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

Thanks for the initiation by Suresh Tamang,  Councilor, Singtam Nagar Panchayat and the Power Department, Toppakhani Circle the fused street light bulbs along the National Highway - 10 bridge entering the Singtam town was repaired. The bridge now looks bright and beautiful. Pic: Durga Pradhan

Singtam : A colourful farewell ceremony for retired employees of Energy & Power Department of Forebay Tank, Jali Power House at Sang Khola was held on September 11, 2010. Those retired employees included Lal Bahadhur Pandey, Parsuram Chettri, Siri Prasad Subba and Dil Bahadhur Gurung. Present on the occasion were staffs of Energy & Power Department of Forebay Tank, Jali Power House and others.

SHINDE EXTENDED HIS ASSURANCE FOR FUTURE POWER VENTURES IN SIKKIM Namchi(SKM)/Siliguri(WB), May 31 : The Union Minister for Power, Government of India, Sushil Kumar Shinde was received at the Namchi Helipad by the Chief Minister, Pawan Chamling. The Union Minister had come to inspect the Nation Power Grid Corporation's new 400/220 kv power sub-station, about 12 km from Siliguri and the construction of '400 KV Teesta Stage-V HEP-New Siliguri Double Circuit Transmission Line' at Phongla, a village situated 20 kms away from Namchi in South Sikkim. He expressed confidence that all villages in the country would be electrified by the end of 2009 as per the programme of the UPA government. Shinde along with Chamling visited the site and the Deputy General Manager, of Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd, P.G. Singh, presented a brief report on the Transmission Line Construction. Thereafter, they inspected the site of Transmission Line site whereby officials of the Power Grid Corpor...