Nine districts in West Bengal including Kolkata are facing an alarming situation owing to high level of arsenic in ground water. The Central Pollution control Board has termed the situation serious

Members of the Arsenic Task Force have complained of non-cooperation from the Public Health Engineering department, the same one which set it up. According to task force members, the Public Health

If you live anywhere near Belinghata West Bengal, think twice before handing over laundry to the local dhobi. for all you know, your clothes are being washed in the same pond as the laundry from the

Five block development officers in the Malda district have been asked to submit a list of beneficiaries for implementation of the rehabilitation programme for erosion

The district health and family welfare samiti plans to formulate a strategy to combat waterborne diseases in Cooch Behar district, West Bengal. Before that, a water sample survey will be conducted in

Ground water resources in south Kolkata will have to be recharged to limit their depletion and stem the threat of arsenic contamination. Mr Nandagopal Bhattacharya, the minister for water

Six persons have been selected by the People for Animals, a non-government organisation, for a three month training course on elementary animal and nature care at their premises at Ashari in South 24

The Centre has planned a fresh package for the survival of the jute industry, especially for the eastern region. The union textile minister, Mr Shahnawaz Hussain, is likely to announce the package in

The West Bengal Pollution Control Board has penalised the Kolaghat Thermal Power Station (KTPS)in Midnapore East by asking it to forfeit Rs 200,000 from its bank guarantee of Rs 10,00,000 for

The Electricity Regulatory Commission (ERC) has questioned West Bengal state government's decision to approve the fuel surcharge sought by the West Bengal State Electricity board (WBSEB) in respect