Sop for north Bengal, nod to roads linking Nepal, Bangla.

West Bengal state cabinet on recently approved a roadway project worth Rs. 1,377 crore which would connect north Bengal with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh. Senior state officials said the project will be implemented soon. The government has also decided to rehabilitate destitute girl children under Muktir Aalo scheme, for which it has identified 21 acres of land at Rajarhat where it will build homes for them.

The cabinet committee also laid out plans to bring four districts (West Midnapore, Purulia, Bankura and Birbhum) under drought-prone area, while allocating Rs. 500 crore for the purpose and deciding that 55,000 hectares of farm land of these districts will be brought under the state irrigation department.

'Bengal is the gateway to North East, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh. And we should remain connected,' said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee while speaking at a government programme.


THE INDIAN EXPRESS