Tanmay Mondal
IIM graduate, Batch of 2014
The northern districts of West Bengal have long been neglected. Under the Left regime, the area has not seen any development, resulting in several agitations and movements for separate Statehood in various districts. The All India Trinamool Congress led West Bengal Government has taken several steps in last 34 months to make the people of North Bengal a part of the State.
North Bengal Development Department
The previous North Bengal Development Board has been transformed into a full-fledged Department, with an objective to develop the condition of the people of hill and plain. The North Bengal Development Department is functional since July 8, 2011 and working continuously to serve the people of North Bengal.
Uttar Kanya
• The present government has established the branch secretariat of the Government of West Bengal at Uttar Kanya after the creation of North Bengal Development department.
• The construction of the building has been completed in a record time of less than one year.
• Close Circuit cameras have been installed at all the critical places and provision for Hot Line between Uttar Kanya and Nabanna, video conference facilities with six districts of North Bengal and bio-metric attendance arrangements will be made very soon.
• Provision has been made for pantry, security monitoring room, press corner, press briefing hall, waiting lounges, canteen building, meeting halls and conference hall.
• There are provision of 20 office chamber for Special Secretaries/Additional Secretaries and Joint Secretaries of different departments in the first floor of Uttar Kanya.
• It is expected that Honorable Chief Minister will come to Uttar Kanya frequently whenever her busy schedule permits and most of the high level meetings, especially of the issues pertaining to North Bengal, will be held at Uttar Kanya.
• All MICs and Secretaries on tour to North Bengal are expected to discharge their functions from Uttar Kanya. The Secretariat is fully capable of hosting a complete Cabinet Meeting in the Conference Hall
Uttar Banga Utsav: This is another important initiative taken by the Government to encourage cultural activities in the region. Six eminent personalities have been honoured with Banga Ratna Samman on the inaugural day of Uttar Banga Utsav.
Other initiatives
• For the development of whole Dooars area, the Dooars Task Force has been formed under the North Bengal Development Department.
• Seven new Government colleges have been approved for the region. A branch of the North Bengal University is being set up in Jalpaiguri. Coochbehar got a new university named after Panchanan Barma.
• Construction work of the Circuit Bench of Kolkata High Court at Jalpaiguri is in final phase.
• The Chief Minister had laid special stress on tourism in North Bengal. Lamahata Home Tourism is now functional, the newest attraction. The Gazaldoba Tourist Hub was inaugurated by the Chief Minister in October 2013.
• WBSIDC is setting up a mega tourism hub at Banarhat, Jalpaiguri. The hub will boast a convention centre, five and three star resorts, day centre for picnics, amusement park, budget resort, crafts village, hospitality management training institute and youth hostel among others.
• All the district hospitals are being equipped with modern equipments. With increased number of beds, facilities like SNSU and SNCU, MRI facilities, fair price medicine and diagnostic centres, the hospitals are being raised to the status of multi-super specialty hospitals.
• A film-city and film school are being set up at Dabgram-Fulbari.
• A Mahananda action plan has been adopted to clean up the river and reduce the water pollution in the region.
IIM graduate, Batch of 2014
The northern districts of West Bengal have long been neglected. Under the Left regime, the area has not seen any development, resulting in several agitations and movements for separate Statehood in various districts. The All India Trinamool Congress led West Bengal Government has taken several steps in last 34 months to make the people of North Bengal a part of the State.
North Bengal Development Department
The previous North Bengal Development Board has been transformed into a full-fledged Department, with an objective to develop the condition of the people of hill and plain. The North Bengal Development Department is functional since July 8, 2011 and working continuously to serve the people of North Bengal.
Uttar Kanya
• The present government has established the branch secretariat of the Government of West Bengal at Uttar Kanya after the creation of North Bengal Development department.
• The construction of the building has been completed in a record time of less than one year.
• Close Circuit cameras have been installed at all the critical places and provision for Hot Line between Uttar Kanya and Nabanna, video conference facilities with six districts of North Bengal and bio-metric attendance arrangements will be made very soon.
• Provision has been made for pantry, security monitoring room, press corner, press briefing hall, waiting lounges, canteen building, meeting halls and conference hall.
• There are provision of 20 office chamber for Special Secretaries/Additional Secretaries and Joint Secretaries of different departments in the first floor of Uttar Kanya.
• It is expected that Honorable Chief Minister will come to Uttar Kanya frequently whenever her busy schedule permits and most of the high level meetings, especially of the issues pertaining to North Bengal, will be held at Uttar Kanya.
• All MICs and Secretaries on tour to North Bengal are expected to discharge their functions from Uttar Kanya. The Secretariat is fully capable of hosting a complete Cabinet Meeting in the Conference Hall
Uttar Banga Utsav: This is another important initiative taken by the Government to encourage cultural activities in the region. Six eminent personalities have been honoured with Banga Ratna Samman on the inaugural day of Uttar Banga Utsav.
Other initiatives
• For the development of whole Dooars area, the Dooars Task Force has been formed under the North Bengal Development Department.
• Seven new Government colleges have been approved for the region. A branch of the North Bengal University is being set up in Jalpaiguri. Coochbehar got a new university named after Panchanan Barma.
• Construction work of the Circuit Bench of Kolkata High Court at Jalpaiguri is in final phase.
• The Chief Minister had laid special stress on tourism in North Bengal. Lamahata Home Tourism is now functional, the newest attraction. The Gazaldoba Tourist Hub was inaugurated by the Chief Minister in October 2013.
• WBSIDC is setting up a mega tourism hub at Banarhat, Jalpaiguri. The hub will boast a convention centre, five and three star resorts, day centre for picnics, amusement park, budget resort, crafts village, hospitality management training institute and youth hostel among others.
• All the district hospitals are being equipped with modern equipments. With increased number of beds, facilities like SNSU and SNCU, MRI facilities, fair price medicine and diagnostic centres, the hospitals are being raised to the status of multi-super specialty hospitals.
• A film-city and film school are being set up at Dabgram-Fulbari.
• A Mahananda action plan has been adopted to clean up the river and reduce the water pollution in the region.
