Happy about new block, Jalpaiguri citizens offer state free land for offices Kunja Kishore Roy, a resident of Kranti Bazaar area, and 11 others, handed over a declaration in writing to the district magistrate that they were offering land to the state government for free
Any government knows how difficult it is to acquire land for public projects these days, even in exchange for cash and jobs. However, a completely different scene unfolded at the district magistrate’s office in Jalpaiguri on Tuesday.
Twelve residents of Kranti under Malbazar subdivision met district magistrate Moumita Godara Basu to say that they were ready to part with their land free of cost for the construction of the office of the block development officer (BDO) and other state government offices needed at the block level.
Wheat farming can mitigate non-conventional stressed environment: Experts
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wheat farming can mitigate the existing stressed environment in the high
Barind tract as wheat is an environment friendly crop, researchers and
scientists here said.
depending on Irri-boro rice in the dried area to ensure food security amid
the adverse impact of climate change and Covid-19 pandemic.
They came up with the observation while addressing a regional workshop
styled “Wheat Farming Extension in Non-conventional Stressed Environment” in
Rajshahi city today.
hosted the workshop at the conference hall of Barind Multipurpose Development
Authority (BMDA). More than 50 agricultural extension and research
organizations and other stakeholders joined the workshop.