Traders, handicrafts bodies demand holding Poush Mela
Poush Mela used to be jointly organised by the Santiniketan Trust and Visva-Bharati University. Last time the Poush Mela was held at the Purba Pally Ground was in 2019.
Poush Mela used to be jointly organised by the Santiniketan Trust and Visva-Bharati University. Last time the Poush Mela was held at the Purba Pally Ground was in 2019.
Large scale incidents of hoarding of stocks of tur and urad dal by millers and traders in their warehouses to avoid stock declaration, have been discovered by the government.
The traders are making hefty profits at a time when the death toll from the relentless monsoon rains has exceeded the 1,100 mark and inflicting $10 billion loss on the country's economy.
The fresh restrictions say that the weekend lockdown shall now onwards come into force from 9 pm on Friday to 6 am on Monday.
Apart from Diwali, the traders, on the day of Dhanteras, are also expecting big business.
Injured Santosh Kumar and Santosh were admitted to government-run hospital in Karimnagar.
A marginal decline in the number of Covid-19 cases in the country and a slight drop in the overall case fatality rate may have led the residents of north Bengal to plan for more than a low-key festivity, but the festive season may still turn out to be a damp squib for businesses.
Around 220 persons have tested positive for the virus in North Dinajpur district so far. A 46-year-old Toto driver, a resident of Dakhin Birnagar in Ward 23, was tested positive yesterday.
Several incidents of fire have occurred in the past few decades at the market, with losses amounting to several corers of rupees, while a proposal to rebuild the market remains pending.
Locals allege ignorance by Govt; cases from 2015 yet not acted upon.
