To preserve the product, dry fish traders in Digha, Junput, Bankiput and Bhogpur in East Midnapore ~ widely regarded as hubs of dry fish production ~ have begun using highly toxic pesticides and a preservative that have been found hazardous to human health.
To put an end to the menace, the state marine fisheries directorate has clamped a ban on any form of chemical for dry fish processing.
Torrential rain over the last few days due to an intense depression over the Bay of Bengal has rendered almost 2 lakh people homeless in East Midnapore in West Bengal. Sabong and Daspur regions in West Midnapore have also been critically affected.
State irrigation minister Manas Bhunia and Union minister of state for rural development Sisir Adhikary have rushed to the flood affected areas.
Over 14,000 people in West and East Midnapore were rendered homeless today as a swelling Kangshabati river breached mud embankments.
The flooding in the low-lying villages was aggravated because water was released from the Tarafeni barrage.
Irrigation officials said there was a surge of around 80,000 cusecs of water in the Kangshabati last evening that caused the river to swell and breach em
KOLKATA, 19 JUNE: A high-power monitoring committee was constituted by the chief minister, Miss Mamata Banerjee, today to monitor the flood-like situation in parts of south Bengal.
MIDNAPORE/TAMLUK, 19 JUNE: Incessant rain coupled with strong winds triggered by the deep depression in the Bay of Bengal continued to wreak havoc in both West and East Midnapore today disrupting life.
The Kanshabati river, which breached its embankment near Maratala in Debra, flooded at least seven villages today.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced here on Wednesday her government's decision to increase the number of those to whom rice is being made available at Rs.
Her Govt To Review All Land Allotments Made Since 1991 Under Left Rule
Kolkata: The West Bengal government on Monday is working out the process of returning 400 acres to unwilling farmers in Singur.
HARIPUR (East Midnapore), 30 APRIL: The decision to set up a nuclear power plant at Haripur took a significant turn as thousands of fishermen and local residents raised their voice in protest against any government move to acquire land in the area.
Amid this situation, together with other parts of the district, Haripur, a remote hamlet along the Bay of Bengal in Contai South Assembly constituen
KOLKATA, 21 MARCH: Incidents of nuclear accidents are frequent across the world but the governments suppress the news and fabricate facts when it comes to the extent of causing damage, said the former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Dr Manoj Pal, at a press meet organised by Paramanu Bidyut Birodhi Prachaar Andolan Manch at the Press Club today.
