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West Midnapore

Monsoon fury: Devastating floods in West Midnapore, Jhargram

Villages are submerged, rivers are raging, and entire communities are cut off — a deepening flood crisis is sweeping across West Midnapore and Jhargram districts as relentless monsoon rains continue to lash southern West Bengal. The disaster, unfolding with alarming speed, has drowned homes, snapped transport lifelines, and left thousands stranded in knee to waist-deep water.

Mamata lays foundation for Rs 16,000 cr power plant in Salboni

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday laid the foundation stone for a 1,600 MW ultra-supercritical thermal power plant at Salboni in West Midnapore of Junglemahal, calling it a landmark initiative in the state's journey towards industrial and infrastructure growth.

CM to inaugurate 2 thermal plants in Salboni on Monday

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee announced that the state government would unveil two thermal power plants in Salboni for which she would be at Salboni, West Midnapore, on 21 April to lay the foundation stone, to be set up by the Jindals.

Elephant herd enters Bankura

A herd of 52 Dalma range elephants from Jharkhand entered the Bankura forests Monday late night through the West Midnapore jungle corridor.