Soon after assuming charge as minister for public health engineering and labour, Serampore MLA Bhaskar Bhattacharya outlined his policy priorities, stressing service to the common people.
The Amader Para, Amader Samadhan (APAS) scheme is a flagship campaign launched by the West Bengal government.
The state government has planned to set up a silk hub in Serampore. At an administrative meeting in Tarakeswar, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the establishment of the hub in Hooghly district to create a major centre for silk export and skill development for craftsmen.
The prompt alertness of a team of police officers from the Chandannagar Commissionerate, Serampore police station, led to the recovery of a stolen newborn from Serampore Walsh Hospital within an hour of its disappearance.
Riverbank erosion at Serampore has become severe along the Hooghly, stretching from Siddheswari Tala to Mahesh over a distance of about six kilometres.
A mega cleanliness drive and awareness programme was initiated on Wednesday by Hooghly district magistrate Mukta Arya at a district and sub-divisional level from Serampore court compound.
A typographer working out of Serampore, Panchanan Karmakar gave the Bengalis their first printed script.
Last Monday, he was dragged into a four wheeler and whisked away. Later, kin of the victim received phone calls demanding the ransom.
The traditional two-century-old Durga Puja, initiated by the pallibashi (local people) to invoke the powers and blessings of Goddess Durga during Dol Utsav, continues to be carried out by the local residents in Serampore.
The sports meet was inaugurated by Dr Sudipto Roy, the MLA of Serampore and president of the governing body of Serampore Girls' College.
