Raj govt defers elections in 6,759 gram panchayats
As per the notification issued by the Panchayati Raj Department on Thursday, the elections in these rural local bodies are being deferred due to inevitable reasons.
As per the notification issued by the Panchayati Raj Department on Thursday, the elections in these rural local bodies are being deferred due to inevitable reasons.
Tension erupted in the Sekendra Gram Panchayat area under Raghunathganj police station in Murshidabad due to a factional feud between two groups within the Trinamul Congress (TMC).
A delegation from the central government visited the Bid Bihar Gram panchayat under Kanksha Block of West Burdwan district today to assess the work of the area.
Till date 190 cases of dengue have been detected in the Hooghly district, of which 32 cases were earlier detected in Balagarh block. Last Saturday 24 dengue cases were detected in Guptipara - 1 gram panchayat and 21 dengue cases were detected in Saradha Nagar.
Koustab Sadhu (23), a resident of Hooghly Gurap, Khajurdaha, Milki gram panchayat, pursuing physics honours from Chhattisgarh’s Guru Ghashidas University, drowned in a dam on Sunday.
Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mahapatra has directed authorities concerned to create better facilities at every WAC in the state.
He said that a family and society progresses only when a girl is educated.Expressing his two-day visit in district Kinnaur as a memorable experience, he said the affection, simplicity and hospitality of the tribal people have made an everlasting influence on him
Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Virender Kanwar said that in non-tribal areas, new Gram Panchayats from those existing Gram Panchayats will be created, where total population as per 2011 census is equal to and more than 2000, number of households equal to and more than 500, number of villages equal to and more than five and distance of the farthest village from the existing headquarter of the Gram Sabha is equal to and more than five km subject to the condition that minimum resultant population of the existing and newly proposed Gram Panchayat before and after bifurcation is minimum 600.
"We were not given any prior notice for the evection, and they came all of a sudden today and started demolishing the houses, despite the fact that we produced land ownership documents," said the locals.
The body of Shishupal Sahis, a 22-year-old man, was found in Senabona village.
