Nabanna is a building in industrial township of Howrah which houses the temporary State Secretariat of West Bengal. T he name of Howrah District as also of its headquarter town (sometimes spelt previously as ‘Haurah’ and also pronounced as ‘Haora’) appears to have gained currency with the opening of the Railway from Howrah in 1854. West Bengal's state secretariat 'Nabanna' will be closed on Monday and Tuesday as it will be thoroughly sanitised after a sub-inspector posted in the building tested positive for COVID-19, an official said. CM inaugurates Nabanna, the new Secretariat Building at Howrah West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee on 5th October, along with thousands of State Government employees, shifted to the Howrah River Bridge Commissioners (HRBC) Building, a 15-storied high-rise on the banks of the Ganga in the Howrah district. There is a lawn opposite the chief minister's chamber from where one can have a beautiful view of the city. In addition, they participate in many cultural programmes and competitions like 'Pithe Making' (Preparation of different sorts of Bengali Cakes), Seat-and Draw, Senior Citizens' Walking Competition, etc. West Bengal's state secretariat 'Nabanna' will be closed on Monday and Tuesday as it will be thoroughly sanitised after a sub-inspector posted in the building tested positive for COVID-19, an official said.The SI was posted in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on the 14th floor, he said.The secretariat will undergo an "intense cleaning and sanitisation process" on these two days, the official said.Preparations On For I-Day Ceremony Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Only 4000 Guests Invted | CNN News18"All officers and staff of 'Nabanna' will work from home on Monday and Tuesday," he said.The SI's wife has also tested positive for coronavirus and both of them have been admitted to a hospital in Rajarhat area, the official added.Array The building has five lifts, two for VIPs, ministers and the chief minister and three others for use of the visitors and staff. [title] => Preparations On For I-Day Ceremony Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Only 4000 Guests Invted | CNN News18 Three private agencies - NIS, 'Visual Facility' and 'Advanced' have been hired for security, maintenance and housekeeping of Nabanna. 'Nabanna': Mamata Banerjee's new office In pic: Howrah HRBC Building … The Writers' Building was designed by Thomas Lyon in 1777 for the British East India Company. [id] => 5f355e20046bae25c91d97f2 In pic: Howrah HRBC Building Evening View. A blue and white high-rise in the dusty industrial township of Howrah was the cynosure of all eyes on Saturday, as it became the seat of the Mamata Banerjee government.

) © Copyright Network18 Media and Investments Ltd 2020. In 1821 a 128 ft-long verandah with Ionic columns, each 32 ft high, were added on the first and second floors.From 1889 to 1906 two new blocks were added, approached by iron staircases that are still in use. On October 5, a new history was created as the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shifted the seat of power from Writers' Buildings to 'Nabanna' at Mandirtala in Howrah. The bureaucrat mother of the patient had been attending office at the Bengal state secretariat until Monday. It was inaugurated on 5 October 2013 by Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee. The 14 storied building housed the government's garment park, Hooghly River Bridge Commissionerates (HRBC) and turned into the new secretariat within a month and a half by the PWD … Nabanna houses the temporary State Secretariat of West Bengal. Chief Minister Ms. Banerjee sta Under the Indian Councils Act of 1892, the maximum strength of the council was increased to 20 members out of which seven members were to be elected. Prior to that, a village named Harirah- most possibly the source of present name of the district appears to have located in or about the site now occupied by Howrah town.

History. In pic: Howrah HRBC Building … There is a famous play written on nabanna by Bijon Bhattacharya which depicts the sad incident of the great Bengal Famine of 1943.

[0] => Array Copyright © 2020 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. All rights reserved. These agencies will be working jointly with the Bengal and Kolkata police. The SI was posted in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on the 14th floor, he said. A Time Warner Company. In pic: Howrah HRBC Building … The SI was posted in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) on the 14th floor, he said.