The Bengal government has withdrawn its representatives on the Damodar Valley Reservoir Regulation Committee (DVRRC), even as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee wrote a second time to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Damodar Valley Corporation’s uncontrolled water release from the Maithon and Panchet reservoirs.
After waiting for long for central funds to arrive for dredging and desilting of the Damodar Barrage in Durgapur, the Bengal government has ordered a state-owned company to do the job.
Inflow of water to the upper reservoirs caused by the unrelenting rain eventually has forced the Damodar Valley Corporation to intensify the discharges of its prime feeder dams, Panchet and Maithon, resulting in the Durgapur barrage to scale up rate of outflow today.
While preparing its reply to the Bengal government’s charges of 'man-made' flood by releasing flood water without informing the state, the Damodar Valley Corporation dams intends to go for further enhanced discharge to create space for more water inflow from the upper catchment areas.
To irrigate the parched Bengal farmlands, Damodar Valley Corporation, has kicked off the first-phase release of irrigation water today.
The Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the police didn't allow the BJP MLAs to meet the victim's family
As many as 12,372 critical patients underwent angioplasty, costing Rs 71.30 crore. Around 3,050 patients underwent angioplasty at Rs 12.21 crore. Bypass surgery (on pumps) was conducted on 5,903 patients at Rs 60 crore. Radiotherapy or chemotherapy was conducted on 4,941 patients at Rs 42.30 crore. Joint knee replacement was done at Rs 23.59 lakh
At a time when the education sector in West Bengal is daily hitting the national headlines for negative reasons after being saddled by the multi-crore teachers' recruitment scam, a proposal from an education outfit under the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has come as a breather for the state education department.
Engineering institute, IIEST, Shibpur has prepared a draft plan after it was asked by the government for it and it is being studied by the department.
State government sent an email application to office of the Calcutta HC's Chief Justice requesting latter to hear state government's plea.
