CM Mamata launches ₹8,000 cr ‘Amader Para’ scheme to fix local issues across Bengal

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a new public welfare program, ‘Amader Para, Amader Samadhan’, aimed at addressing micro-level civic and infrastructure problems across the state. The scheme will begin on August 2 and continue for two months, with a 15-day pause during Durga Puja. Under this initiative, every three polling booths will be grouped as one 'para', with ₹10 lakh allocated to each para for resolving local issues.

According to Banerjee, the program will cover all 80,000 polling booths in Bengal. Citizens can lodge complaints or requests through an online portal, and necessary work such as repairing school roofs, building roads, or fixing local utilities will be carried out. Mamata said, “If the roof of a school is broken, it will be repaired. If a road is missing, it will be constructed.” She added that the government will reach the people directly, eliminating the need for them to approach government offices.

She said that this grassroots-level scheme would cost the state ₹8,000 crore. “We must start work not from the top, but from the bottom of society,” she stated. Mamata described it as a follow-up to Duare Sarkar, which she said has already benefitted 10 crore people, with the remaining 10% of work to be completed in camps scheduled for December and January.

Mamata also commented on the state’s financial relations with the Centre. She said, “The Central government does not release our pending funds.” She added, “Despite discriminatory behaviour by the Centre, I will not let the people of Bengal be deprived of welfare schemes.” She further claimed that a resident in Alipurduar received a letter written in Assamese, and that another letter from Haryana had asked the DMs and SPs of Malda, North and South Dinajpur, Nadia, Murshidabad, and Cooch Behar to provide information about certain people.