KOLKATA: A major fire broke out in a private petrochemical company's warehouse containing plastic granules at Haldia town in West Bengal's Purba Medinipur district on Monday.
There was no report of any casualty.
According to District Magistrate Archana, the fire broke out in one corner of the 3,000 sq ft warehouse of South Asian Petrochemicals Limited and spread rapidly due to the inflammabl
- Road rules trampled by feet and wheels as green zone takes a pounding
Forget the high court ruling, the cadres would not even listen to their leaders.
Lakhs of supporters who had descended on Brigade Parade Ground for the Left Front rally on Sunday blatantly violated every rule in the book.
In a 2007 order, the high court had banned cooking, setting up ovens, digging and parking within 3km
DURGAPUR, 6 FEB: Chinese mining experts, appointed by Jindal Steel for the purpose, started a survey for a coal mining project in the Sarpi-Ichapur area in Laudoha block about 12 km from Durgapur town. The coal deposits were located in January, 2011. A group of 31 Chinese coal mining experts headed by Mr U Lee were seen conducting land survey in the Ichapur-Sarpi area this morning.
TAMLUK, 29 NOV: The West Bengal Pollution Control Board (PCB) has slapped a fine of Rs 10 lakh on the Kolaghat Thermal Power Plant (KTPP) for flouting its instructions.
In its order, the PCB has clearly stated that if the KTPP authorities fail to act according to its instruction, it will file a case against the latter in Calcutta High Court.
Cracking the whip on the KTPP for causing environmen
TAMLUK, 9 NOV: With the Assembly elections drawing near, the much-hyped Keleghai-Kapaleswari-Bagui River Scheme which had been held up in the state irrigation department for years might finally see the light of the day.
In the last budget, the Centre had allocated Rs 650.38 crore for this project but the state irrigation department is now all set to initiate the project by the end of this month.
KOLKATA: Over 500 people engaged in small-scale fishing and related activities held a demonstration here on Friday in protest against the Draft Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification 2010.
KOLKATA, 29 OCT: The state government today finally issued the order for paying compensation of Rs 1 lakh each to the injured victims of the police firing at Nandigram of 14 March, 2007.
However, in a transparent bid to make it appear that state government had taken the decision prior to the apex court's recent directive, the government order only mentions that it was being issued to comply wit
