ghoramara

About 30 families at Sunderbans' ghoramara Island - a fast-sinking delta landmass on the Muriganga river in South 24-Parganas, 150 km south of Kolkata - could be casting their last votes at home constituency this Assembly election

A Bangladeshi vessel, MV Sea World, struck a sandbar and began sinking near ghoramara island, leading to the illegal discharge of toxic fly ash into the Muriganga river. This incident has raised significant environmental concerns, as heavy metals from the fly ash can contaminate water, harm aquatic life, and pose health risks to humans.

Residents of the remote ghoramara island of Sunderbans will finally have electricity. A 250KW solar power plant, the largest off-grid facility in the country, is being set up here.

The trawler tragedy near ghoramara Island would have assumed more catastrophic proportions had it not been the efforts of three bravehearts who risked their lives to rescue passengers.

Rajabala Maity stared in awe as a blank white screen turned into life with images and sound. The septuagenarian, a resident of ghoramara island in the Sunderbans, had never seen a movie before.

Islanders of the Sunderbans live a life of uncertainty. ghoramara, one of the most erosion-prone islands of this world heritage zone, gets ready to go to the polls.

Global warming has taken toll of half of an island from where over 7000 people have been displaced and it might be a matter of time before the waters of the river Hooghly took away the rest.

Residents of ghoramara, a fast-disappearing island in the Sunderbans, know the end is near, and that their home will be gobbled up by the hungry tide in a few years

The remote island of ghoramara in the Sundarbans is set to receive electricity for the first time ever. A solar and wind power plant with a capacity of 180KW is being inaugurated, funded by the ministry of science and technology and implemented by IIT-Kharagpur experts. The project, costing Rs 4 crore, will provide electricity to every home on the island, as well as solar-powered drinking water pumps, street lights, and power for battery-operated vehicles. The plant will be operated by locals, who will receive training. This will be the largest mini grid system in the country.

More than 4,000 inhabitants of cyclone Yaas-hit Mousuni and ghoramara islands in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district have been evacuated to safety following warning of new moon high tides on June 11 and June 26, a state minister said on Wednesday.

A team of IIT Kharagpur experts headed by the renewable energy scientist S P Gon Chaudhuri started work to set up the country's largest off-grid 170 kW capacity solar and wind power plant along with a charging unit for totos at the remote ghoramara island in Sundarbans. Funded by the ministry of science and technology, the work is expected to be completed before Durga Puja this year. The cost of the project is Rs 4.5 crore.

A Bangladeshi barge carrying fly ash hit a sandbar near ghoramara island and nearly split in half on Friday, forcing the crew to abandon it. The vessel sank, raising environmental concerns over oil and fly ash contamination that could impact fish populations and local fishermen's livelihoods.

The lack of proper dredging and not global warming is behind the obliteration of two islands in the Sunderbans, if experts are to be believed.