Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that her Government would ensure that drinking water reached every household of the State by the year 2024. “We performed most of our promises and it is our resolve to take drinking water to every household of the State by the year 2024,” the Chief Minister said in an administrative meeting at Barasat north east of Kolkata. Banerjee also announced that the most backward region of the State the Sunderbans would not be converted into an administrative district. Falling in the delta region on the mouth of the Bay of Bengal Sunderbans is criss-crossed and incised into hundreds of riverine islands created by backwaters and branches of the Hooghly Rive creating problem for the development projects to reach the interior areas of the tiger infested tidal territory. The region was under the South 24 Parganas district with headquartered by Baruipur, Diamond Harbour and Alipore in South Kolkata. After notification it will be the 24th district of the State.
“The area is very poor and backward due to its difficult terrain … after it is made a district the developmental works will reach the interior areas and help people flourish in this region,” Banerjee said.