After nearly a decade of dues, the Siliguri Regulated Market Committee (RMC) on Wednesday cleared pending rent amounting to Rs 1,29,58,742, outstanding since 2016. The last payment had been made in 2015.
Honorary General Secretary, Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries of Eastern India, Surajit Paul, has formally requested mayor Goutam Deb to reconsider certain aspects of the recent mandate requiring Bengali-language displays on business signboards.
Siliguri is all set to witness its first-ever Terai Himalayan Festival, a vibrant celebration of cultural diversity and community spirit, on 23 February.
The state transport department, in collaboration with the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC) inaugurated a new alternative bus terminal at Tinbatti, near Uttarkanya Branch Secretariat in Siliguri.
The Siliguri Municipal Corporation runs a free educational support centre called Alor Dishari.
The Darjeeling district administration has begun marking off vacant lands in each block and displaying signboards, as per the direction of chief minister Mamata Banerjee.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee today said that there was no need for interference of the Calcutta High Court in the drinking water crisis now in Kanu Sanyal's village, under Naxalbari block since Siliguri Municipal Corporation will supply drinking water for villagers.
Siliguri Municipal Corporation on April 2 named a road near the Airview More in the town after the Mohun Bagan Athletic Club of Kolkata.
The mayor said cattle sheds will be shifted from the town. The civic body officials said the 'Pulse Mode Vector Control Activity' had been started from March.
The 14 SMC wards, four gram panchayats (DabgramI & II and Fulbari-I& II) come under the jurisdiction of the Assembly segment in Jalpaiguri district.
