Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee is expected to officially announce Basirhat and Sundarbans as two new districts of West Bengal in Hingalganj, during an administrative meeting scheduled today.
Basirhat and Sundarbans are the two districts to be declared as the new districts of West Bengal in Hingalganj, during an administrative meeting scheduled today.
Currently, there are 23 districts in West Bengal and as per the statement of the officials, the state had to bear a cost of at least ₹ 200 crore to create each district. Ms Banerjee has started her three-day tour of the mangrove areas of Sunderbans from Monday. The two districts are set to be carved out of North and South twenty four Parganas district.
This decision started rooting far back, on November 25, when Mamata Banerjee said that lately elephant attacks have increased in number as elephants are coming out of the forest in search of food and she will perform ‘Prakriti Puja’ or the nature worship in Hingalganj to protect the inhabitants from elephant attacks.
She further expressed her concern over Sunderbans facing natural calamities like floods and cyclones every year and said that all the necessary business has been completed in order to create the two new districts and they have submitted a master plan for the evolution of the area to the NITI Aayog.
Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is currently spread over North and South 24 Parganas districts, while Basirhat is a sub-division of North 24 Parganas. According to the official, the Basirhat district is likely to have six blocks of North 24 Parganas and the Sunderban district to have around 13 blocks of South 24 Parganas.
CM Mamata Banerjee said “We have submitted the master plan for Sundarbans to the NITI Aayog. Every year, there are cyclones and floods. If there is a master plan, the problem will be solved”. “I will ask the forest minister to look into the matter more seriously,” she added.
On Wednesday, Ms Mamata Banerjee is scheduled to visit Sajnekhali in South 24 Parganas.
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