Jalpaiguri DM visits site of attack on BJP leaders, oversees relief work

Jalpaiguri district magistrate Shama Parveen on Thursday visited Bamondanga village, where North Malda MP Khagen Murmu and Siliguri MLA Sankar Ghosh were attacked earlier this week. Acting on the directives of chief minister Mamata Banerjee, the district magistrate reviewed the ongoing relief, reconstruction, and rehabilitation measures in the flood-affected areas.

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Significantly, the Jalpaiguri police have stepped forward with a humanitarian initiative by setting up a community kitchen at Bamondanga to supply cooked food to flood victims, whose homes and belongings were washed away in the deluge.

As the administration continues relief operations across the flood and landslidehit regions of Darjeeling hills, Jalpaiguri, Alipurduar, and adjoining plains, several voluntary and charitable organisations have joined the effort. These include the Ramakrishna Mission, Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), ISKCON, as well as Anjuman-e-Islamia (Darjeeling), the All India Minority Organisation, and numerous local bodies providing relief from their own resources.

Political leaders, cutting across party lines, are also striving to reach out to the affected families. Public representatives from the disaster-hit areas have extended support for ensuring adequate relief to those in distress.