Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) Only around seven per cent of the under-construction multi-storey structures in and around Kolkata that came under the scanner of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) following the collapse of an under-construction warehouse at Taratala on the southern outskirts of Kolkata last month have got the clearance of the high-power committee constituted by the KMC.Following the collapse of the three-storey warehouse at Taratala last month, which claimed 16 lives, the KMC had p…
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Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) West Bengal government funds worth Rs 100 crore, allocated for councillors at the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), will go back to the state treasury after remaining unspent due to administrative complications, a senior government official said on Monday.Although funds were allocated for the councillors in the state Budget, a major portion of the amount, to the tune of Rs 100 crore, could not be spent as the municipal board at the KMC was dissolved last month followin…
Kolkata, July 7 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari on Tuesday announced a comprehensive relief package for the families affected by the Taratala warehouse roof collapse, including financial assistance, employment support, free medical treatment and educational aid for children of the victims.At a programme held at Nabanna Sabhaghar in the state secretariat, the Chief Minister handed over cheques of Rs 10 lakh each to the families of the 16 workers who lost their lives in the June…
Kolkata, June 11 (IANS) The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has sought a detailed report on the status of demolition of alleged illegal constructions at properties linked to Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, officials said on Thursday.The Administrator and Commissioner of KMC have sought a report in the next five days from the building department with regard to the final status of the demolition of illegal construction at Banerjee’s residence.The Commissioner of the Kol…
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) The cops of New Market Police Station under the central division of the Kolkata Police, on Monday morning, issued summons to the Member-Mayor in Council of the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), Baiswanor Chattopadhyay, on charges of heckling and physically assaulting the Corporation’s secretary, Kishore Kumar Biswas on Friday.A police complaint was lodged by Kishore Kumar Biswas at the New Market Police Station, under whose jurisdiction the KMC Building in central Kolka…
Kolkata, May 24 (IANS) Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) Commissioner Smita Pandey said on Sunday that the notices which have been issued against illegal constructions in the city are “entirely personal and not linked to any political outfit”.She was present in the city’s Beleghata area for the demolition of illegal constructions belonging to strongman Raju Naskar.The Commissioner clearly mentioned that the action was being carried out with legal procedures.A sharp political debate erupted bet…
Kolkata, May 22 (IANS) Trinamool Congress supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has convened an emergency meeting with all the party councillors in Kolkata Municipal Corporation, following successive notices from the KMC to her nephew Abhishek Banerjee’s multiple properties during the last seven days.A party councillor, who did not wish to be named, said the main agenda is to discuss the evolving situation. The party feels that the KMC bureaucratic setup is functioning …
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The West Bengal government on Thursday requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to withdraw its order, issued earlier this week, stopping the transfers of three Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers, who are currently on temporary deputation to the poll panel for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state.The Commission’s Secretary, Sujeet Kumar Mishra, on Tuesday, wrote to Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty, ordering a stop to the departme…
Kolkata, Jan 27 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday communicated to the West Bengal government informing about its decision to stall the state-government ordered departmental transfers of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officers from the West Bengal cadre who are currently on temporary deputation to the Commission for the ongoing special intensive revision (SIR) in the state.In the communique to West Bengal Chief Secretary Nandini Chakraborty, the ECI’s secretary Sujee…