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APNS met bankers and acknowledged them

SINGTAM, APRIL 30: Singamari, a Darjeeling-based hobby-promoting organization, Alpine Philatelic and Numismatic Society (APNS) set out their second phase of appreciating the Covid-19 warriors. With the motive of thanking the unsung warriors of the current situation, they met and acknowledged the Bankers and the Banking Sector on the 28^th of April 2020.

The backbone of any economy – the BANKS has been functional throughout the lockdown. APNS visited the UCO Bank, Bank of India, and Allahabad Bank in Darjeeling and thanked them for their services. The management and employees were handed out gloves, masks, sanitizers, khadas, and Tokens of Gratitude.  

‘The bankers had been risking their lives and serving the society equally as the other front line warriors. The situation of our people would have been worse if they were not functioning but they had not been acknowledged so far’ said Vivek Yonzone, the founder and Secretary of APNS.

‘Our Honorable Prime Minister Mr. Modi has announced various schemes to help the needy and funds are being deposited into various PMGKY and Jan Dhan accounts. It is the bankers who have been delivering them; carrying out the plan and making the relief plan a success. They are a vital sector in the fight against Covid-19’, he added.

Mr. Proshanta Majumder, Mr. Bicky Dewan, and Mr. Puran Subba managers of UCO Bank, Bank of India, and Allahabad Bank respectively, received the tokens and the gifts from the Society. They expressed their gratitude for being thanked and acknowledged. ‘We are very thankful, we feel motivated and forget all the troubles of restricted transport, working under restriction when we are recognized for the work we have been doing’ said Mr. Biky Dewan. 

Mr. Puran Subba thanked the Society for the acknowledgment and said that they would continue to serve in the days to come. Ms. Lopamudra Jha, the assistant manager of UCO Bank, and Mr. Majumder also thanked the Secretary. “We know that we are at risk but this is the best time to do something for the people, the country along with the other covid warriors' said Mr. Majumder. 

‘Bankers not just in Darjeeling but all over India needs a special mention and so we would like to thank not just the 3 banks we visited but through them would like to thank the entire Banking Sector in the country’ said Yonzone, his move being motivated by a Facebook comment by Resu Pradhan, a former banker from Sikkim on a post regarding the prior efforts of the Society.  

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SIKKIM THIS WEEK (APRIL 19 – APRIL 24)

APRIL 19

GANGTOK:  Sikkim has zero Covid19 positives says SC Gupta, Chief Secretary apprising the efforts of Chief Minister PS Golay.

APRIL 20

GANGTOK: Large gatherings of patients was found at STNM hospital when the restriction was eased for few activities. Majority of the cases were obstetrics, said Dr. Passang Bhutia. Medical Superintendent. 

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GANGTOK: Chief Minister PS Golay presented financial incentives to media towards their services. The press media persons included from Print Media, Electronic Media and Digital Media. 

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GANGTOK: Social workers Rashma Gurung and Sobrath Gupta came forward to help flower grower Bishnu Kumar Rai from Rabdang. They collected 200 cut flowers and brought to STNM Hospital and appealed to the passer-by to take the flowers and donate the money as per their wish. The flower growers are having huge loss due to the on-going lockdown. 

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APRIL 21

GANGTOK: The relaxation on the lockdown was taken aback by the state government with public misusing it. The lock down will continue till May 3^rd with the extension of educational institutes till May 31. This was announced after the meeting held among the cabinet ministers and higher officials of the state administration. 

GANGTOK: LN Sharma, Agriculture Minister launched SIMFED mobile ration van. The van would randomly move around Gangtok and its surroundings.

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GANGTOK: Corona Care created by Doctors of STNM Hospitals for donating various medical equipment.

APRIL 22

GANGTOK: Omi Gurung, fashion designer from Sikkim to represent India at Global Climate campaign ‘My Future My Voice.

GEYZING: Geyzing and Soreng shopkeepers were asked to keep sufficient stocks of goods during the lockdown. This was done after the meetings of shop keepers and the higher officials.

APRIL 23

GANGTOK: COVID19 treatment facility made available at STNM Hospital. The said facility is for both quarantine and treatment of corona virus. 

APRIL 24

GANGTOK: Horticulture Department prepared to market flowers from local flower growers.

GANGTOK: A nurse from Central Referral Hospital, Tadong files complaint against Kailash Agarwal for verbal abuse on the nurse on duty. The case was registered under section 353, 504, 509 and other section under IPC.

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GANGTOK: Denzong Agriculture Cooperative Society had been successfully fulfilling the needs of supply of vegetables and other necessary commodities to the armed forces deployed at remote areas. 

APRIL 24

GANGTOK: State government had initiated an online registration mode for the residents of Sikkim stranded outside the state. There are around 300 patients and their attendants, 1800 students, informed SC Gupta, Chief Secretary.

RANGPO: 84 Bhutanese residents mostly students stranded in Sikkim during this lockdown was send home by the state government 

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APNS felicitates Darjeeling COVID19 warriors

SINGTAM, APRIL 23: Alpine Philatelic and Numismatic Society (APNS), Darjeeling felicitated the members of the Darjeeling Press Guild, Singamari Town Out-Post, and the General Post Office, Darjeeling on April 22, 2020. The society offered khadas, tokens of gratitude, gloves, hand sanitizers, and masks to express their gratitude for the dedicated service provided by the Police Department, Postal Service, and the Print and Electronic media.

The APNS team led by the Secretary thanked the Officer in charge SI Mitra Dewan and his team at the Singamari Town Outpost for their strict vigilance and maintenance of Law and Order. The Assistant Superintendent of Posts Mr. Bimal Rai and this team was thanked for the various services the Postal Department had been doing. The President of the Press Guild Mr. Rabin Rai and his team of journalists thanked for their daily media coverage.

‘We see and hear them doing a lot every day, risking their own lives for the better good of the society, so we planned of doing what little we could to thank them and help them with some safety equipment’ said Vivek Yonzone, Secretary APNS. ‘Through them we wanted to thank the entire Police personnel for the Law and Order maintained so far, the Postal Service which has been doing some of the most important jobs of transporting the Covid-19 testing Kits, home delivery of pensions, mobile cash withdrawal system and the Print and Electronic Media personnel without whom we would have been deaf and blind to the situation at the moment. They are unsung heroes in the current situation so we took this initiative of felicitating them and help them keep themselves safe’ he added.

APNS is a society based in Singamari, Darjeeling, established in 2018 with the motive of reviving and promoting hobbies. This is the second initiative taken by APNS since the Covid-19 lock down. The society has been handing out FREE HOBBY KITS to children to keep them engaged indoors. More than 50 kits have already been handed out to children around Darjeeling Town. They are committed to do more and act upon the current crisis said the team comprising of the Secretary, Vivek Yonzone, members Anand Yonzone and Dipen Pradhan.

SIKKIM THIS WEEK (APRIL 13 - APRIL 18)

APRIL 13

DZULUK : The Forest department had issued eviction notices to 84 families in Dzuluk near Changu, East Sikkim for alleged encroaching of the forest land. The notice mentioned that the families had made illegal houses in the area. Further, the notice issued on April 7 reads the removal of houses in the next 15 days.

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RANGPO: Officials of the Animal Husbandry Department, members of Rangpo Nagar Panchayat, and Rangpo Police visited meat stalls at Rangpo and Majhitar. Most of the meat stalls were found unhygienic and cleanliness was not maintained. The owners of the stalls were given orders to close down their shops for three days and maintain proper hygienic surroundings. Rate Board was also told to install. 

 

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APRIL 14

GANGTOK: CM PS Golay assures stronger measures to follow lockdown 2.0, functioning of a few Government offices, and other works to be announced after April 20 depending upon the situation. We don’t have a single positive case in the last 21 days, says CM.

GANGTOK: For the first time, Governor of Sikkim and Chief Minister of Sikkim paid tributes to BR Ambedkar on his birth anniversaries at SLA premises with masked on.

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GANGTOK: N Jaswant, Director, Commerce, and Industries visited Torrent Pharma to check the safety measures taken by the company during the Covid 19.

GANGTOK: Shiddi Sharma a 5-year-old daughter of Shakti Sharma of Mamring, South Sikkim donated her Piggy Bank to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund to support the government's effort to fight the global crisis of COVID-19.

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APRIL 15

GANGTOK: CM PS Golay examines the border check post of Rangpo, Jorethang, Melli, and Singtam.

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GANGTOK: Education Department to start online classes through All India Radio, Gangtok from April 16, was informed by GP Upadhaya, Additional Chief Secretary, Education Department. English lesson would be conducted from 1 to 2 pm, he added. 

NAMCHI: Namchi blood donor Bishnu Chettri donated blood to help a patient in Kalimpong. His blood was handed over to the family of the patient at Melli Check Post who rushed to Kalimpong hospital for a timely transfusion. Chettri is the Treasurer of the Voluntary Blood Donors Association of Sikkim.

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APRIL 16

GANGTOK: On the first day of Lockdown 2.0, 36 unauthorized vehicles were challaned, informed Arjun Tamang, Traffic Police ASP, North, and East.

GANGTOK: Short film starring Model Peden Ongmu, This Side Of Town was released on YouTube.  Directed by Abhishek Chettri, the short film is 17 minutes long and produced under the banner of Slim Films and Sukhim Production. 

GANGTOK: Governor Ganga Prasad and CM PS Golay meet in the third review meeting on the Covid 19 scenario prepared by Sikkim. CM informed about providing one-time financial relief of Rs. 30,000 to all the stranded patients outside Sikkim. Minimum of passes had been issued to the vehicles was informed. 

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APRIL 17

GANGTOK: University Heads from in and around Gangtok met Governor Ganga Prasad over the post lockdown safety of students where the faculties staying outside Sikkim would return back on duty. The Heads also updated about the online teaching. They also talked about poor internet connectivity and other issues.

GANGTOK: DT Lepcha, Area MLA Gnathang – Machong Constituency wrote a letter to PM Modi raising the issue of eviction notices to 84 families in Dzuluk at this crucial hour. He regarded the issue as barbarous and also mentions the people of the area constitute BJP supporters.

 

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PAKYONG: 16 vehicles (8 four vehicles and 8 two-vehicle) was detained for violating lockdown. Those vehicles would be released after May 3^rd, says Police. 

APRIL 18

GANGTOK: There will be partial relaxation of lockdown in Sikkim after April 20, says SC Gupta, State Chief Secretary. He said at some point economic activities have to begin. The Chief Secretary said the people of Sikkim had shown exemplary discipline during the lockdown and now its a few more days. He further stressed the use of Arogaya Setu App.

He said from the money collected towards CM Relief Fund allotted as – Rs. 5000 as honorarium to over 700 ASHA workers, Rs. 30,000 towards those patients stranded outside Sikkim, Rs. 5000 each to 1452 students studying outside Sikkim, and one-time financial assistance of Rs. 2000 to 2, 193 construction workers.

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GANGTOK: More than 1.27 Lakh families got benefited from the Government Food Relief in two phases said Arun Chettri, State Food, and Civil Supply Minister.