Colossal waste

All this has given opposition enough ammunition to get back at the government.

The two floors of the Information and Culture department will be housed at Nabanno,the HRBC building have been designed and decorated at Rs 8 lakh each by a city-based company and the packing and shifting of files will be done by another city-based firm at Rs 7.5 lakh. All this has given opposition enough ammunition to get back at the government. Critics are saying that two years ago,the PWD spent crores on revamping the rooms and now they will have to be demolished to make way for a swanky office. Wasnt that a colossal waste,critics ask,particularly at a time when the government is not in a position to pay the DA to government employees for more than a year.

Nostalgic trip

Every year after Bisarjan,Writers looks like a Durga Puja pandal. Most employees who have spent their professional life here are getting nostalgic about the heritage building. The youngsters are however, excited about shifting to a new location. Work is now is full swing to meet the deadline of October 5 by which shifting have to be completed.

In august company

Shivaji Panja,a businessman has found a room at the West Bengal Film Development Corporation along with stalwarts like Soumendu Roy,Prosenjit Chatterjee,Kaushik Ganguly and Srikanta Mohta. Panja,a regular visitor to the CMO,is also a member of the consultative committee of the department of Information and culture headed by the chief minister. What are Panjas credentials,people ask,except that he handled the auction of the Chief Ministers paintings at her exhibitions.

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