Little chance of Kolkata getting CNG soon; land acquisition hiccups halt supply

The land acquisition process for the pipeline in West Bengal is slow, says GAIL, the Union government’s nodal agency for supplying CNG

COVID-19: Fewer tests a bane for Bengal, warn health experts

Only 7,261 tests per million were conducted in West Bengal; only Bihar, Jharkhand, UP and Telangana lag behind

COVID-19 lockdown in Bengal: Experts claim containment strategy failed

Health experts claimed that the state’s failure to impose containment norms is why COVID-19 cases continue to be on the rise  

Bengal most vulnerable to climate risk, flags India’s first assessment report

The Bay of Bengal region was struck by 41 severe cyclonic storms and 21 cyclonic storms in May between 1891 and 2018

Plant 50 million mangroves in the Sundarbans? Improbable, say experts

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had decided on the plantation to compensate for plants lost during Cyclone Amphan

COVID-19 pulls fishermen back to Bengal, Amphan forces them to reconsider

Several fishermen in West Bengal have begun weighing options to go back to fishing harbours in other states where they worked

Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village

The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials

Solar power lights up Sundarbans island

Six solar micro-grids cater to about 600 families in Satjelia island  

Cyclone Amphan, returning migrants spark COVID-19 spread in rural Bengal

Close to 800,000 in flood shelters, with some already occupied by returning migrants

Cyclone Amphan and high tide: A 1 hour gap saved Sundarbans from an even bigger disaster

Experts say Aila was worse; that, however, is little consolation to the thousands who have lost home and hearth

2 days after Amphan landfall, Sagar island still left in the lurch

Local administration in the island struggle with limited resources in the aftermath of cyclone Amphan

Sundarbans, several areas of Kolkata incommunicado 24 hours after Amphan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit West Bengal and Odisha on May 22 

Cyclone Amphan: Waterlogging sparks COVID-19 infection fear in Bengal

Amphan fiercest cyclone to hit Bengal in last few decades, says IMD  

South Bengal ravaged by Cyclone Amphan

Around 10-12 people may have died and property worth a lakh crore rupees destroyed, Mamata Banerjee tells reporters 

Cyclone Amphan: Kolkata faces fiercest storm in decades

Amphan was expected to pass through the city before moving on to Bangladesh

Cyclone Amphan may batter Sundarbans. How ready is Bengal

State govt plans to evacuate at least 0.2 mln people from three districts in the region  

COVID-19: Bengal tops in death rate; blame it on Kolkata

Bengal mortality rate at 9%; about 68% of total deaths in state recorded in Kolkata, says data 

Series of ash barges sinking raises concerns on Sundarbans ecology

Seeping fuel oil and fly ash could harm aquatic flora and fauna in the area, they warn

COVID-19: ‘Bengal hospitals turning into epicentres of novel coronavirus’

At least 80 healthcare workers, including 38 doctors, have tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 in the state  

COVID-19: Bengal has highest death rate, least testing in India

Combination of both may prove to be disastrous for the state in the long run, say experts

COVID-19: Does Kolkata face community transmission

Strictest form of containment, super-lockdown, will be imposed in Kolkata’s 110 areas across 57 wards, according to a govt source

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We started planning before first COVID-19 case was reported: Pinarayi Vijayan

COVID-19: Is West Bengal's real tally higher than what’s put out

Mamata Banerjee govt not testing enough, according to Opposition, experts

COVID-19: Is novel coronavirus spreading among Kolkata pavement dwellers through waste

Those who live by the streets often pick up waste for livelihood