Statesman News Service
MALDA, Dec. 27: So that no problems are faced while acquiring land to conduct a survey for the proposed ninth retired embankment, the executive engineer, Malda irrigation division, Mr S Misra has requested block development officer Kaliachak II to hold another all party meeting as soon as possible. The go-ahead for holding a grassroots-level, all-party meeting was received at a similar district-level meet convened by Malda district magistrate Mr CR Das on 4 December. The district administration has decided to construct a 5-km-long embankment on the left bank of the Ganges in Kaliachak II for flood protection next year. Mr Misra said political leaders were fine with the government's decision to acquire land for the project. “Political leaders said that villagers would not resist the land acquisition process if the thickly-populated Bangitola village also became a beneficiary of the embankment project," Mr Misra said. The chief engineer II of the state irrigation and waterways department, Mr B K De, has set 15 January as the deadline for completing the survey. Today, Malda irrigation engineers and surveyors met the officials entrusted with the job of acquiring land to get information about the new system of land acquisition. "We will try to send the final survey report to our headquarters by 31 January," Mr Misra said. The department has earmarked Rs 7.48 crore for the embankment project.
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