Steps to be taken against muti-storied buildings owners
PTI | 07:06 PM,Jun 21,2011Darjeeling (WB), Jun 21 (PTI) Steps would be taken against owners of multistoried buildings in the avalanche-prone Darjeeling Hills, North Bengal Development Minister Gautam Deb said today. Buildings upto three floors were allowed in the hills but many as much as seven storied one had come up in the tourist town flouting laws, he told newsmen at Kurseong. The matter would be brought to the notice of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the steps would be taken, he said.Deb, who was at Kurseong along with state Higher Education Minister Bratya Basu to inquire into the death of four members of a family in a landslide at St Mary's Hills last week, assured economic assiatnce to their families. He later met the district magistrate and other high government officials and discussed actions to be taken in case of natural calamities.
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