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Time of India
10 hours ago
- General
- Time of India
State launches greening drive with sapling planting
1 2 3 Kolkata: The West Bengal govt has launched an ambitious greening campaign as part of Banmahotsav 2025, with a goal of planting two saplings per person in urban areas and five per person in rural areas. The initiative, described as "unprecedented in scale," aims to combat climate change and environmental degradation across the state. In all, the state is attempting to plant over 40 crore saplings. On Saturday, state forest minister Birbaha Hansda flagged off the celebration by inaugurating awareness tableaus from Aranya Bhaban in Kolkata. The tableaus, which will travel across central, north, and south Kolkata, as well as Salt Lake and New Town, will serve as both awareness vehicles and mobile seedling distribution units. Another tableau was launched from Siliguri. " Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Upto 15% Discount for Salaried Individuals ICICI Pru Life Insurance Plan Get Quote Undo by Taboola by Taboola Climate change is real and accelerating," Hansda told TOI. "Our chief minister Mamata Banerjee has given a clear mandate for extensive greening and expansion of forest cover. But we must also address the rapid loss of greenery in non-forest areas. If each citizen plants just a couple of trees and cares for them for six months, we can create a visible, meaningful change." You Can Also Check: Kolkata AQI | Weather in Kolkata | Bank Holidays in Kolkata | Public Holidays in Kolkata Banmahotsav 2025 will be observed across the state from July 14 to July 20, with the state-level event scheduled at Bengal Safari in Siliguri on July 14. In addition, 23 district-level and 2 sub-divisional-level programs will be organised to ensure grassroots participation. Key highlights of this year's Banmahotsav include the free distribution of saplings: two seedlings per individual in urban areas and five in rural areas from all state forest nurseries. Joint patrolling involves collaboration with Joint Forest Management Committees to safeguard forested zones. For tree plantation drives, public participation is being encouraged across schools, municipalities, panchayats, and community groups. "We are asking everyone, particularly people's representatives from all levels, to take part in it," said Hansda. The campaign, spearheaded by the Department of Forests in association with local self-help groups, emphasises not only planting but also protecting trees to ensure long-term ecological benefits.
Time of India
5 days ago
- Health
- Time of India
JSR medical college's new building reports seepages
Jamshedpur: The newly built building of the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital (MGMMCH) has developed leaks and seepage even before the medical services are yet to become fully operational at the facility. The G+7 structure, which was built at a cost of Rs 386 crore, suffered water seepage on its walls and chambers at the outpatient department (OPD) complex since the onset of monsoon last month. Puddles have also developed in many places across ENT, orthopaedic, eye and medicine chambers, hospital staff and patients have claimed. On Friday, the false ceiling at the psychiatric OPD room collapsed. None was hurt. Built by Larsen & Toubro, the building has provisions for 751 beds. Water seepage in an operation theatre forced surgeons to call off a scheduled surgery last week. "After one surgery at the ENT OT was shelved on Friday, another surgery at the orthopaedic OT was called off on July 5," MGMMCH principal Dr Diwakar Hansda,said. "We have asked the heads of departments (HoDs) to conduct a physical survey of their respective chambers and the OTs and submit a report. We will send the report to the senior authorities in the department for appropriate action," Dr Hansda said. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like You Won't Believe the Price of These Dubai Apartments Binghatti Developers FZE Get Offer Undo "The contractor claimed that leakages surfaced in the building after installation of the centralised air-conditioning facility. This is not a satisfactory answer. Monsoon rains will continue for three months. Hence, the contractor was asked to fix the leaks and seepages at the earliest. We will not take complete possession of the building before the defects are fixed," Dr Hansda added. L&T bagged the contract for the project from the state building construction department in 2019. Chief minister Hemant Soren inaugurated the building ahead of the state assembly election last year. Health minister Irfan Ansari directed the MGMMCH management to relocate from its existing facility in Sakchi to the new premises in Dimna after a balcony of the Sakchi premises collapsed and killed four people on May 3. The MGMMCH had set a deadline of shifting to the new building completely by July 15. "Almost all the departments have been shifted. The process of shifting the emergency ward, medicine ward, dressing room to the new building is on. We hope to meet the deadline," Hansda said.
The Hindu
31-05-2025
- The Hindu
NIA chargesheets 3 Maoists for involvement in extortion, forced recruitment in Jharkhand
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has chargesheeted three Maoists for allegedly being involved in extortion and forced recruitment of people in their proscribed outfit in Jharkhand, officials said on Saturday (May 31, 2025). In a supplementary charge sheet filed on Friday (May 30) before a special court in Ranchi, Jharkhand, the NIA charged Krishna Hansda alias Saurav Da alias Avinash Da, Abhijit Korah alias Matla Korah alias Sunil Korah, and Ramdayal Mahto alias Nilesh Da alias Bachchan Da for having a part in the 2023 CPI(Maoist) terrorist conspiracy case, they said. Hansda was the regional committee member of CPI (Maoist), a banned outfit, Korah one of its armed cadres, and Mahto its special area committee member, they said. Korah hails from Bihar, while the other two were Jharkhand native, the probe agency said in a statement. Also Read | Top Maoist leader Basavraju among 27 killed in Chhattisgarh's Narayanpur "All three were found to be active members of the proscribed terrorist organisation and a part of its larger conspiracy involving extortion, armed intimidation, and forced recruitment in the general area of Parasnath, district Giridih, Jharkhand," it said. Their roles unravelled with the arrest of Krishna Hansda in January 2023 from the Lucio forest area of the Dumri Police Station under Giridih district. "The local police had recovered levy money, one 7.65 mm bore pistol, and several incriminating documents from his possession," the NIA said. After the seizure, police then registered an FIR against Hansda, Korah, Mahto and several unknown persons, and also filed a charge sheet against Hansda, it said. NIA took over the case and re-registered it in June 2023.
