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Rowing row: KMDA looks for options
The Times of India 29 Oct 2021
The Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) will explore alternative methods of aerating the water at Rabindra Sarobar, rather than keeping the fountains in the water body, and ensure the rowing course is not disturbed ... Meanwhile, we will look into alternatives,” a KMDA official said.
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KMDA sticks to last year’s template for Chhath Puja
The Times of India 27 Oct 2021
Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA) is making alternative arrangements at 39 ghats across the city for Chhath Puja ... There will be police assistance booths and medical camps at all the alternative ghats,” said a KMDA official.
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KMDA plans stability test for two old bridges
The Times of India 02 Mar 2021
“Apparently the structural condition of the two bridges seem to be alright but a thorough test including load capacity is needed to see if there has been any deterioration in its condition or whether its load bearing capacity has diminished or not,” said a KMDA official.
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Kolkata: KMDA plans stability test for two old bridges
The Times of India 02 Mar 2021
“Apparently the structural condition of the two bridges seem to be alright but a thorough test including load capacity is needed to see if there has been any deterioration in its condition or whether its load bearing capacity has diminished or not,” said a KMDA official.
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KMDA, WB cops turn Dhakuria Lake into fortress
The Times of India 20 Nov 2020
Within hours of the Supreme Court’s refusal to issue an order allowing at Rabindra Sarobar, KMDA and Kolkata Police joined hands to deploy private security guards and police personnel inside as well as outside the lake premises ... “I am happy with the way KMDA and police were working in close coordination to safeguard the Lake.
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KMDA, West Bengal cops turn Dhakuria Lake into fortress, to keep it shut for 39 hours
The Times of India 20 Nov 2020
Within hours of the Supreme Court’s refusal to issue an order allowing at Rabindra Sarobar, KMDA and Kolkata Police joined hands to deploy private security guards and police personnel inside as well as outside the lake premises ... “I am happy with the way KMDA and police were working in close coordination to safeguard the Lake.
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Kolkata: Which side are you on, citizens ask KMDA, the Lake custodian
The Times of India 19 Nov 2020
Green activists, former environment department officials and senior lawyers have questioned the mandate of (KMDA) in the wake of its decision to move Supreme Court against a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order on banning Chhath Puja at Rabindra Sarobar to preserve its biodiversity ... “We are a secular state and KMDA is a government agency.
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KMDA seeks urgent hearing on Chhath
The Times of India 18 Nov 2020
(KMDA) on Tuesday moved Supreme Court, urging that its petition on vacating the National Green Tribunal (NGT) embargo on at be heard on Thursday — before the festival — and not on Monday ... KMDA had in September 2020 sought NGT’s permission for Chhath Puja at the Lake but the plea was summarily rejected.
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KMDA seeks urgent hearing on Chhath Puja
The Times of India 18 Nov 2020
(KMDA) on Tuesday moved Supreme Court, urging that its petition on vacating the National Green Tribunal (NGT) embargo on at be heard on Thursday — before the festival — and not on Monday ... KMDA had in September 2020 sought NGT’s permission for Chhath Puja at the Lake but the plea was summarily rejected.
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KMDA takes step to secure Lake breach points
The Times of India 18 Nov 2020
(KMDA) on Tuesday started work on reinforcing the perimeter wall around to implement the NGT order ... Work has, therefore, begun to set up barricades around the possible breach points so that the Lake can be shut down from noon on November 19 till noon on November 21,” a KMDA official said ... But KMDA alone cannot implement the order.
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Big task for KMDA, cops: Sending Chhath crowds from lakes to ghats
The Times of India 17 Nov 2020
Cops had later blamed KMDA for not making enough requisition of uniformed men ... KMDA is also developing temporary ghats at Jodhpur Park lake, Madartola jheel, Layelka jheel and other water bodies near Ruby and elsewhere,” said a KMDA official.
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Focus on local ghats after KMC-KMDA meet
The Times of India 07 Nov 2020
The decision was taken at a meeting between senior officials of Kolkata Metropolitan Develop Authority (KMDA) and Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) on Friday. KMDA is the custodian of both water bodies. KMDA’s CEO Antara Acharya told TOI, “Today we had a meeting with KMC, and locally, devotees will be asked to perform puja at the nearby ghats.
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SC to hear KMDA plea for Chhath at Lake on Nov 16
The Times of India 03 Nov 2020
The Supreme Court will hear ’s (KMDA) appeal against the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) refusal to modify its 2016 order banning any social or at Rabindra Sarobar on November 16 ... KMDA tried to comply with the NGT order in 2019, but failed to prevent the hordes of devotees, mostly women, from entering .
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KMDA to repair 151 roads across five districts
The Times of India 10 Oct 2020
According to senior KMDA officials, more than 70% roads are located in Howrah, North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas and they directly lead to Kolkata ... We will then seek financial sanction from the state finance department and after we get the nod, we will float tender,” a senior KMDA official said.
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