Min directs swift completion of Gangasagar Mela preps
Millennium Post Kolkata|Kolkata 22December2024
Pulak Roy, minister-in-charge of Public Works Department (PWD) and Public Health Engineering (PHE) department on Saturday directed his department officials to take the district administration in total confidence and execute all work in connection with the Gangasagar Mela scheduled to be held from January 9 to 17, 2025.
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Roy on Saturday chaired a meeting at the Mela office in Sagar Islands on the preparedness for the Fair and issued directions to complete all work by latest by January 5.

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is expected to visit Sagar from January 6 to 8 and all stakeholders were asked to work on a war footing to complete all pending work.

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