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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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Best of Bengali television world honoured at Tele Academy Awards

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The Tele-Academy 2015-16 organised by the West Bengal Tele Academy of the State Government was organised today Nazrul Mancha at 5 PM.

West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee felicitated actors and technicians working in the television industry for their outstanding performances through their career as well as in the last year.

“We are really honoured and blessed to be able to felicitate the talent of TV industry. Very talented people are being honoured here today for their performances,” she said.

“There was a time when TV was called an idiot box. But now it is a huge industry, generating livelihood for people,” the CM added.

The West Bengal Tele Academy Awards 2016 covers the entire gamut of Film and TV, rewarding excellence in production, programming, photography and technology, among others. The awards have been constituted as a token of respect and gratitude to the entire Film and TV industry in West Bengal.

In 2014, the inaugural year of the Tele Akademi Awards, actors Sabyasachi Chakraborty, Monoj Mitra, Sabitri Chattopadhyay and Madhabi Mukhopadhyay were presented with Lifetime Achievement Awards.

The Trinamool Government had introduced Banga Sammanana in the year 2011 for notable contribution to the state; the Government has also been honouring distinguished artists from the field of music with Sangeet Samman, and those associated with sports with the Khel Samman.

“We believe “Telly”wood is as glamorous as Tollywood, Bollywood and Hollywood,” WB CM said while wishing the members of the Bengali television fraternity.

Ambedkar Diwas to be celebrated in Bengal on 30 December

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday announced that Dr BR Ambedkar’s 125 birth anniversary year will be celebrated in every block of the state on December 30.

Mamata Banerjee said she would personally attend the state-level program at Netaji Indoor Stadium here on that day.

“In honour of the great social reformer and architect of the Indian Constitution Dr BR Ambedkar, we have decided to celebrate Ambedkar Diwas all over the state on December 30 in a befitting manner,” she said.

The government has also decided to institute a chair named after Dr Ambedkar at Calcutta University.

Republic Day like Puja procession from next year, proposes CM

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How about watching Durga Puja processions from Red Road, on the same lines of the Republic Day parade? This is exactly what Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has in mind.

She shared the idea with the audience at Nazrul Mancha on Thursday . The occasion: the Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman awards ceremony .

“Next year onwards, we shall have all winners of the Sharad Samman have their idol immersion on the same day. They will line up in processions along Red Road, and we could have everyone watching from the stands like they watch the Republic Day programme,” the Chief Minister said while giving out the awards at Nazrul Mancha.

The idea struck the Chief Minister while watching the Jagadhhatri puja immersions at Chandernagore.

Mamata Banerjee said plans had already been discussed and would be executed next year. Since last year, after creating Bengal’s very own brand ‘Biswa Bangla’, the state government christened the awards as Biswa Bangla Sharad Samman, expanding the ambit of the accolades to foreign shores.

This year, the Houston Durgastav Society , USA, Bong Connection, Dubai, and the Mahamaya Durgapuja Ujjapan Parishad, Bangladesh, won from this category .

The Chief Minister said a data bank of the winners will be created and the puja organisers from other states and countries will be invited to participate in key events in the state, like the film festival and the book fair.

Mamata Banerjee also made the government’s intentions of hardselling Bengal’s handloom and handicrafts across the world. “Just wait and see where we take Biswa Bangla to. It will be one of the best brands on the world forum,” she said.

Biswa Bangla Sharod Samman given away

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West Bengal government, led by Mamata Banerjee, had instituted the ‘Biswa Bangla Sharod Samman’ in 2014 to honour the best durga puja committees in not just Kolkata and Bengal but across the globe.

This year was the second season of the awards. Response from across various countries was huge.

The prizes for the best puja committees were given away today at a glorious ceremony held at Nazrul Mancha.

Here is the list of winners:

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Awards will be given in the categories like Sera Mandop, Sera Protima, Sera Aloksojja and Sera Bhabna. Innovative awards include Sera Abiskar, Sera Silpi, Sera Theme Song/Aboho, Sera Paribesh Bandhab.

Awards are also being given the categories Sera Branding and Sera Dhakesri.

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Biswa Bangla Sharod Samman holds in its purview not only the pujas of Kolkata and Bengal but also of other Indian cities and foreign countries where Bengalis celebrate the autumn fest with equal mirth and enthusiasm.

Highlights of WB CM’s speech:

  • Bengal turns into a museum of art during Durga Puja. The creativity of Bengal is on display at that time
  • My vision of Biswa Bangla wants to establish Bengal as a global name. We want Bengal to be the best
  • We are very happy to see various committees – big and small – from different parts of the country present today
  • I want to thank the Police for their tireless efforts during Puja
  • From next year we are planning to organise an immersion procession involving all puja committees during Durga Puja
  • A lot of commercial activities are associated with Durga Puja. Several people get employment
  • We will establish Durga Puja as a global tourist attraction in the future. Durga Puja brings with it a breath of fresh air in our lives
  • The wait for next year’s Durga Puja starts from the moment the idol is immersed
  • There can be no discrimination between Maa, Mother and Ammi
  • I invite all of you to come to Bengal against next year for Durga Puja. Let us transform into Biswa Bangla

Outstanding praise from UNICEF for Kanyashree

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The West Bengal Government’s landmark Kanyashree Scheme came in for outstanding praise from UNICEF’s chief field officer for West Bengal, Mr Mohammad Asadur Rahman on the occasion of Child Rights Week.

According to Mr Rahman, the Kanyashree Scheme created a lot of buzz at the recently-held United Nations convention in London. Data presented by Mr Rahman at the press conference showed that as a result of the scheme, the number of girl students willing to continue their studies beyond the 10th standard, till the 12th, has increased by 6%, which is significant. He felt that the more schemes like Kanyashree become popular, the more would the state of education in West Bengal improve.

The chairman of the State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (SCPCR),  informed that Child Rights Week is being celebrated from November 20 to 26, as an extension of International Child Rights Day on November 20. The celebrations are being organised by the Department of Women and Child Development.

More than 25 lakh girls are now under the Kanyashree scheme in the State. The project was started 2012 on the initiative of the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

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.

 

WB CM to inaugurate Jagaddahtri Puja at Chandernagar today

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West Bengal Chief Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee will inaugurate Jagaddhatri Puja pandals in Chandernagar like every year on November 17.

The district police have taken necessary measures to maintain law and order on that day.

The Chief Minister is scheduled to reach Chandernagar on November 17 in the afternoon, where she will spend two hours. She will then visit Babughat for Chhat Puja celebrations.

The Chief Minister is slated to visit Arambagh on November 24 where she will inaugurate several new projects for the district.

CM sets 3 month deadline for PWD projects

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Prodded by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the state public works department (PWD) now has to complete a number of ongoing and pending road and highway infrastructure development projects within the next three months.

Sources said that the state secretariat and its authorities have got sanctions that amount to Rs 1000 crore from the 14th finance commission to undertake these works.

The main projects comprises a number of road and highway stretch widening and strengthening work, to construct 23 railway overbridges (ROB) on several national and state highway stretches on engineering, procurement and construct (EPC) mode for which the authorities plan to invite bids to take up work within the next one month.

As per the plan, most number of ROBs will be constructed at several places of North Bengal, North 24 Parganas on NH-31, NH-35 and NH-60. Two more will be set up on NH-2B and a lone ROB at Barasat falling on NH-34.

The state highways will also receive two ROBs at Bandel car shed and Adisaptagram on SH-6 and at Simlagarh on SH-13.

The ROBs have been planned at Sevok, Oodlabari, Malbazar, Lataguri and Mayanaguri on the NH-31 towards North Bengal. On the way down South some bridges have been planned at Bishnupur, Mejia Thermal Power station, Topsi, Pandabeswar, Bhimgarh and Suri.

On NH-35 of North 24 Parganas too will get railway bridges. The PWD authorities have been working to widen and strengthen many national and state highway stretches that heads towards Diamond Harbour, Chandro kona to Ghatal and then Behrampore to Kandi.

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.