The Anganwadi centre at Khoyramari Char in Zirat gram panchayat, which was severely damaged during the cyclone Amphan, continues to stand as a stark reminder of the destruction left behind.
The voices of those who get amplified will rarely reflect the realities of those living on the margins and bearing the brunt of a warming planet.
That the two disasters coincided was in itself one of the deepest tragedies that the state contenanced. Described as the "costliest tropical cyclone of the year", the report has been crafted by Christian Aid, a relief and development agency based in London. It is said to have displaced 4.9 million people across the affected countries in the Bay of Bengal.
It is learnt that the party's state president Subrata Bakshi, secretary general Partha Chatterjee, vice president Subrata Mukherjee and Trinamul Youth Congress president Abhishek Banerjee held a meeting with poll strategist Prashant Kishore and took this decision.
The Covid-19 pandemic has restricted the ecotourism influx in forest areas; labour migration was also stopped due to the lockdown.
The UN Central Emergency Response Fund recently provided UN agencies with 5.2 million US dollars to help families most at risk, the spokesman said.
According to the State Forest Department estimates, around 40 per cent of the mangroves were ravaged.
Reports do suggest that it has been a wellcalibrated fiddle when one reflects that only 600 people had figured on the list of beneficiaries for government compensation despite the grim ground reality ~ the dwellings of more than 7,000 people had been devastated on the afternoon of 20 May.
The Prime Minister's Ofiice had refused to disclose details on the creation and operation of the PM CARES Fund, telling a RTI applicant that the fund is not a public authority under the ambit of the RTI Act, 2005.
'Strict action' will be taken against five BDOs posted in districts of South 24 Paraganas, North 24 Parganas, Hooghly and Howrah if their replies are found 'unsatisfactory', the official said.
