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Centre pulls up state
11 February 2011
poor infrastructure at CRPF camps
statesman news service
KOLKATA, 11 Feb: The state government may be keen to get more Central forces but it has been accused of dragging its feet over providing infrastructure at the CRPF camps. The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has once again pulled up the state government for failing to provide infrastructure facilities at the camps of Central forces and also because it could not set a deadline for completion of the work.
Earlier the Union home minister, Mr P Chidambaram, had written to the chief minister in May last year complaining about the poor infrastructure in the CRPF camps while reminding that it was the task of the state government to make proper arrangements for the jawans.
This time the joint secretary of MHA has written that in a recent stock taking meeting between the Union home minister and the heads of all the Central paramilitary forces, there were complaints about the poor progress of work relating to infrastructure in the camps in the Maoist-hit areas of West Bengal. They have also complained that no deadline was set for completion of work.
The state government is finding it hard to get land for setting up battalion headquarters for the CRPF, particularly in West Midnapore. This is because most of the plots are tied up with various departments and inter-departmental transfer process is taking time. The CRPF is also handicapped by the absence of firing ranges and other training facilities. The district administration found it difficult to get 20 acres of vested land in the areas which CRPF has earmarked for battalion headquarters. Moreover. most of the plots are forest land for which it is quite difficult to get clearance. The earmarked spots include Tangrasole, Jhargram, Belpahari and Bhadutala in West Midnapore district. The MHA now wants the state government to regularly send reports for the progress of work in infrastructure facilities.
KOLKATA, 11 Feb: The state government may be keen to get more Central forces but it has been accused of dragging its feet over providing infrastructure at the CRPF camps. The ministry of home affairs (MHA) has once again pulled up the state government for failing to provide infrastructure facilities at the camps of Central forces and also because it could not set a deadline for completion of the work.
Earlier the Union home minister, Mr P Chidambaram, had written to the chief minister in May last year complaining about the poor infrastructure in the CRPF camps while reminding that it was the task of the state government to make proper arrangements for the jawans.
This time the joint secretary of MHA has written that in a recent stock taking meeting between the Union home minister and the heads of all the Central paramilitary forces, there were complaints about the poor progress of work relating to infrastructure in the camps in the Maoist-hit areas of West Bengal. They have also complained that no deadline was set for completion of work.
The state government is finding it hard to get land for setting up battalion headquarters for the CRPF, particularly in West Midnapore. This is because most of the plots are tied up with various departments and inter-departmental transfer process is taking time. The CRPF is also handicapped by the absence of firing ranges and other training facilities. The district administration found it difficult to get 20 acres of vested land in the areas which CRPF has earmarked for battalion headquarters. Moreover. most of the plots are forest land for which it is quite difficult to get clearance. The earmarked spots include Tangrasole, Jhargram, Belpahari and Bhadutala in West Midnapore district. The MHA now wants the state government to regularly send reports for the progress of work in infrastructure facilities.
EC observers likely to visit Darjeeling soon
11 February 2011
KOLKATA, 11 FEB: A team of observers appointed by the Election Commission (EC) may visit Darjeeling within the next few days to take stock of the law and order situation prevailing in the Hills that witnessed massive violence following the death of two Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha (GJMM) supporters in police firing at Sipchu on Tuesday.“We may visit Darjeeling,” Mr Sudhir Kumar Rakesh, the leader of the EC delegation which arrived in the city yesterday, told reporters this afternoon following a video conference with district magistrates and superintendents of police of seven districts held at the office of the state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). Mr Rakesh, CEO of Bihar, has also maintained that the EC has received some specific complaints. Though he did not comment on who made the complaints and which districts the complaint came from, sources at the CEO office said the EC observers’ visit came after the CPI-M's allegations about attacks on Left activists by Trinamul Congress- Maoist combine in some districts.
The observers are reported to have discussed the law and order situation in the Darjeeling Hills with the DM and SP during today’s video conference in details. The officials have told the observers that the situation in the Hills has improved a lot in the last three days, sources said. The CPI-M today said the visit of EC team in the state, “was probably a balancing act”. “This time, if they are visiting other areas than the ones earmarked by the Trinamul, they are probably doing a balancing act,” CPI-M state secretary Mr Biman Bose said. Meanwhile, state additional chief electoral officer Mr NK Sahana said police have seized 32,299 litres of illicit liquor from 18 districts last month. sns
Jobs rain on Joka campus | ||||||||
IIM Calcutta students with work experience have received more job offers than last year with half a month of lateral placements still to go. Lateral placements, offered to students with work experience at the end of their second year, indicate how the final placements will be. The final placements, in which all students, including those without work experience, can participate, begin in March. “We have completed a month of lateral placements and already there is 60 per cent rise in the number of offers over last year. By the time lateral placements close at the end of February, we hope the number will be even better,” said a representative of the institute. Students with work experience in the 2009-2011 batch at Joka have received more than 200 offers from over 50 firms. This placement season has seen the participation of banks, private equity firms and hedge funds. Barclays Bank was back on campus recruiting in big numbers along with Olam International, which offered positions in Singapore. Recruiters like Google, Microsoft and Amazon that had hired modestly or given placements a miss during the economic downturn, also returned to Joka. Other companies that hired from the campus include Accenture, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Shell, Aditya Birla Group, RPG and Hinduja. One of the students was offered the position of manager in public sector consulting by Deloitte, where he would get to lead a team of 10 to 15 experts on government policy.
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