Proud to be a Sikkimese: Sikkim Travel, Culture & Local Heritage

  Preparations have been made to operate schools in Sikkim which have been closed for a long time due to the epidemic. The Department of Education has today issued a departmental circular regarding the normal operation of classes 9 to 12 from September 6. Instructions have been issued to the schools through this circular to operate the schools following the health standards related to COVID. After many months, all the people of Sikkim are waiting to hear the melodious sound of the school bell again.

Service to Mankind is one such organisation that's really doing wonder at this pandemic time in our state. Its members are visiting the Covid patients, elderly people and sick people; providing them with Sai Protein, Kwati and Ayush tablets. Recently they were felicitated by the Governor of Sikkim for their generous work. Thanks to Bikash Pradhan and Sujeet Joshi who had initiated the thought and today this is a state level organisation. Here at Singtam, my home town we have Krishna Chettri , our own President of Shantinagar Gaon Sudhar Samiti who had been given the additional responsibility of Singtam Coordinator - Service to Mankind. He is doing the service to the society within his own personal efforts. Many many warm congratulations to people like him and other members of Service to Mankind, if we have a desire nothing is impossible.

26.07.21: It was today, the last year when our dear Ghanashyam Pradhan Sikkim Dhaba of Rongli more popularly known as GS Sir to his friends and students left us. His life was an inspiration; aspiring and motivational. He was Sikkim's first covid victim and in the last one year, our state has lost 331 of it's people. I pay my tribute to all the souls who passed away in this one year that was the most difficult phase the world had witnessed. His first year of death tithi falls on August 14, 2021. (Pic : GS Sir with his teacher Frederick Pakianathan from Wynberg-Allen School , Mussoorie. )

  26.06.21 : Members of Shantingar Gaon Sudhar Samiti welcomed Acharya Keshav Khanal who was returning from Farakha after doing funeral rites of 80 asthis. He had been doing the funeral rites of covid victims without any financial benefits since the first covid death at Jalipool crematorium. It is his free service to humanity. He is from Aho, East Sikkim and Secretary of Hindu Swabhiman, Sikkim Branch.

 09.06.21: Covid Vaccine is essential, I did it !!

 

 

 

 

17.04.21:  SICA President  Lobzang G Tenzing comes up in support of the Government of Sikkim during this hour of Covid Vaccination drive. Members of SICA provided lunch to the staff and officials at STNM Sochyagang and at Palzor Stadium. These lunches shall be provided at both venues till the end of this vaccination program.

PRESS RELEASE  Gangtok, September 29 th 2020: The selection trials for the Sikkim Cricket team in all categories commenced on the 22 nd September 2020 in all the four Districts. Even though there is some uncertainty as far as the 2020-21 Domestic Cricket season is concerned due to the ongoing pandemic that has gripped the entire nation. Sikkim Cricket Association has taken up the challenge and successfully conducted the 1 st round of the selection trials in all four Districts whilst strictly adhering to the SOP issued by the Health & Family Welfare Department, Govt. of Sikkim. “On behalf of the SICA family, I am extremely grateful and impressed by the dedication and resolve shown by the Executives, Observers, support staff and office staff to reach the venue for the trials/selections of SICA teams and the District bodies for helping SICA organize the event. The pandemic, weather, the lockdown and road conditions have not deterred your call of duty. I also appreciate th...

04.09.2020 SINGTAM: A sanitization program was conducted today at different places of Shantinagar both upper and lower region. The sanitation programme was led by Krishna Chhetri, President, Shantinagar Gaon Sudhar Samiti and volunteered by Amber Pradhan who did the sanitization. Different areas that were covered included ATTC hostel along the lower belt till the church, touching all the stairways that are usually used by people to cross the walkway or the highway above. On the upper Shantinagar, the sanitization was done from ATTC road to Petrol Pump that included the premises of Shantinagar monastery also.  Different people had come together to help the initiative taken by Shantinagar Gaon Sudhar Samiti. Hissey Lama, Panchayat Inspector, BAC Khamdong provided PPE kit, KL Mintri, proprietor of Om Himalayan Medical shop gifted a sanitizing kit (spray machine) to our Samiti that was received by President himself today, other than that 3lt sanitizer was provided by Singtam Nagar P...

Rongli , 24th May 2020 : Social activist Rudra Narsing Sakya from Rongli Bazar today presented four set of PPE kits , two bottles of hand sanitizer, eleven numbers of N95 mask s and two numbers of Non-Contract Forehead Infrared Thermometers to different officials of Rongli. The presentation of these materials was done at the premises of Rongli Police Station, maintaining social distancing in presence of PR Dulal , SDM , Rongli Sub-Division. The materials donated the officials included – Bhim Pradhan (BDO, Regu BAC), Dr. T. N. Sherpa (Medical Officer Incharge, Rongli PHC), Tashi C. Bhutia (SHO, Rongli Police Station) and Dawa Tshering Bhutia (Panchayat, 28 Rongli Changeylakha GPU). news by Praveen Pradhan

RONGLI, MAY 4 : Chujachen Sports Academy (CSA) too joined hands with rest of the social organisations from different part of the state in serving the society throughout the ongoing lock down phases. Since April 10, the members of CSA had been serving around 120 plates of Lunch and snacks to different sections of the people who are fighting against the Covid 19 pandemic.  Biren Gurung, General Secretary of CSA told that the organisation is committed for the social cause and shall serve the society till the lockdown ends. Each day members of CSA reaches to the offices of Rongli PHC, Rongli Police Station, SDM, Food & Supply, Central Bank of India, SISCO and State Bank of Sikkim. They also provided foods for the daily wage labours and vegetable vendors, reads the press release.  Chujachen Sports Academy was formed in 2014 and had been providing platforms for young and budding players in different sporting fields of the region.

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 ...

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...

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. file pic 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.    Photo: Sikkim Express 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 do...