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    Damming the rivers of North Bengal: a socio-legal approach towards sustainable use of the river biodiversity
    (University of North Bengal, 2022-09) Dutta, Soumya Pratik; Sarkar, Madhumita Dhar
    North Bengal due to various perennial rivers is an ideal for hydro-power project plants. Dam building in India dates all the way back to the pre-Harappan era. India now has over 5100 major dams, according to the latest estimates from the Central Water Commission. Due to various developmental purposes the rivers of North Bengal in particular lost their natural flow. RoR hydropower plants are 'socially and environmentally benign,' and a useful mechanism to meet water demand. Reforming technocratic water and energy organizations is a very difficult task. To solve these concerns in the near term a stronger organizational framework for environmental and social governance is required and the guidelines need to be framed. Additionally, there is no legislative or administrative structure in place to ensure that evaluation, planning, judgement, economic evaluation, or environmental impact evaluations for the assessment the impact of dams on rivers. Proper planning and implementation are the need of the hour.
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    Malaria in Jalpaiguri: The History of an Epidemic Disease from 1869-1947
    (University of North Bengal, 2016-03) Sarkar, Monoranjan
    This article is aimed to examine the spread of malaria disease and its socio-environment impact in the tea plantations area of Jalpaiguri district in colonial India. In recent times there are so many scholars who have studied the environment and health of colonial Bengal, unfortunately, missed Jalpaiguri as their study area or though mentioned only an or few lines on it. Hence present article proposes to examine a detailed study in this theme. The source materials are exclusively collected from the different literary texts, reports, statistical accounts etc. composed by the colonial officers and that of 'the indigenous writers; some of the original sources of have been collected from the officials of different Tea Estates and West Bengal State Achieves.