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FLIGHTS AND RAILWAYS HIGHLY AFFECTED BY HEAVY FOG IN SILIGURI

Posted on January 9, 2016 by tni

By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) ~ R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 9th January, 2016: Siliguri along with other adjoining was today engulfed with heavy fog in the wee hours of the morning. This has resulted in a slowdown of the cities normal activities including business and other activities. Most affected were the transport systems like air services, rail, and roadways. In Bagdogra Airport, the airways visibility was around 1 – 1.4 km which were below…

MAIDEN KOLKATA-COOCHBEHAR FLIGHT LANDED IN BAGDOGRA

Posted on January 1, 2016 by tni

By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 01st January, 2016: In the second day of the Coochbehar bound flight from Kolkata via Durgapur (Andal) today touched Bagdogra. Today at Bagdogra 3 passengers boarded the flight with 9 passengers to Coochbehar. The Spirit Air flight has agreed to run flight for 4 days per week to and fro Coochbehar-Kolkata with a subsidy of around Rs. 26 Lakhs by the state…

SILIGURI LIKELY TO GET 750 PUBLIC VEHICLE PERMITS BY STATE GOVERNMENT

Posted on December 29, 2015 by tni

By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 29th December, 2015: Siliguri is getting 750 vehicles under the State Government’s ‘Gati Dhara’ scheme. The scheme was outlined in this year’s state budget in February 2015 and approved by the cabinet in August. Under this scheme, Siliguri will be getting 750 subsidized permitted vehicles under which there would be Autorickshaw (Petrol), Maxicab, tourist taxis etc. According, to the member of transport…

NO ANTI FOG SYSTEM MAKES 11 FLIGHT CANCELLATION AT BAGDOGRA

Posted on December 14, 2015 by tni

By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 14th December, 2015: At least 11 flights were canceled at Bagdogra Customs Airport today. Only one aircraft of Druk Airlines from Bhutan could manage a touchdown here today morning. All other flights remained canceled. The passengers mostly tourists thus remained stranded at the airport. Though this is a regular phenomenon yet the lack of anti-fog systems like CAT-III (B) landing systems…

WORLD TOURISM DAY CELEBRATED IN SILIGURI BY EHTTOA

Posted on September 27, 2015 by tni

By R. Subrata (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By D. Prasun (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 27th September, 2015: Like the rest of the World the World Tourism Day Celebration 2015 was organized today in Siliguri too. The programme was jointly organized by West Bengal Tourism and Eastern Himalaya Travel and Tour Operators Association (EHTTOA). This year the theme of the Celebration is ‘1 billion Tourists: One Billion Opportunities’ suggesting the vision of Tourism movement throughout the world….

WB GOVERNMENT TO SPENT RS. 100 CRORE FOR TRAFFIC LANES IN BEHALA, KOLKATA

Posted on September 25, 2015 by tni

By Swarnali Goswami (TNI Kolkata) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Kolkata, 25th September, 2015: Inhabitant of Behala, Kolkata received a probable puja gift from the State Government. According to plans, for the construction of two extra lanes, the state will spend Rs.100 crore. The work will be completed by October 10 this year. Mayor Sovon Chatterjee of Kolkata Municipal Corporation led a joint inspection team with the senior officials from the state transport…

RAILWAY ENGINE DERAILS AT FALAKATA

Posted on September 1, 2015 by tni

By Arunangshu Maitra (TNI Falakata) ~ Edited By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Falakata, 01st September, 2015: Yesterday a railway engine got derailed at Falakata Station while bringing the bogies of a goods train. No casualties have been reported. After derailing the engine went forward some distance breaking some of the railway sleepers. The railway traffic stayed disrupted for some time. The 3rd railway track and 2nd platform were closed for the time being. The…

SHATABDI EXPRESS CRUSHES 6 IN MALDA TODAY

Posted on August 7, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Malda, 7th August, 2015: 6 people died in a train collision at Harishchandrapur, Malda. In around 7 am today the Howrah-bound Shatabdi express from New Jalpaiguri collided with 6 people, who were crossing the railway track without watching the speeding train coming. Among the dead were 3 children and 3 women according to the sources. The Police super of Malda Mr. Prasun Banerjee said that the main accident site is located…

HIGH LEVEL MEETING AT ‘UTTARKANYA’ FOR AH-2 AND AH-48

Posted on July 27, 2015 by tni

TNI News Service (TNS) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 27th July, 2015: The MIC NBDD-Mr. Gautam Deb today called in a high-level meeting at Uttarkanya regarding the developments of the ongoing projects of constructing AH-2 (stretching from Fulbari border to Panitanki border) and the AH-48 (stretching from Changrabandha to Pashaka, Bhutan). The members present at the meeting were officials from District administration of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri as well as the NHAI officials. It is estimated that the total cost…

UNNECESSARY JAM IN 3RD MAHANANDA BRIDGE

Posted on July 26, 2015 by tni

By Pradiptamay Saha (TNI Siliguri) ~ Edited By Ishita Das (TNI Siliguri) Webdesk, TNI Siliguri, 26th July, 2015: A huge traffic jam stopped the traffic on 3rd Mahananda Bridge for around one and a half an hour on yesterday at around 02:00 PM. And that too just because of the repair work being done on 4-5 meters of road. Traffic jam is nothing new in Siliguri. Too many discussions have been done, several action plans and steps have…

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