Kolkata, India, 4
May, 2015 - West Bengal
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee renamed six town in the state officials said.
Of them, Siliguri will be known as
Teesta, a major river in North Bengal, and Bolpur as 'Gitabitan', a popular
compilation of songs of Rabindranath Tagore.
The twin industrial towns of
Asansol-Durgapur will be known as 'Agnibina', a collection of poems by poet
Kazi Najrul Islam.
Gajaldoba in Malda district has been
rechristened as 'Mukta Tirtha' while Garia near this metropolis will become
'Uttam City', after the late matinee idol Uttam Kumar, the officials said.
Banerjee renamed Kalyani, the town in
Nadia district developed during the time of Bidhan Chandra Roy's chief
ministership, as 'Samriddhi'.
A seventh satellite town,
'Viswa-Bangla' will come up later near the Eastern Metropolitan By-pass in the
city to house government employees, the officials said.
Ms. Mamta Banerjee had also renamed
several stations in metro railway in the city when she was Railway Minister.
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