The renovation of Rabindranath Tagore's house at Mungpoo in Darjeeling district at a cost Rs 3.50 crore

PTI | 06:09 PM,Sep 12,2011 (Reopens CES17) The meeting discussed plans to set up an agriculture college at Balurghat, a polytechnic at Mathabhanga, besides renovating the ancestral house of folk singer of yesteryears Abbasuddin in Coochbehar district besides setting up academies for Rajbanshis and Nepalis.The renovation of Rabindranath Tagore's house at Mongpu in Darjeeling district at a cost Rs 3.50 crore and construction of a flyover near Alipurdar to connect Assam and expeditious completion of Teesta barrage project also came up for discussion.A circuit bench of the Calcutta High Court at Jalpaiguri would be set up at a cost of Rs 5.5 crore.A database was being prepared for road network improvement, for which PWD was being consulted, Deb said.Budgetary allocation for North Bengal Development Council for 2011-12 was earlier fixed at Rs 200 crore.To a question, he said that tender notices would be floated before the pujas and work for the projects would begin within three months.