West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee hikes monetary help for Durga puja golf equipment
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KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hiked the monetary help for every of the state’s over 40,000 Durga puja-organising golf equipment to Rs 60,000 from final 12 months’s Rs 50,000, moreover saying a 60 per cent rebate on electrical energy payments.
She mentioned that state authorities workers could be entitled to an 11-day go away on the event of Durga puja, the largest competition in Bengal, from September 30.
Banerjee additionally said that her authorities would take out a rally on September 1 to thank UNESCO for in accordance the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) tag to the competition.
“The Centre is not releasing funds for Bengal as a result of which the state is suffering. Despite that, we have decided to increase financial assistance for puja committees from last year’s Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000. We will also give them a rebate of 60 per cent on the electricity bill,” Banerjee mentioned.
Also, the federal government, consistent with the custom over the previous few years, wouldn’t levy a number of different taxes on the puja organisers, together with ones imposed on ads, she affirmed.
The Chief Minister harassed that the September 1 rally would don’t have any political agenda, and anyone and all people was free to hitch it.
“This year, celebrations will be unique. Pujas will commence a day before the Mahalaya. We will organise a rally on September 1. It will not be a rally to thank UNESCO, and all are welcome to participate in it. The rally will commence from Jorasanko Thakurbari at 2 pm.”
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“I urge Kolkata Pujo Forum (body of Durga puja organisers), police personnel as well as the leaders, including MPs and MLAs, to ensure that all events take place peacefully and successfully. Do not pay heed to any instigation. I am also urging all clubs to participate in the rally,” she mentioned.
In a veiled assault on the BJP, she mentioned there are some who had claimed that Durga puja and Saraswati puja should not allowed in Bengal, however have they ever thought in regards to the scale of celebrations right here and likewise whether or not such preparations are made for these festivals wherever else.
Ahead of final 12 months’s meeting polls, a number of BJP leaders had alleged that Durga and Saraswati puja celebrations confronted hindrances in Bengal underneath TMC rule.
Banerjee, speaking in regards to the September 1 rally, recommended that places of work and faculties be closed by 1 pm on that day to keep away from chaos and site visitors congestion.
“We thank UNESCO for giving Durga Puja the ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ tag. As we welcome our ‘Maa’ in the most special way, let’s make this years’ pujo grander and happier for each and everyone,” she added.
“Celebrate the way you want. Let someone play the conch shell at the rally if she wants to, someone may sing. But everyone must wear bright clothes. I will invite 10,000 students from senior schools to be part of this rally,” she said at an administrative assembly at Netaji Indoor Stadium right here.
The CM additionally mentioned that the annual Durga Puja carnival at Red Road right here could be held on October 8, three days after ‘Dashami’.
Similar carnivals would even be organized within the districts, she mentioned, including that the federal government could be giving a two-day vacation for Kali Puja.
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday hiked the monetary help for every of the state’s over 40,000 Durga puja-organising golf equipment to Rs 60,000 from final 12 months’s Rs 50,000, moreover saying a 60 per cent rebate on electrical energy payments.
She mentioned that state authorities workers could be entitled to an 11-day go away on the event of Durga puja, the largest competition in Bengal, from September 30.
Banerjee additionally said that her authorities would take out a rally on September 1 to thank UNESCO for in accordance the Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) tag to the competition.
“The Centre is not releasing funds for Bengal as a result of which the state is suffering. Despite that, we have decided to increase financial assistance for puja committees from last year’s Rs 50,000 to Rs 60,000. We will also give them a rebate of 60 per cent on the electricity bill,” Banerjee mentioned.
Also, the federal government, consistent with the custom over the previous few years, wouldn’t levy a number of different taxes on the puja organisers, together with ones imposed on ads, she affirmed.
The Chief Minister harassed that the September 1 rally would don’t have any political agenda, and anyone and all people was free to hitch it.
“This year, celebrations will be unique. Pujas will commence a day before the Mahalaya. We will organise a rally on September 1. It will not be a rally to thank UNESCO, and all are welcome to participate in it. The rally will commence from Jorasanko Thakurbari at 2 pm.”
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“I urge Kolkata Pujo Forum (body of Durga puja organisers), police personnel as well as the leaders, including MPs and MLAs, to ensure that all events take place peacefully and successfully. Do not pay heed to any instigation. I am also urging all clubs to participate in the rally,” she mentioned.
In a veiled assault on the BJP, she mentioned there are some who had claimed that Durga puja and Saraswati puja should not allowed in Bengal, however have they ever thought in regards to the scale of celebrations right here and likewise whether or not such preparations are made for these festivals wherever else.
Ahead of final 12 months’s meeting polls, a number of BJP leaders had alleged that Durga and Saraswati puja celebrations confronted hindrances in Bengal underneath TMC rule.
Banerjee, speaking in regards to the September 1 rally, recommended that places of work and faculties be closed by 1 pm on that day to keep away from chaos and site visitors congestion.
“We thank UNESCO for giving Durga Puja the ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ tag. As we welcome our ‘Maa’ in the most special way, let’s make this years’ pujo grander and happier for each and everyone,” she added.
“Celebrate the way you want. Let someone play the conch shell at the rally if she wants to, someone may sing. But everyone must wear bright clothes. I will invite 10,000 students from senior schools to be part of this rally,” she said at an administrative assembly at Netaji Indoor Stadium right here.
The CM additionally mentioned that the annual Durga Puja carnival at Red Road right here could be held on October 8, three days after ‘Dashami’.
Similar carnivals would even be organized within the districts, she mentioned, including that the federal government could be giving a two-day vacation for Kali Puja.
