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

GANGTOK, March 12: The Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (SHRP) along with other anti-SDF parties supported the indefinite hunger strike by the affected citizens of Teesta against power projects coming up in Dzongu. The strike entered its third day today. The Opposition condemned chief minister Mr Pawan Chamling's statement that he was not open to discussion on the hydropower projects coming up in Dzongu. “The state government is ignoring public interest and the hunger strikers,” alleged SHRP spokesperson Mr Biraj Adhikary. “The state government has not formed any review committee as assured on the matter. It is cheating the Lepchas,” alleged Mr Thukchuk Lachungpa a SHRP leader. Yesterday Mr Chamling announced the ban of six projects in Dzongu in North Sikkim except the Panang hydro project. But he refused to disclose the reason behind theclosure. The chief minister, however, had also announced the start of several stages of the NHPC project. SHRP leaders alleged that the chief minister...

SHIVADEEP RAI Gangtok: “Sikkim Himali Rajya Parishad (SHRP) is playing a very dirty game of cheap publicity and creating confusion among the people of Sikkim by misleading them”, said Mr. Dorji Namgyal, founder member and former General Secretary of Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) Party in a press meet on February 27 at Namnang. He said that the news of formation of block level women and youth committees of Namnang by SHRP in their meeting at Namnang area, which was published in a local English daily newspaper on February 26, is “totally false” and has created confusion amongst the people of Namnang area. “The so called committee members named in the report are not the residents of Namnang as falsely claimed by SHRP”, Mr. Namgyal said. He clarfie...