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West Bengal

Waterways to Success

Being a state with a great network of rivers and expansive water bodies, West Bengal boasts of one of the longest navigable waterway networks in the country, with approximately 4,593 kilometers of rivers and canals, of which 97 per cent are navigable.

Mamata Banerjee rejigs state council of ministers

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today effected a reshuffle in the her council of ministers, by handing over enhanced responsibility to a number of ministers, while keeping the state jails department with her for now following the resignation of the former jail minister, Akhil Giri.