DEBASISH CHATTOPADHYAY

An artist

KOLKATA, Sept. 10: A day after 173 people were suspected to have been affected with enteric in Rabindra Pally and Purba Phulbagan areas of Jadavpur, over 50 more people were detected with similar symptoms today. This took the toll of affected people to over 200.

While the leakage in the water supply line, which is suspected to have caused the outbreak in the area, has been repaired by engineers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), the water supplied to the area has still not been declared fit for consumption. Engineers said that chlorination of the water is being carried out.

Research centre plan in crisis

Statesman News Service
KOLKATA Sept 5: The initiative taken by the Bengal Tuberculosis Association (BTA), a voluntary organisation, to set up a few more research centres along with advanced pathological laboratories for diagnosis of tuberculosis, has run into rough weather owing to paucity of funds from the international funding agencies.

DEEPANKAR GANGULY
The Calcutta Municipal Corporation has washed its hands of the city

JAYANTA BASU

The Salt Lake puja that drew crowds last year by building a replica of Harry Potter

As the city gears up for the festive season, the high court has fixed responsibility for tackling the pollution caused by the immersion of Durga, Lakshmi and Kali idols in the Hooghly.

On Friday, Calcutta High Court directed the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC), Calcutta Port Trust (CPT) and Calcutta police to constitute a committee to devise a way to remove garbage from the Hooghly within seven days of the immersion.

KOLKATA, Sept. 2: State transport minister, Mr Subhas Chakraborty, today urged the Centre to provide funds for the construction of upcoming projects in the state including the 80 km elevated Ring Road, East-West Metro and a Light Transit Rail (LRT) Service.

The state environment is set to issue a notification that will provide police more power to crack down on manufacturers and users of katatel.

The notification will ban fuel production without the state pollution control board

Calcutta, Aug. 28: Landlosers will be compensated with land for the first time in Bengal.

The offer will be part of a package for building an airport in Andal, Burdwan

The airport environment committee at its meeting today stressed the need to address two major problems ~ the bird and animal menace and the choked drainage system ~ both of which are causing hindrance in the safe operation of flights as well as damage to the runway.