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Tag: Amphan
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Govt moves Calcutta HC over CAG audit of Amphan relief fund
Section 48 provides for constitution of State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) for the purposes of meeting natural disaster. It is a state level fund with 25 per cent being state government contribution.
January 7, 2021 -
A way to protect the Sunderbans
The storm led to problems with supply of drinking water, damaged roads, forests, power supply lines, education and health infrastructure and activities of some 26,000 MSM entrepreneurs
October 8, 2020 -
Near-stampede situation in Bengal village over Amphan relief
The incident took place in Kultali, one of the worst-hit areas by the cyclone Amphan.
July 2, 2020 -
Post Amphan: Nature lovers hang artificial nests for birds
The team is hanging artificial nests for the birds who need the shelters during monsoon.
June 16, 2020 -
Tram services resume in City of Joy
The engineers have been able to restore one route out of the seven, after rigorous trial runs which were conducted on 12 and 13 June by WBTC. Services of the restored route number 24/29 between Tollygunge and Ballygunge resumed today.
June 15, 2020 -
KMC takes precautions to curb dengue
Firhad Hakim says KMC adopting two-pronged approach amidst Covid crisis, spraying sodium hypochlorite to prevent dengue outbreak.
June 13, 2020 -
French President writes to PM Modi, extends all support to India on cyclone AMPHAN aftermath
President Macron, in his letter, also underscored importance of cooperation between the two countries at multilateral level and the support that India will be in a position to extend to France’s actions initiated under G20 as well as to the Access to Covid Tools - Accelerator (ACT-A) initiative.
June 4, 2020 -
Mamata govt needs to act to resolve people’s problems: BJP
Addressing a Press conference, he said that Miss Banerjee has claimed that 8 lakh migrant workers have returned to Bengal, and questioned where they are staying now.
June 4, 2020 -
ICICI Bank commits Rs 4 crore for Amphan-hit West Bengal
The cheque was accepted by Rajiva Sinha, IAS, Chief Secretary, Government of West Bengal.
June 2, 2020 -
Bengal cases rise to 5,772
Markets, public transportation, religious places, industries, including the film industry have been allowed to resume functioning outside containment zones from today.
June 2, 2020 -
KMC holds meeting with state forest dept for restoration of flora in city
The state forest minister Rajib Banerjee today said “There has been a loss of green cover over 1600 sqkm amounting to a loss of 16 lakh trees."
May 31, 2020 -
10 days after Amphan, many areas still without power
“Neither the local political representative like MLA nor officials of the state electricity board is active to restore the supply. We have never had to spend such a long harrowing period living in darkness,” said Mr Sudhir Pal of Dhamua village in the district.
May 31, 2020 -
Amphan batters 30,000 stalls, hawkers to get govt aid
A large number of the make-shift stalls have been destroyed after uprooted tree tress fell on them, while others got blown away in the strong wind that rampaged the city for hours.
May 27, 2020 -
Central Water Commission issues ‘flood alert’ for Assam; IMD issues red alert
As per the CWC, a flood warning has been sounded in Jorhat, Sonitpur, and Baksa districts.
May 26, 2020 -
Local youths step in to restore services in cyclone-hit village
It was Kartik Marjit who stood guard at the main electric transformer to monitor the repair works while his neighbor, Kajal Marjit climbed the electric poles and reconnected the snapped wires.
May 26, 2020 -
Mamata alleges Opp of fomenting agitation
“You have to understand the ground level problem. I’ve asked the mayor to engage local youths and clubs to clear debris from the roads,” she said.
May 24, 2020 -
Bus depots decimated, mini buses battered, transport in fetters
Similarly, some of the glass screen doors at the elevated station in the recently opened East-West Metro have also been damaged.
May 24, 2020
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