diversity and that was the country’s core strength, she said.

Asserting that West Bengal always stood for unity and amity among all sections of people, the CM said, “If anyone is trying to foment trouble (in the country) that is not the right thing.”

She added, “Had there been the issue of development before them (such elements) they won’t have resorted to such tactics.”

WB Govt preparing plan to harvest rainwater in New Town

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The West Bengal Public Health Engineering (PHE) Department is preparing a concept plan within the month on how rainwater harvesting could lead to optimum utilization of water at commercial complexes in New Town, such as Eco Park, parks, and even in community toilets.

After the PHE department drafts the plan, the Hidco authorities will hold a discussion, involving engineers, planners and experts, to finalize the next course of action.

The entire New Town has a network of box drains to drain off rainwater from roads. This water then flows into a canal, such as the link canal or `pass khal’ in Action Area I. A drainage pumping station then pumps out the water from there to Bagjola canal, which runs through the township. The Hidco authorities are now exploring if instead of siphoning off the rainwater from the roads into Bagjola, the pumping station could drain it into the water treatment plant at Tarulia.

It is already planned that water from the Hooghly will be sent to the Tarulia plant through 6-ft pipes for treatment and then supplied across Salt Lake and New Town for consumption. The authorities hope the rainwater, drained from the New Town roads, could also be treated at the Tarulia plant and diverted back to the township to be used at the commercial complexes. The authorities are also exploring if the rainwater could be treated and purified at the 100-MGD plant so that it could be used as potable water.

A number of sewage treatment pumps at various points of New Town flush out waste water and after being treated, it is pumped into the nearby bheries and canals. The authorities are also examining the possibility of treating this water, running it through a second stage of purification, so that it can be used for gardening, washing and flushing at commercial and public establishments.

Hidco officials pointed out the model could also be used in other proposed smart cities, Salt Lake, Durgapur and Haldia.