Skip to main content

STDC SIGNS MOU FOR TOURISM INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

By himalayanreview
GANGTOK, June 22: The Sikkim Tourism Development Corporation has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on development of tourism related infrastructure in the State.

The MoU was signed between Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) represented by RK Mathur, Advisor, and LB Chettri, Chief Executive Officer on the behalf of Sikkim Tourism Development Corporation (STDC) here today in the presence of GP Upadhaya, Commissioner-Cum-Secretary, Tourism Department, officials of the Tourism Department and executives of the IL&FS.

The STDC and IL&FS would be selecting areas for Tourism Infrastructure Development in Sikkim under the Public – Private – Partnership – format. Initial targeted areas for development are ropeways connecting places of tourist importance, development of air connectivity in the State, high end hotel projects, high end tourist resorts and medium range hotels.

A Project Development Committee which will be constituted with equal members from STDC and IL&FS will select projects based on feasibility reports both short term and long term.

A corpus will be created with contribution from both Sikkim Tourism Development Corporation & Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services by earmarking out of the North East Tourism Project Development Fund to be managed by North East Tourism Development Company Pvt.Ltd.

The Infrastructure Leasing & financial Service will be providing oversight in managing the entire process spanning projects Identification, Project Development, Project management, Proposal Preparation and Promotion of industrials Development. The IL&FS shall mobilized financial resources from Private Sectors/ Markets for identified projects on behalf of the Operations /Contracts /State Government and it-self also contribute to co-financing arrangement for the project development.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

History on Easter Sunday and Padari Ganga Prasad Pradhan

By himalayanreview
By Seira Tamang As noted by various scholars, Hinduism, the Nepali language, the monarchy and a rastriya itihas (a chronicle of progress in which the dark era of Rana rule is contrasted with the enlightened, progressive and modern period of Panchayat rule) formed the core of the Panchayat regime’s national culture. The formation and consolidation of this national culture have required the expunging of uncomfortable facts and stories that might raise ambiguities and questions. While the selection of what and who is and is not acknowledged to exist (or at least exist in historically important ways) in official Nepali history is complex, social scientists have begun to provide more comprehensive historical accounts of the past through oral histories and re-readings of historical documents. Such accounts reveal how ordinary people lived in the past, and offer ways to think through how ‘history’ is crafted, shaped and managed in order to reflect ‘the reality’ best suited to the status quo, ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Shapi of Sikkim: Our legacy -iii

By himalayanreview
A Sikkimese with a Shapi The two previous articles I wrote in my earlier edition on Shapi were wonderful to read for people around, and appreciation had been received from different corners of the state. I am thankful and find pleasure in people finding joy in my findings and research work. It was a bit surprising that very few had heard about Shapi, our rare legacy.  Nevertheless, I am happy to be part of history for re-introducing Shapi to those sections of my readers who had never heard about this old and sacred mountain mammal, a native of Sikkim. I dedicate my writing on Shapi to Ongden Daju (RO), who has been very supportive of me ever since I first published its first part a few months back. It was he who wanted me to continue with the third part of Shapi since more findings were evolving after my two writings. I shall always remain grateful to JR Subba, Jt Director from the Forest Department, for providing me with a valuable census report of Shapi done by the Department...
2 comments
Read more

Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, with his mother Queen Mother Denzong Lhayumkusho and Prince Wangchuk of Sikkim

By himalayanreview
The late Jungkyang Chogyal Palden Thondup Namgyal, seated with his mother Queen Mother Denzong Lhayumkusho, daughter of Rakasha family of Tibet, and Prince Wangchuk whose late mother hails from the Samdrup Phodrang family of Tibet. Standing next to Denzong Queen Mother is the senior Rakasha Lhachamkusho, daughter of Raja Tsodrak Namgyal Taring of Sikkim, the eldest son of Chogyal Thutop Namgyal, who gave up the Sikkimese throne to his younger brother Sir Chogyal Tashi Namgyal in favour of staying in Tibet.  The Taring family of Tibet enabled into Tibetan high society by the great 13th Dalai Lama, is legitimately the unbroken elder line of the Royal Namgyal lineage of Sikkim, since Raja Tsodrak Namgyal was the Crown Prince of Sikkim, and his sons and grandsons today go by the Taring family name. Standing in the picture is also Princess Kukula, sister of the Chogyal married to the Phuenkhang family of Tibet.  Rakasha Tsetop, Rakasha Tseten, Yap Dr. Paljor, Soden Wangdi, Chimi ...
Post a Comment
Read more