Kolkata:
A senior official said that the West Bengal cabinet on Monday approved the allocation of about 0.9 acres to the Border Security Force (BSF) at Karimpur in Nadia district, which is possibly a senior officer to set up the outpost and establish a wired fence Said.
The paramilitary force had informed the state government about their land requirement, and the matter was discussed during the cabinet meeting held at the State Secretariat.
“The matter was discussed and approval for 0.9 acres of land in Karimpur was given to BSF,” the official said.
The decision came amid recent tensions, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged earlier this month that BSF was allowing infiltration from Bangladesh.
The Leader of the Opposition was strongly criticized by Suvandu Adhikari, he was strongly criticized, insulting them “75,000 CAPS) personnel and insulting 33,000 BSF personnel in Bengal.” The official also claimed that the state’s support reduction was hindering fencing to prevent infiltration with the Indo-Bangladesh border.
The BJP leader alleged that the land acquisition for the 284 km long fence was “pending” at the state level.
Additionally, the cabinet approved the budget session of the Assembly from 10 February with the budget to be presented on 12 February.
The cabinet also approved the filling of 60 vacancies in various departments.
In a step to identify the achievements of the Bengal Santosh Trophy -Winning Football Team, the state cabinet decided to offer jobs to the state police to the players facing recruitment challenges due to specific physical deficiencies.
The cabinet also gave its approval to install two police stations, especially for the Special Task Force (STF), he said that both stations would be installed in New Town and another Siliguri.
“However, no separate appointments will be made for these two police stations at this time,” he said.
The state cabinet decided to appoint 881 contractual bus drivers and conductors in the Transport Department, the official said.
Sources said that CM Banerjee directed all state departments to coordinate with each other, to successfully organize the 8th edition of the Bengal Global Business Summit on 5-6 February.
In addition, the CM directed his cabinet colleagues to be vigilant during the Saraswati Puja ceremony on 3 February, which emphasized the importance of maintaining law and order to prevent any disruption or dangers for the security of the state. .
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