CJ thanks CM on funds sanction | Kolkata News – Times of India

Kolkata: During the inauguration of the new court complex at Howrah on Friday, Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court T S Sivagnanam credited the ‘benevolent’ sanction of funds by chief minister Mamata Banerjee for several inaugurations at district court complexes in the past one and a half years.“Several programmes have taken place in the past one and a half years. And, all because of benevolent sanction of funds by chief minister Mamata Banerjee and consistent efforts by minister Moloy Ghatak,” the Chief Justice said.Ghatak, during the inaugural ceremony, said that after 2011, a court building was constructed at Alipurduar with an expenditure of over Rs 64 crore, Jhargram (close to Rs 72 crore), Asansol (over Rs 12 crore).Apart from this, funds were sanctioned for construction or renovation of court buildings. The new six-storied court complex, as per the Chief Justice, was a much-needed additional space in an already-packed Howrah court complex.