A storm unleashed havoc in parts of Jalpaiguri district in northern West Bengal on Sunday, causing the deaths of five individuals and leaving more than 100 people injured. The authority launched a rescue operation.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said personnel of the civil administration, police and disaster management have been deployed for the relief works. Among the most affected areas were Rajarhat, Barnish, Bakali, Jorpakdi, Madhabdanga and Saptibari.
West Bengal news: The deceased, Aminul Islam (24) and Sahid Ahmed (20), were construction workers and they entered the septic tank to remove the shuttering that was set up to build its concrete roof.
According to a highly placed source, the Howrah-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express will depart Howrah early in the morning and reach NJP in the afternoon. It will then return to Howrah in the late evening. There is already a Shatabdi Express between Howrah and NJP.
The incident took place in the evening when hundreds of people gathered on the banks of the Mal river to participate in the immersion ceremony.
The toy train on this route was declared a UNESCO ‘World Heritage Site’ in 1999. At present, one train will run daily in each direction between New Jalpaiguri and Darjeeling, 88 km apart, Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson Guneet Kaur said from Maligaon.
A wild sub-adult male elephant strayed into a village in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on June 14 and destroyed tea plantation in the area.
All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mimi Chakraborty cast her vote at a polling booth in Jalpaiguri on Apr 17 as fifth phase of the WB Assembly elections is underway today.
Workers of a tea garden in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Saturday said that they would not cast their votes in the upcoming assembly elections if their demand for a metalled road connecting the garden with National Highway 31 is not met.
At least 13 people died in an accident in Dhupguri city of Jalpaiguri district last night (Jan 19), due to low visibility owing to fog. The injured were taken to a hospital. More details are awaited.
The incident happened on Thursday night near Songachi tea garden in the Malbazar area when Manoranjan Dey was returning to Alipurduar from Siliguri, they said.
In India, tea is not just a beverage but a bustling culture carried across generations for over 170 years. We’re the second-largest producer of tea and its largest consumer too.
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