Personnel from the Kolkata Police Disaster Management Group, the Fire and Emergency Services, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation, Civil Defence, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) and the army have been deployed.
"It is not a matter of controversy. We have time alloted for this issue in the budget session. We will see what comes out of it," Vijay Ojha said.
Calling it "only the beginning", the Chief Minister warned that any architect, planner or designer found neglecting supervisory responsibilities in future would face similar action.
Renovation or extension of existing residential houses, including repairs to verandas or staircases and the construction of additional kitchens or toilets, will not be affected, provided the required permissions have been obtained.
Suvendu Adhikari said the committee has also been assigned an additional responsibility to complete within 90 days — a comprehensive audit of fire safety systems and lightning arresters in high-rise residential and commercial buildings across the state.
Calcutta High Court today in a ruling asked the state government to deploy central forces in violent-hit Murshidabad with immediate effect.
After failing to fight us politically on the issue of development, many are trying to spread unrest in Bengal by sowing divisions in the name of religion.
At a time when communal tensions have been rising in the region—before Eid, during Ram Navami, and amid protests against the amended Waqf Act —Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, along with BJP MLAs from Siliguri and Dabgram-Fulbari, visited the Khoribari police station in the Phansidewa Assembly constituency of Darjeeling district on Saturday.
In a renewed effort to address the long-pending issue of minimum wages for tea plantation workers, labour minister Moloy Ghatak convened a crucial meeting on Saturday.
At least three people have lost their lives in separate incidents across the district since Friday.
