Rickety building, shortage of judges at Burdwan, Durgapur courts
A number of courts both in Durgapur and Burdwan are lying vacant due to shortage of judges, causing delay in judicial proceedings.
Bodies of three youths of Durgapur who drowned at Mandarmani were brought here last evening and cremated.
SNS | Durgapur | July 19, 2024 7:52 am
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Bodies of three youths of Durgapur who drowned at Mandarmani were brought here last evening and cremated.
Samar Chakraborty (35), a resident of S N Bose Road of Durgapur Steel Township and Koushik Mondal (32) of Bhiringi, Ritwik Baray of Kaizer Lane in Benachity were killed after they drowned in sea on Tuesday at Mandarmani.
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Six youths of Durgapur had gone to Mandarmani on Sunday night and stayed at a hotel. On Tuesday morning they went for a dip in the sea. Three of them drowned, while two were rescued later by police, but the third person was missing.
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His body was recovered later.
All of the deceased worked in private companies, in and around Durgapur as managers and sales executives. The coffins were brought from Mandarmani in an ambulance by the relatives and in late hours were cremated at Durgapur as per rituals.
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A number of courts both in Durgapur and Burdwan are lying vacant due to shortage of judges, causing delay in judicial proceedings.
The District Magistrate (DM) of West Burdwan, S Ponnambalam has held a high-level meeting with representatives of central public sector units in Durgapur, Burnpur, Asansol areas to combat the outbreak of dengue during the upcoming monsoon season in the district.
Subsidence fear gripped the coalmine areas of Durgapur as a school building, one concrete residential house and two temporary structures have started sinking.
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