Department of Sundarban Affairs (West Bengal)

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Department of Sundarban Affairs
Department overview
Formed1992 (1992)
Jurisdiction Government of West Bengal
HeadquartersMayukh Bhawan (Top Floor), Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091
Minister responsible
Department executives
  • Kanwaljit Singh Cheema, IAS, Principal Secretary
  • Arun Kumar Saha, Chief Engineer
Website Official Website

Department of Sundarban Affairs [1] is a ministerial office jurisdicted by the Government of West Bengal. It is mainly used for promoting social, economic and cultural advancement of people residing in the Sundarban areas of the districts of North & South 24 Parganas.

Activities

In terms of Rules of Business framed under Article 166(3) of the Constitution of India , this department performs the following functions of the Government: [2]

i) Livelihoods:--> Agriculture, Pisciculture, Forestry;
ii) Water supply and sanitation;
iii) Disaster risk management and erosion control ;
iv) Energy ;
v) Transportation;
vi) Education;
vii) Awareness creation etc in the Sundarban areas of the District of North and South 24 Parganas.

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References

  1. ↑ "Official Website for Sundarban Affairs". sundarbanaffairswb.in. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
  2. ↑ "Department details - Egiye Bangla". wb.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2020.



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