Must Read

Familiar format at a special price / Get The Indian Express e-paper at a limited-period annual price of Rs 999
'Lack of sufficient evidence': NCB drops charges against Aryan Khan, 5 others in drugs-on-cruise case
Chacha, bhatija aur woh: Yogi takes swipe at Akhilesh via Shivpal
As Aryan Khan case falls, MVA leaders rally behind Nawab Malik: 'Truth wins'
Bihar parties agree on extending caste census to Muslims: ‘Why exclude anyone?’
At least 7 soldiers dead after vehicle carrying 26 falls into river in Ladakh
Hard life of the ever-smiling cricketer Rinku Singh, KKR's rising star
Anek movie review: Ayushmann Khurrana, Andrea film swings between conviction and a cop-out
Express View | Hounding of Aryan Khan
Jathedar of Akal Takht wants harmonium replaced from Gurbani sangeet; but is it still a foreign instrument?

Sunderbans

News

SUNDERBANS NEWS

West Bengal submits primary report to central team, pegs cyclone damage at Rs 21K crore

June 10, 2021 4:24 am

The seven-member central team, which visited East Midnapore and South 24 Parganas districts over the last two days, went to some other affected places in the South 24-Parganas to assess the cyclone damage.

West Bengal: 4,000 evacuated from Yaas-hit islands

June 10, 2021 4:20 am

Banerjee had directed the district administration to evacuate residents of the two islands where embankments were ravaged by cyclone Yaas on May 26 and repairs would not be completed before June-end.

Cyclone Amphan, Cyclone Amphan West Bengal, West Bengal Cyclone Amphan, Cyclone Amphan Sunderbans, Sunderbans Cyclone Amphan, India news, Indian Express

Covid, cyclone, lockdown: All lines blur in Sundarbans

May 31, 2020 10:28 am

Rattled by the Covid outbreak, and struggling to cope with the return of migrant workers in the middle of a lockdown, the Sundarbans woke up to Cyclone Amphan 10 days ago.

Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu, Sunderbani gas leak, Jammu chlorine gas leak, J-K gas leak, gas leak in Sunderbani town, Jammu and Kashmir news, India news, Indian Express

Sundarbans threatened by 'heedless industrialisation', says UN expert

August 01, 2018 11:20 am

Last year, the High Court of Bangladesh directed the Government not to approve any industrial development within the 10-kilometre buffer zone of the reserved forest, but according to UNESCO, approvals continue to be given.

Sunderbans to set up infra-ray pillars, smart sensors to keep infiltrators at bay

June 13, 2017 1:30 pm

According to BSF sources, the cost of the installation of the Infra-ray pillars per kilometre will be around Rs 25-30 lakh.

hyderabad murder, hyderabad murder probe, hyderabad police, indian express news, india news

Robbers attack resort in Sunderbans, Mamata ministers calculate effect — ‘on tourism sector, of Bangladeshi criminals’

March 30, 2015 1:55 am

The incident took place at Piyali Island Tourist lodge around 1.45 am when the gang scaled the boundary wall.

Living on the Brink: What will happen to the residents of the sinking Ghoramara island in the Sunderbans

February 15, 2015 1:00 am

Residents of the sinking Ghoramara island in the Sunderbans have been moving inland for the last decade or so, but how long can they do so?

Need to protect Sunderbans, eco-tourism hub can wait, say environmentalists

February 12, 2015 12:53 am

To stop the degradation of Sunderbans, green crusader Subhas Datta has submitted a report to the National Green Tribunal.

Mamata Banerjee plans to turn Sunderbans into world-class tourist destination

October 29, 2014 10:48 pm

The idea behind this is to attract the industrialists to invest in fields like infrastructural development and tourism in the area.

Life saving embankment stuck in land quagmire, blame game

July 16, 2014 4:08 am

Of planned 778-km embankment, only 21 km built in three years.