The West Bengal Chief Minister, Ms Mamata Banerjee, called on the Prime Minister on Wednesday evening and raised three issues – leakage in the Farakka Barrage, concerns regarding National Counter Terrorism Centre and grant of Presidential assent to the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill.
Dr Manmohan Singh said that he shared the Chief Minister's concern and assured her that the Ministry of Water Resources was working on plugging leakages in Gate No. 16 and Gate No. 13 and the leakages would be plugged next month, a PMO release said. The Prime Minister also assured Ms Banerjee that he had requested the Home Minister to find ways to take the concerns of the State governments on board on the issue of the National Counter Terrorism Centre.
On the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Bill, Dr Singh said the Home Ministry was expeditiously processing the Bill in the light of the issues raised by various Ministries and the comments of the State governments. He assured Ms Banerjee that the Ministry would complete the processing of the Bill soon.