Mining, 7 th April : Pawan Chamling reached Mining, Rangpo , in East Sikkim today on the 9 th day of the 10-day long Sikkim Vijay Sankalp Rally. People from Tumin Lingee , Martam Rumtek, Khamdong Singtam and West Pendam constituencies joined in the event. The event was widely streamed and about 3 lakh people tuned in on social media. Chamling informed the crowd of SDF ’s development plans for the state. Some of these included sanctioning of all pending land allotment cases within 100 days of formation of government, regularisation of Muster Roll (MR) and Ad-hoc jobs, MR jobs to be given to the wife of driver in case of accidental death of the husband, provision of a one-time grant of Rs 5 lakh to those wanting to start new professional businesses, internet and wi-fi connection to be provided to every Gram Panchayat level. He also thanked all Self-help Groups (SHG) for doing tremendous work in the state and added that Rs 1 lakh will be provided to all SHGs. ...
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