Meeting with GPs and block level officers of Land & Land Reforms, Police, Excise, Agriculture, Forests and BDOs/ SDOs to achieve ZERO CULTIVATION of poppy in Burdwan

State Govt has given emphasis on elimination of illegal poppy cultivation in the State and accordingly directed all Districts to take preventive, advocative and punitive measures against cultivation of Poppy. In the year 2010, district authority with the help of excise, police and narcotics destroyed 3.89 crores Poppy plants spread in an area of 1010 acres. Poppy was widely grown in Ketugram, Katwa Purbashthali, Mangalkote, Kalna, Jamalpur, Ausgram, Bud Bud, Galsi, Kanksa and Loudaha PS areas in that year. After the massive destructions in the year 2010 and pre crop season awareness strategy in 2011, the crop acreage reduced to only 2.7 acres in Purbashthali PS area only. Police inititated 11 cases under NDPS Act and chargesheets filed.

GPs were directed to get resolution passed in their general meeting that GP is against the poppy cultivation and any body doing the cultivation shall not get any support from them. All Govt agencies were also alerted. Leaflets, awareness meetings at PS level, miking etc were also organised last year. After successful control and containment of Poppy last year, district administration has decided to repeat the same strategy this year also.

A meeting of district level committee will be held tomorrow at 12 noon at Sanskriti Metro Burdwan where all GPs, Officers of Agriculture, Police, Land, Excise, Narcotics and administration has been called to attend. We hope to achieve ZERO CULTIVATION of poppy in Burdwan district this year.

LTML Managementy Software for minor minerals launched in Burdwan

Smt Reena Venkatraman, IAS Divisional Commissioner Burdwan inaugurated LTML Management Software developed by Burdwan NIC today at VC room Burdwan. All BLLROS, SDLLROS, SDOs, ADMs and DM Burdwan were present at the function. This software is first of its kind developed by us for Long Term Mining Lease and Quarry Permits of minor minerals like sand, morrum, bricks and stone from the river beds and plain areas of mineral rich Burdwan district. A database of 528 sand blocks, containing land schedule, map, Lease details of expiry etc has been prepared and can be updated at block level by BLLROs. Software can generate all demand letters for Cess & royalty, penalty, renewal, extension permission for lease and all kind of letters to be issued to holder. Incremental back up information is saved on the server.

Now, with the use of reporting formats of the software, lease details of vacant sand blocks, expiry of lease and auction can be generated in real time. We hope that effective and simplified management systems and enforcement of rules will increase the Land Revenue and Cess & Royalty in Burdwan district.

Modernisation of IISCO Burnpur progressing well - inauguration of Coke Despatch System today

Steel Authority of India  Limited ISP Plant at Burnpur is one of the most important and to be one of the largest Public Sector Steel plant after modernisation work with the capital investment of RS 16400 crores. The modernisation project of the this one of the oldest plant in India got delayed initially due to several local issues related to Land Compensation and demand for employment to project affected people. Now, these issues has been resolved amicably through effective discussions, affirmative actions for employment to PAPs by the ISP authorities facilitated by State Govt of West Bengal and local administration. In last one and half years the project has progressed quite well. Today, CEO Shri M K Jha organised opening of newly set up coke dispatch system of Coke Oven Plant by Shri Partha Chatterjee MIC Commerce & Industries in presence of MIC Law & Justice and several others. It is known that the production in the modernised steel plant may start in middle of 2013. ISP plant will pave the way for development of Asansol and improvement of its economy similar to Durgapur due to DSP....