The Calcutta High Court on Thursday sought a report from the Sanjiv Goenka-owned private power generation-cum-distribution utility, CESC Ltd, on multiple electrocution deaths in and around Kolkata.
Chief minister Mamata Baneree announced an Rs 15,000 hike in donations to Puja organisers today.
Officials of the detective department today brought sniffer dogs in the afternoon and inspected the stage and also checked the load-bearing capacity of the main stage.
Trinamul Congress leaders are pumping in full effort to make the Martyrs’ Day rally on 21 July a grand success.
Intensifying its measures to check illegal constructions, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has now sought help from the CESC to ‘curb the menace.’
An enquiry committee of seven officials tasking with a fact-finding probe into the incident of the collapse of an illegally constructed building at Garden Reach last Sunday, is to submit its report by 4 April.
With the onset of monsoons, the Kolkata Municipal Corporation has shifted its focus to the city roads to keep them as smooth as possible.
The KMC has also started using mike for announcements in various wards to create awareness among the masses on the do’s and don’ts during the rainy season.
The department is considering issuing warnings to commercial spaces that are vulnerable and have inadequate fire fighting arrangements.
CESC recently faced a barrage of complaints from the customers on the previous June bill that contained unbilled charges of April and May. It had put the unbilled charges in abeyance and will recover just the bill for the month of June.
