Rs 103 cr granted for Hills’ electrification
20 February 2012
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 20 FEB: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has sanctioned Rs 103
crore for electrification of the rural areas in the Darjeeling Hills
under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bidyutayan Project, administrative
officials said today.
Miss Banerjee will announce the electrification project during her
tour to the Hills. She is tentatively scheduled to visit Darjeeling on
29 February.
Following the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha’s demands, the chief minister
had promised that she would allot funds for electrification in the
rural areas, including virgin moujas. The number of virgin moujas is
comparatively fewer in the Hills sub-divisions.
The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) will function as nodal
agency for implementing the project. Notably, the DGHC, during the
tenure of Mr Subash Ghisingh, had taken up the rural electrification
project, but could not implement it properly.
“The then DGHC authorities had erected several poles in several
villages but they failed to provide power connection in many areas,” a
GJMM leader said.
According to sources, Miss Banerjee will announce setting up of the
Nepali academy at Mongpoo in Kalimpong. She will also announce other
projects for the development of the Hills, including tourism
development, as part of the Gorkhaland Territorial Agreement (GTA).
Sources said Miss Banerjee had expressed concern over the plight of
roads, a major drawback in the Hills, particularly the National
Highway-55. The condition of the highway has badly affected the
tourism industry in the Hills despite several attempts to develop
tourists’ spots in the Hills, including the proposal for commissioning
a new ropeway at Rohini.
According to administrative officials, the chief minister had
sanctioned Rs 5 crore to repair Rohini Road, owned by the DGHC.
The authorities are trying to secure another Rs 5 crore from the DGHC
to restore the road. The DGHC has started repairing the road,
particularly in the Hills area.
20 February 2012
statesman news service
SILIGURI, 20 FEB: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee has sanctioned Rs 103
crore for electrification of the rural areas in the Darjeeling Hills
under the Rajiv Gandhi Gramin Bidyutayan Project, administrative
officials said today.
Miss Banerjee will announce the electrification project during her
tour to the Hills. She is tentatively scheduled to visit Darjeeling on
29 February.
Following the Gorkha Jan Mukti Morcha’s demands, the chief minister
had promised that she would allot funds for electrification in the
rural areas, including virgin moujas. The number of virgin moujas is
comparatively fewer in the Hills sub-divisions.
The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) will function as nodal
agency for implementing the project. Notably, the DGHC, during the
tenure of Mr Subash Ghisingh, had taken up the rural electrification
project, but could not implement it properly.
“The then DGHC authorities had erected several poles in several
villages but they failed to provide power connection in many areas,” a
GJMM leader said.
According to sources, Miss Banerjee will announce setting up of the
Nepali academy at Mongpoo in Kalimpong. She will also announce other
projects for the development of the Hills, including tourism
development, as part of the Gorkhaland Territorial Agreement (GTA).
Sources said Miss Banerjee had expressed concern over the plight of
roads, a major drawback in the Hills, particularly the National
Highway-55. The condition of the highway has badly affected the
tourism industry in the Hills despite several attempts to develop
tourists’ spots in the Hills, including the proposal for commissioning
a new ropeway at Rohini.
According to administrative officials, the chief minister had
sanctioned Rs 5 crore to repair Rohini Road, owned by the DGHC.
The authorities are trying to secure another Rs 5 crore from the DGHC
to restore the road. The DGHC has started repairing the road,
particularly in the Hills area.
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