Mamata vows post-poll action on Ghatal flooding
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited flood-ravaged Ghatal in West Midnapore, wading through ankle-deep waters to address a crisis that has gripped the region year after year.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday visited flood-ravaged Ghatal in West Midnapore, wading through ankle-deep waters to address a crisis that has gripped the region year after year.
The state government has formed a monitoring group comprising IAS officers at the rank of special secretaries for flood monitoring and management.
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.
CM Mamata Banerjee inaugurated Goaltore Solar Power Plant and unveiled over 300 new projects in West Midnapore
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.
Lightning claimed five lives in three separate incidents in Murshidabad and East Burdwan districts on Thursday afternoon, according to the Met department.
Mr Chatterjee said,the cabinet has approved offering five acres of land each to four companies for setting up of a cycle hub at Vidyasagar Industrial Park.
In this year's state Assembly elections, the Trinamul Congress won as many as 29 of the 40 seats in the region.
According to EC sources, about 80.03 per cent of the electorate voted in Bankura, 80.55 per cent in Jhargram, 80.16 per cent in West Midnapore and 82.42 per cent in East Midnapore district.
In Bankura, the first phase of polls will be held in four constituencies for which 83 companies have been deployed.
