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Walk To Rebuild Cultural Bond Between Hooghly And Thames

Krishnanagar, Dec. 9: A  group of contemporary artistes, authors and historians from Bengal and London walked in a rally today in a bid to rediscover the cultural relationship between Kolkata and London that developed over the years along the bank of river Hooghly and Thames. The walk which is part…


Erosion Poses Fresh Threat In Chakdaha

Fresh erosion that has been started in last week posing serious threat to around fifty families in Sarati village of Chakdaha block. In last month, the irrigation department made some patch works to prevent erosion by boulder pitching filling during the incessant rain that created a flood like situation in…


Erosion Threat To Schools In Chakdaha

Chakdaha, Aug. 29: The students of Hemnagar primary school in Nadia’s Chakdaha is teetering at present being close to the edge of the bank of river Hooghly that has been eroding first. Panic gripped the 60 students, their teachers and guardians living in Hemnagar and adjacent villages as river would possibly engulf…


Electricity Eludes Char Kurmipara For Erosion And Apathy

NfN NETWORK Char Kurmipara (Nadia), June 12: Fulchand Mahato of Char Kurmipara, an aameen (surveyor) by profession crosses river Bhagirathi on a boat everyday early in the morning with at least ten mobile phones to reach Belerhat rail station in Burdwan district to recharge them. Class 12 student Biswa Mahato, Sathi Mahato cross the river similarly…