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Flood alert in state after incessant rain in N Bengal
Continuous rain for the past 48-hours in parts of north Bengal, Sikkim and the Bhutan Hills has raised possibility of flood in many parts of Bengal especially in Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar and Cooch Behar districts. The irrigation department has issued a yellow alert on the Teesta river from Domohoni in Maynaguri …
Wildlife to be theme for EC campaigns
The rich natural heritage of the geographically-diverse West Bengal has now become a motif for the Election Commission to attract voters to polling booths. Each of the districts in the state have launched varied election mascots like tiger, red panda, rhinoceros, dolphin or even rivers like Teesta. Sporting a typical …
Fresh landslide cuts off Darjeeling-Mirik road link
The landslides in Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong sub-divisions had caused extensive damage to NH-10 and NH-55 — cutting off vital road links to the region. A day after multiple landslides in three sub-divisions of Darjeeling district claimed 38 lives, besides washing away highways and damaging homes, a fresh landslide was …
400 people affected by flood in Jalpaiguri
Atleast four hundred people have been affected in Jalpaiguri district following release of excess water Teesta river after rains in upper reaches. The affected areas are under Rajganj block of the district and people's houses have inundated since last night, the block's BDO T N Sherpa said. The Dobaganj-Takhimari road …
Encephalitis deaths being played down?
Suspension Of Health Officials Scares Docs The state government appears to be working on a war footing to control encephalitis outbreak in North Bengal; not through civic measures but by gagging doctors and health officials to stop deaths being reported to the outside world. The over-riding concern of Swastha Bhavan, …
Encephalitis: State health minister says directives not implemented properly
With one more person dying in North Dinajpore of suspected encephalitis on Monday, the state’s death toll due to the disease reached 120. North Bengal development minister Gautam Deb held meetings with district administration and subdivision administration members. “We had discussed several ways of spreading awareness as far as the …
With 3 more deaths, encephalitis toll now 108
The encephalitis in north Bengal has reached 108, with three more deaths being reported from North Bengal Medical College and Hospital on Wednesday. At least 370 cases of infection have been referred to NBMCH and Jalpaiguri Hospital in the last fortnight, said a senior official of NBMCH. Meanwhile, a team …
Rise in encephalitis cases: govt. to conduct entomological survey
Municipalities moving piggeries out of human habitation. With the State grappling with the rising number of encephalitis cases, the West Bengal government has decided to conduct an entomological survey in north Bengal and directed the municipalities to move the piggeries located in towns outside human habitation. Speaking to The Hindu …
102 ‘encephalitis’ deaths in NB ring alarm bells
Siliguri, 21 July: The director of health services (DHS), Biswaranjan Satpathy, today said 102 persons have died of the acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) in seven districts of north Bengal so far this year (as of yesterday). He termed the outbreak as alarming as the number of persons who died of …
Encephalitis toll in West Bengal tops 50 as six more succumb
With six more people dying of encephalitis here since Saturday night, the vector-borne disease has claimed altogether 51 lives in northern West Bengal over the past 18 days, health officials said on Sunday. Six patients admitted to the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital (NBMCH) died between Saturday night and …