shibpur botanic garden

The shibpur botanic garden authorities have issued a notice prohibiting parking of cars by morning walkers inside the garden.

Environment activist Subhas Dutta was allegedly heckled by security guards of shibpur botanic garden on Friday when he was trying to take some photographs.

Five schoolgirls were injured after they were hit by a battery driven car inside Shibpur Botanical Gardens on Monday.

Datta had moved the PIL alleging mismanagement and poor maintenance of the garden. A committee report later confirmed the allegation.

Over 100 rare trees have been chopped down at the Botanical Survey of India garden at Shibpur in Howrah district reportedly as part of a development programme, prompting an inquiry by the WB government.

Hundreds of morning walkers, who used to breathe in fresh air at Botanic Garden, Shibpur, have a reason to cheer.

Green activists led by Subhas Datta on Sunday surveyed the devastation at the Botanic Garden in Howrah's Shibpur, where a fire had charred 28 trees the day

From now on, anyone trying to enter the heritage Botanical Gardens of Howrah's Shibpur, must pay a fee in addition to the ticket charges.

KOLKATA: The Botanical Gardens of Shibpur used to be a safe and romantic getaway for youngsters till even five years ago. Now, except for unsuspecting tourists, the Botanics barely attract Kolkatans.

HOWRAH: The Howrah Municipal Corporation has finally obtained a clearance from the Botanical Survey of India to go ahead with its plan to build a pipeline through the Botanical Gardens at Shibpur in order to improve the water supply in Howrah and Bally.

After the rape of a girl at Indian Botanic Garden (IBG) in Shibpur on Sunday, the authorities have decided to put a blanket prohibition on “objectionable intimacy” on the premises, apparently to prevent any untoward incident in garden.

When Amitabh Bachchan came to Kolkata in 1975 to shoot for the song ' Luk chhip luk chhip' from the film ‘Do Anjaane’, all hell broke loose at the shibpur botanic garden.

Calcutta high court on Friday directed environment activist Subhas Datta to issue notices to the central and state governments, Indian Botanic Garden authority and other parties concerned over misuse of the garden premises as the venue for a wedding reception on January 25, destroying the greenery.

A man, who abducted his employer's teenage daughter on Monday afternoon, was nabbed by Shibpur police late in the evening.