Durgapur has five industrial estates managed by the West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation accommodating many private factories, but no electronics equipment manufacturing plant as yet.
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.
A life convict who allegedly failed to return to jail after parole was killed in an encounter with Sonipat Police after opening fire on a police team. Haryana DGP Ajay Singhal said an injured head constable is receiving treatment and the department will bear all medical expenses.
The visit was part of the ongoing action plans to implement Special Campaign 5.0 for improving Swachhata and disposal of pending references from 2 to 31st October, on the lines of the Special Campaigns held in the preceding 4 years, a release from the Ministry stated
The three-day conclave concluded with high-level deliberations, solemn ceremonies and reaffirmation of collective resolve to strengthen United Nations peacekeeping operations.
Chief Minister Gupta was present on ground zero, and inspected the cleaning work underway, while she also reviewed the report issued by the on-site laboratory for testing the river’s water.
The announcement was made in the national capital on Thursday by Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri, whose family has been the custodian of the holy relics for the past 300 years.
The victim, a 30-year-old man named Shrikant, sustained wounds but remained conscious and drove himself home to the Jauhari Pur area, a senior police officer said.
