Leaders step in with aid for market fire victims ahead of puja
Ahead of Durga Puja, political leaders have stepped forward to support the fire victims of Bidhan Market in Siliguri with financial help.
Ahead of Durga Puja, political leaders have stepped forward to support the fire victims of Bidhan Market in Siliguri with financial help.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to inaugurate Durga Puja at Sreebhumi in Lake Town on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday expressed regret that the state government has not yet received a single paisa from the Centre to combat floods in the state.
A tragic incident unfolded this morning in Sukanta Nagar, under Ward 38 of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), where a mother threw her 25-day-old baby girl into a well. Both the police and fire brigade quickly arrived at the scene to recover the infant.
The tripartite meeting called by the labour department yesterday to discuss the bonus for tea workers in the Hills ended inconclusively after a section of workers staged an agitation last night in Siliguri.
According to the chairperson of the board of administrators (BoA) at the Siliguri Municipal Corporation (SMC), Gautam Deb, they had detailed discussions on the Rs 470-crore mega drinking water project for Siliguri in Kolkata.
"Siliguri has immense importance for its strategic location. Constant monitoring and extensive surveillance are required...The drone will mostly be used for monitoring during the festivals, management of huge gatherings and crowd management. The device will be used to monitor whether Covid rules are violated..."
While many people in the region are thinking that they are getting ahead of the coronavirus outbreak and could relax, the news of the detection of 97 cases of Delta variant in Sikkim on 18 July and 14 Delta strains and three UK variant cases in north Bengal on 27 July has created panic among many residents here.
Steps are being taken under the supervision of the deputy chief medical officer of health-II, Darjeeling, Dr Tulsi Pramanik, it is learnt.
Meanwhile, Mr Ponnambalam said traders had been asked to play an active role in combating Covid-19.
