The state government has highlighted in its budget that the existing ports of Haldia and Kolkata suffer from low draft and high turnaround time and hence there is a need to construct a strategic deep-sea port.
In a direction aimed at safeguarding women's safety in West Bengal, the budget has also proposed setting up at least one women police station in every sub-division and Nari Sahayata Desk in every police station.
The announcement assumes significance as the BJP government has repeatedly asserted that dismantling extortion networks and what it calls the prevailing “threat culture” would be one of its principal governance priorities.
The revised framework follows the state government’s earlier declaration that no new liquor shop would be allowed within 1 km of schools, colleges and temples in Bengal.
Swapan Dasgupta said the proposed Kalyani airport would require around 1,000 to 1,500 acres of land and is being planned to meet rising passenger demand in the Kolkata metropolitan region.
The cover of the budget file, prepared using a combination of cotton and jute to highlight the traditional handicrafts of Bengal, has received praises from various quarters.
The gesture bears close resemblance with the 'halwa' ceremony which is in practice in Delhi, before the Union Finance Minister presents the Budget in February every year.
Doctors at JGMC&H said a number of victims were shifted to the Intensive Care Unit owing to the severity of their injuries. Medical teams are closely monitoring the condition of the critically injured passengers.
The decision to rename the major arterial road conneting the Park Circus 7-Point Crossing to the Don Bosco Circle, was taken on Saturday on the occassion of Paschimbanga Divas.
As many as 150 TMC members from different villages in Bidbihar Gram Panchayat in the Kanksa block of Paschim Bardhaman sided with the Congress in the presence of party's district president Debesh Chakraborty on Sunday.
