VIOLATION OF RBI INSTRUCTIONS

Allegation over violation of RBI guidelines in banks

In almost all branches of the banks in Cooch Behar the customers are being denied to obtain a receipt against their deposits by cheques. If they ask for receipts they are being told that such facility was not available anymore. They are being asked to drop the cheques in the drop-box and keep the counterfoils of the pay-in slips as the receipts. Refusal to receive a cheque over the counter and giving a receipt as acknowledgement is nothing but an act of violation of the instructions issued by the Reserve Bank of India, said the secretary of the Cooch Behar Consumers Protection Society Mr Ganesh Chandra Bhattacharya.

Referring a circular (No. RBI/2006-2007/214 DBOD.No.Leg.BC. 49.09.07.005.2006-07) that was issued on 18 December 2006 by the chief general manager-in-charge of the RBI Mr Prashant Saran the CCPS secretary said the banks were advised to invariably display on the cheque drop-box that "customers can also tender the cheques at the counter and obtain acknowledgement on the pay-in-slips". "The message may be displayed in English, Hindi, and the concerned regional language of the state", the circular said.

Mr Bhattacharya said by that circular the banks were advised "both the drop-box facility and the facility for acknowledgement of the cheques at the regular collection counters should be available to customers and no branch should refuse to give an acknowledgement if the customer tenders the cheque at the counters".

In the circular it was also mentioned that "Reserve Bank of India/ Banking Ombudsmen have been receiving complaints that many bank branches are not accepting cheques at the counters and are compelling the customers to drop the cheques in the cheque drop-box. Banks are therefore advised to strictly adhere to the instructions contained in the circular and ensure that customers are not compelled to drop the cheques in the drop-box".

The CCPS secretary said by dropping a cheque into a drop-box a customer couldn't be sure of realisation of the money and deposit of the amount in his account. "We know a few cases where the customers had to suffer. Now, we are preparing to take up the issue to the RBI authorities for the benefit of bank customers", he said.

The members of the business community are also unhappy over the bank's attitude. The secretary of the district merchants chamber of commerce Mr Rajendra Kumar Baid alleged that a major section of bank personnel are interested in harassing the customers instead of extending them the justified service. They should obey the RBI instructions. The traders' body is also to take up the matter with the RBI authorities very soon, Mr Baid added. - DEBASHIS BHAUMIK 

GOUTAMENDU'S MANGO

THE ABOVE WRITE-UP OF MR GOUTAMENDU ROY HAS PUBLISHED IN A BENGALI DAILY ON SUNDAY 25 JULY 2010.

SAVE COOCH BEHAR !

FB to demonstrate demanding repair of town saving dyke

BJP wants all-party meeting

 The demand for regular maintenance and immediate repair of the embankment that is saving the town is getting momentum in Cooch Behar. Leaders of all major political parties agreed that the embankment should be protected at any cost to save the heritage town from the clutch of Torsa.

General secretary of the Cooch Behar district unit of the BJP, Mr Nikhil Ranjan Dey demanded the district administration to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. As encroachers are to be removed from the embankment before commencement of renovation the administration should gather opinions from the political parties over issues like rehabilitation and compensation, he said. "We conveyed the matter to the irrigation division and the district administration on several occasions but to no avail. On Wednesday seepage of river water into the town caused panic among the citizens but the authorities are still taking no steps to repair the dyke. We do not believe in the irrigation division's assurance that no harm would be done by the seepage because the town had to experience a disaster many years ago when Torsa gobbled up a large section of the town", he recalled.

Chairman of Cooch Behar Municipality and also the president of the district unit of the Congress, Mr Biren Kundu opined that the seepage of river water through the sluice gates was an alarming matter. As the civic body has no authority to repair the embankment the administration should take the initiative. "I shall talk with the district magistrate Ms Smaraki Mahapatra over the matter", he said.

A senior citizen and also a member of the All India Congress Committee, Mrs Sabita Roy questioned that why the citizens should have to raise their voices over the issue. It is the government's duty to save the people and maintain the embankment regularly that was constructed following the instruction of the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. About the proposed all-party meeting she said at first the irrigation division should start their work to renovate the embankment. It should be identified who are opposing the repair of the town saving dyke, she said.

Cooch Behar (West) MLA and also a secretariat member of the Forward Bloc, Mr Akshay Thakur said demands were raised several times in the past but the administration and the irrigation division did nothing to maintain the embankment. He alleged that government funds have not been used for actual jobs. The 'no fear' assurance of the irrigation division is worthless, he commented. He demanded an immediate survey to identify: why the river water seeped into the town on Wednesday, why there is no arrangement to drain out the additional water, which parts of the embankment are weak and the reasons of it. An all-party meet was held at Mekhliganj over renovation of Teesta embankment and eviction of encroachers, but no similar initiative was taken in Cooch Behar.

Mr Thakur announced that the Forward Bloc would stage a 32-hour sit-in demonstration on 30-31 August demanding renovation of the Torsa dyke. He also demanded a survey on the existing condition of the embankment to identify its weak parts.

President of district Trinamul Congress, Mr Rabindranath Ghosh alleged that the irrigation division and district administration do nothing to maintain the embankment. It is decaying due to lack of regular maintenance. Funds are being misused and it is only inflating the pockets of some unscrupulous contractors and a section of dishonest officials, he alleged. No one saw ever any work to repair the embankment, he said. 

SAVE MEKHLIGANJ

Bid to repair a dyke to save a town

Different political parties reached in a consensus to evict about two hundred families from the embankment of Teesta river to save Mekhliganj town. Accordingly the sub-divisional administration started evicting the families. Similar measure has been demanded in Cooch Behar too to save the heritage town from the rage of Torsa river.

At the first phase, the sub-divisional administration of Mekhliganj took the initiative. They convened an all-party meeting to discuss the problem of erosion of Teesta as the river was posing danger to the town. On Tuesday the meeting was held where the leaders of several political parties reached in a consensus to shift the dwellers that were living on the embankment. They felt that eviction was necessary to pave the way to repair the embankment. It was decided that about 200 families would be evicted from a stretch of about 2300-metre area of the embankment. The evicted families are to get permission to take shelter at a flood rescue shelter and a building of the local regulated market committee.

Though the leaders of the political parties agreed over eviction drive they want adequate compensation to the affected families. However, no decision has been taken at the meeting about extending any compensation to the evicted families.

A senior Forward Bloc leader and also the Mekhliganj MLA, Mr Paresh Adhikary said the town was in danger as the Teesta was approaching towards the town. Several thousands of people reside in Mekhliganj town and it is necessary to take steps to save them. For this reason the eviction plan was adopted and all the parties agreed to it. Rehabilitation and compensation issues may be considered later, he said.

A Congress leader Mr Maya Sankar Singha said they demanded Rs 6,000 as compensation per evicted family.

Mentionworthy, the Teesta is flowing along the Mekhliganj town. A few decades ago an embankment was erected to save the town from the river but it was not regularly maintained and renovated. Now, the condition of the embankment is poor. The problem turned worse as a few hundred families started residing along the embankment. Recently, considering the weak condition of the town saving dyke the irrigation division officials have decided to initiate repairing of the embankment. Following that development the sub-divisional administration had convened an all-party meeting.

In Cooch Behar, the condition of the old dyke along Torsa that is engaged in saving the town is also precarious. On Wednesday afternoon the river water started seeping into the town causing panic among the citizens. On behalf of 'Concern for Cooch Behar' Mr Amal Deb demanded measures to save the town by renovating the dyke. He demanded the district administration to follow the footsteps of Mekhliganj to adopt required measures to save the town from the swelling Torsa. 

stop TRIPARTITE MEETING with gorkha....

The UNION GOVERNMENT OF INDIA , as well as STATE GOVERNMENT OF WEST
BENGAL WEST BENGAL has no right to sit with gorkha janamukti morcha or
any GORKHA NAMED PARTY OR DEMAND. Govt. must cancel the meeting which
is proposed to be held on 24.07.2010 at north block of delhi. If the
meeting occurs we will have to forward all the documents all the
documents to UNITED NATIONS OF INDIA in regard to a case pending in
the kolkata HIGH COURT demanding the deletion of foreign nationals
names from the darjeeling districts of WEST BENGAL. Janachetana, the
non political organisation which clearly demanded the deletion of
foreign nationals name from the voter list. QUOTING the case of
janachetana, another non political organisation BANGLAR PAKSHE made
it clear today that except one or two while every political party of
india is enjoying the GORKHALAND movement as their game, then we have
no way to demand justice from UNITED NATIONS mentioning the nuisenses
going on in the darjeeling hills and in the dooars area of jalpaiguri
district since last two years. In the name of so called political
movement by a rowdy organisation named GORKHA JANA MUKTI MORCHA
practically there is an agressive shut down going on by the rowdy
elements lead by the rowdy leader BIMAL GURUNG , which is STILL
unmanagable AS BECAUSE BOTH THE STATE AND UNION GOVERMENTS ARE eunuch
governments, ALREADY PROVED. PROFESSOR Achintya Biswas of jadavpur
UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA who is the convenor of BANGLAR PAKSHE
organisation yesterday mentioned a press statement mentioning above
all facts. HIS clear logic is that while there is no community named
GORKHA in any part of the world, how a government can call a meeting
with those miscreants who are still cheating our motherland by
placing the fake identity GORKHA ? Perhaps you are aware that the
SO CALLED gorkhas ARE THOSE PEOPLE those who have fought against
INDIA as butchers. DR.ACHINTYA BISWAS how the butchers like so called
gorkhas of GURKHA REGIMENT CAN BE ACCOMMODATED AS INDIAN NATIONALS
WITH THE DEMAND OF A FOREIGN DISTRICTS NAME. FOR YOUR KIND
INFORMATION prof. achintya wants to mention GORKHA is a district of
NEPAL. tushar pradhan

Niraj Korok Sahitya Patra

Niraj Korok Sahitya Patra - 'Sambardhana' felicitation programme at Jalpaiguri.

TREE PLANTATION

Members of Lions Club of Cooch Behar Greater planted saplings at MJN Hospital and Nursing Training Centre premises in Cooch Behar on Sunday. District chairperson of Lions Services for Children Ms Dipanwita Roy, club president Ms Bhupali Roy, secretary Ms Uma Basu and treasurer Ms Suman Chakraborty attended the programme.

GORKHA ADIVASI PRADESH ?

The so called gorkhaland agitators will demand a statehood with
adivasis as because they want to cleanse bengalees. IT WAS MY HUNCH.
And i wrote in on 30.05.2009 it was published in the AAJKAAL bengali
daily on 31.05.2009 almost 11 months before the announcement of BIMAL
GURUNG, the rowdy element of gorkha janamukti morcha. I WON'T LIKE TO
MENTION THE NAME OF BIMAL AS BECAUSE HE IS AN ILLITERATE PERSON. He
has no idea about politics and history.How a person LIKE A CLASS 4
STANDARD EDUCATED bimal will sit with the educated person and he will
understand the anthropological history ? HAVE HE EVER HEARD ABOUT THIS
? WHO WILL HELP HIM AND IF SOMEBODY HELPS HIM HOW BIMAL DIGEST IT ?
tushar pradhan

BUTA SING the agent of GHISINGH

I AM NOW JUST PLACING A LETTER OF MR. BUTA SINGH , FORMER HOME
MINISTER OF INDIA . THE LETTER WAS WRITTEN TO MR. INDERJIT GUPTA ,
THE THEN HONOURABLE HOME MINISTER OF INDIA ON 16 OCTOBER,1996. I AM
QUOTING THE FULL LETTER. PL READ THE TEXT AS FOLLOWS:

Dear Shri Guptaji, YOU WILL KINDLY RECALL THAT DURING
MY LAST MEETING IN YOUR NORTH BLOCK OFFICE, I HAD REPRESENTED TO YOU
THE CASE OF GORKHA LAND, UTTARAKHAND AND VIDHARBA STATE, YUO HAVE
KINDLY AGREED TO LOOK INTO THE MATTER SYMPATHETICALLY. SUBSEQUENTLY I
HAPPENED TO MEET THE gnlf LEADER SHRI SUBASH GHISINGH WHO WAS IN
DELHI. SHRI GHISINGH HAD LEAD THE GORKHA LAND MOVEMENT IN 80'S THE
MOVEMENT HAD DRAWN ATTENTION OF THE COUNTRY AND DARJEELING GORKHA HILL
DEVELOPMENT COUNCILWAS PASSED UNANIMOUSLY, BY THE PARLIAMENT. THE
COUNCIL HAS BEEN ENGAGING ITSELIF IN THE OVERALL DEVELOPMENT OF
DARJEELING UNDER THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF SHRI SUBASH GHISINGH. I
VIVIDLY REMEMBER THAT DURING HIS VISIT LATE SHRI RAJIV GANDHI THE THEN
PRIME MINISTER HAD PAID GLOWING TRIBUTES TO THE LEADERSHIP OFSHRI
SUBASH GHISINGH. AFTER THE FORMATION OF THE COUNCIL WHEN A JOINT PRESS
CONFERENCE WAS ADDRESSED BY ME AND HONOURABLE CHIEF MINISTER OF WEST
BENGAL SHRI JYOTI BASU ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THE POPULARITY AND
LEADERSHIP OF SHRI SUBAS GHISINGH.
INSPITE OF THE FACT THE FUNDS PROMISED BY THE CENTRAL GOVT. WERE
INADEQUATE AND OFTEN RELEASED WITH DELAY, THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE
STATE GOVT. WAS ALSO NOT THE EXPECTATION, INSPITE OF ALL THESE
HANDICAPS AND OTHER IMPEDIMENTS, SHRI GHISINGH AND HIS TEAM OF
COUNCILLORS CONTINUED TO RELENTLESSLY PUTTING THEIR BEST EFFORTS FOR
THE THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEOPLE. THERE IS WIDE AWAKENING IN THE HILL
AND PLAIN AREAS ALIPURDWAR,DARJEELING,KURSEONG AND NEIGHBOURING
DISTRICTS OF AND THE FULL APPRECIATION OF THE WORK DONE BY G.N.L.F.
I THEREFORE FULLY SUPPORT THE FORMATION OF THE FULL FLEDGED GORKHA
LAND STATE. I AM SURE AS THE DARJEELING HILL COUNCIL HAS PROVED AS A
MODEL FOR REST OF THE COUNTRY, THE GORKHA LAND STATE WILL ALSO CREATE
A HISTORY OF ITS OWN UNDER THE DYNAMIC LEADERSHIP OF SHRI SUBASH
GHISINGH.
AS I HAD REQUESTED YOU TO INTRODUCE A BILL TO THIS EFFECT IN THE
COMING SESSION OF PARLIAMENT. I HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL TAKE
THE NECESSARY ACTION IN THIS REGARD AT THE EARLIEST.
WITH KIND REGARDS.
YOURS SINCERELY,
buta singh , 16, ashok road, new delhi 110001. tele 3755411.

ARREST GHISINGH IMMEDIATELY

WHILE I WAS TALKING TO PROFESSOR dr.achintya biswas of JADAVPUR
UNIVERSITY, KOLKATA in regard to aggressive movement in darjeeling
hills, DR. BISWAS SAID THAT we the indians must demand immediate
arrest of SUBASH GHISINGH, THE PRESIDENT OF gorkha national liberation
front FOR HIS MISCHIEVIOUS ACTIVITIES TO GET THE affiliation of
GORKHA as a community. AS YOU WILL NOT FIND ANY COMMUNITY NAMED gorkha
IN THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD COMMUNITY OR RACE, THE
gorkha IDENTITY AS A COMMUNITY IS A FICTITIOUS IT HAS ALREADY
PROVED.NOW IT IS CLEAR THAT mr.ghisingh has managed to cheat our
motherland in connivance with MR. BUTA SINGH, the then home minister
of india AND the then member of our parliament MR. INDERJIT KHULLER
by creating a false identity NAMED gorkha.IT IS FACT THAT BUTA SINGH
WAS NOT A SO LITERATE PERSON WHO CAN UNDERSTAND THE MEANING WHAT A
COMMUNITY IS. BUT is OUR BUREAUCRATS were sleeping? THE PRESENT UNION
GOVERNMENT MUST TAKE ACTION AGAINST ALL THOSE WHO WERE INSTRUMENTAL TO
CLEAR THE DECK TO CREATE A FICTITIOUS gorkha COMMUNITY.WHILE
RECOGNITION OF A COMMUNITY IS A CONSTITUTIONAL MATTER, HOW IT HAS
PUBLISHED AS GAZETTE NOTIFICATION? NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT TO CREATE A
COMMUNITY OF HIS OWN, THEN HOW mr. ghisingh MANAGED to overcome the
hurdles? Prof.ACHINTYA BISWAS WANTS THERE MUST BE A SUOMOTO CASE FROM
THE supreme judiciary against GHISHING, BUTA and INDERJIT immediately.
All the three person must be arrested without delay. BEFORE CONTINUING
THE MATTER I WILL MENTION THAT Prof.Biswas is the CONVENOR OF
banglarpakshe, The 2 months old organisation based at kolkata with the
MEMBERS mainly from INTELLECTUALS. THE ORGANISATION IS IN PREPARATION
TO LAUNCH A MOVEMENT AGAINST BOTH THE STATE GOVERNMENT OF WEST
BENGAL, AS WELL AS UNION GOVT. The demands are: government has no
right to sit with the organisations which are identifying themselves
they are the representatives of SO CALLED gorkhas. AS THERE IS NO
COMMUNITY NAMED gorkha IN THE WORLD, THEN THERE WILL BE NO PARTY IN
INDIA WITH A WORD gorkha IN THEIR NAME.WHILE GORKHA IS A VAGUE
COMMUNITY THEN gorkha NAMED PARTIES MUST BE BANNED.
Tushar Pradhan