West Bengal seeks fund for Sundarbans
February 18th, 2011 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) The West Bengal government has sought funds for the development and restructuring of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, from the World Bank, Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee said Friday.”We have told the World Bank that we have to get the money. Experts of the bank have already visited the Sundarbans which witnessed a devastating cyclone Aila. We will get funds from the bank,” Bhattacharjee told a Left Front rally at Kultali in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.
Cyclone Aila ravaged large parts of the West Bengal’s delta region in 2009. Nearly three lakh families were affected in South 24 Parganas in the wake of the cyclone.
“We will build infrastructure that will help the people of Sundarbans combat cyclones like Aila. We will set up long dams which will save houses during cyclones. For that land has already been acquired. We need more money,” the chief minister said.
Bridges and roads were being constructed in the region, he said adding: “We will carry out more works if more fund is ensured.”
He claimed it was the Left Front government in West Bengal which provided leasehold of land to the poor.
“We always fought for the rights of the poor and agriculturists. On the other hand what do the Congress and Trinamool Congress do for the poor? They are even trying to take away leasehold of land from the farmers,” Bhattacharjee added.
- Bengal to acquire land for building river embankments - Jun 04, 2011
- Mamata announces sops for Sunderbans - Jan 31, 2012
- Battered but still balloting, Sundarbans shows way - Apr 28, 2011
- In Sundarbans, weak embankments a major concern this monsoon - Apr 12, 2010
- On Dominique Lapierre's mind - Sundarban and Africa - Dec 01, 2010
- Land acquisition hampering embankment building in Sunderbans - Feb 29, 2012
- Children of Sunderbans still bear scars of Aila havoc - May 25, 2010
- 15 percent of Sunderbans may be submerged by 2020 - Jul 13, 2010
- Peaceful voting, 75 percent turnout in Bengal (Roundup) - Apr 27, 2011
- Two voters die, 64 percent turnout till 3 p.m. in Bengal (Fourth Lead) - Apr 27, 2011
- Left Front demands master plan to develop Sundarbans - Oct 24, 2010
- No steps taken to maintain Sundarbans embankments: Jatua - Jun 07, 2009
- A Rs 12,000 crore project to develop the Sundarbans - Dec 16, 2009
- Bhattacharjee rides autorickshaw to cyclone-hit Sundarbans (Lead) - Jun 14, 2009
- Aila must be declared national disaster: Left Front - Jun 09, 2009
Tags: aila, bhattacharjee, bridges, chief minister, cyclone, cyclones, dams, delta region, farmers, kolkata, lakh, mangrove forest, money experts, restructuring, s south, sundarbans, trinamool congress, west bengal government, world bank, world bank chief