107km of embankments were strengthened, nearly 15 lakh people were evacuated and farmers were asked to harvest their boro paddy at the earliest...

The very severe cyclonic storm had little impact in the city, barring intermittent rain and moderate winds...

Bhangar suffered huge financial losses last year when Amphan ripped through Bengal ravaging standing crops in several districts, especially South 24-Parganas...

Pay loaders have been hired to remove debris and all jetties have been closed as a precautionary step...

The government has deployed 36 heavy duty pumps at seven places in Calcutta, North 24-Parganas and South 24-Parganas to ensure that the areas don’t get waterlogged...

State forest minister Jyotipriya Mullick advised the officials to undertake proper assessment of the possible loss to the mangrove forests...

Subscribers in affected areas will have the option to tap into another functional network on another service provider through intra-circle roaming...

Calcutta Municipal Corporation and Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation will deploy small teams in each wards to deal with emergency situation ...

District officials, however, have insisted that the pandemic was responsible for the ill-preparedness...

Administration in South 24-Parganas has distributed two dozen satellite calling devices in the district’s remote islands and areas...