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The West Bengal government on Wednesday effected a reshuffle of portfolios of four ministers including three of Cabinet rank following Governor CV Ananda Bose’s assent to the changes, a home department notification said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The changes included entrusting some of these ministers with additional responsibilities over and above their current portfolios.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Veteran Trinamool Congress leader Manas Bhuniya was given the charge of the Irrigation and Waterways department in addition to his existing Water Resources Investigation department.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Irrigation and Waterways department was earlier held by Partha Bhowmick, who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Barrackpore constituency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Babul Supriyo got the charge of the Department of Public Enterprises and Industrial Reconstruction, in addition to Information Technology and Electronics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Md Ghulam Rabbani, who previously held the Environment department, will be the minister of the Department of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, a department which was earlier held by Supriyo.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The Environment Department (independent charge) will now be held by Minister of State Chandrima Bhattacharya, who already holds independent charges of Finance and Programme Monitoring departments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Bhattacharya is also the minister of state of Health and Family Welfare, Land and Land Reforms, Refugee Relief and Rehabilitation, and Planning and Statistics departments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The notification did not mention who will be in charge of the Correctional Home department which was vacated by Akhil Giri on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will look after the department till further notification, sources in the state headquarters ‘Nabanna’ said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Giri who was accused of verbally abusing a forest department official resigned as minister after being asked by his party, the Trinamool Congress.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n