8 Minister Ugen inaugurates National Level Special Handloom Expo

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H I M A L AYA N M I R R O R GANGTOK, SUNDAY 12 OCTOBER 2014
Tata Football Academy Minister Ugen inaugurates National
SMTWA postpones taxi strike
bows out of Gold Cup
Level Special Handloom Expo
Gangtok, Oct 11: Tata Football Academy today bowed
out of the 35th All India Sikkim Governor’s Gold Cup
Tournament at Paljor Stadium in Gangtok. In a trilling
encounter, TFA lost to Army
XI by 0-1. Both the teams
were tied at 0-0 till the end of
initial 90 minutes, leading to
allotment of an additional 30
minutes of extra time. Ironically, TFA lost the match due
to a same-side goal by jersey no. 25, Sugham Ghosh.
During the second 15 minutes of the extra time play,
Ghosh back-passed a header towards the goalkeeper,
but the ball sailed over him
and slipped into the nets.
With the win, Army XI
have entered into the quarterfinals of the tournament.
In tomorrow’s match, SFA
(White) will clash with Manag Marsyandi Club from Nepal in the second round play
to make place for the quarterfinals. (HS)
North Bengal Joint Trade
Union threatens agitation
Siliguri, Oct 11: The Joint
Trade Union under the aegis
of CITU is scheduled to
stage dharnas in Terai,
Doars, and the Hills of Darjeeling district on October 13
on matters pertaining to multiple demands of the tea-garden workers in the hills, informed CITU leader Ajit
Sarkar on Saturday during a
press conference. He said
that the agitation which will
have participation of over 22
trade unions will be held in
the premises of Matigara/
Naxalbari police station, and
Khoribari police station near
the Bagdogra IC office area.
Sarkar further informed that
despite the agitation, in case
the concerned department
fails to meet the demands, the
workers will boycott work
from November 11 and the
Joint Trade Union on the other hand will call a North Bengal strike on November 12.
According to a Trade Union
official, the workers whose
salary have been held since
the March 31 this year have
had 5 rounds of discussion
with the tea-garden administration earlier, but their daily
wage has not been increased
yet. They will also hold a citizen’s forum meeting where
all the tea-garden top brass
and intellects will be invited
to discuss on the issue. “If
the demands of the workers
are still not met after the
meeting then we shall heighten the agitation. Six of the tea
gardens have already been
closed and more such closures might result if the current situation prevails” stated Sarkar. (HS)
Associations demand
removal of Totos
Jalpaiguri, Oct 11: Various
Rickshaw and Auto Drivers
Owners Association in Jalpaiguri District today agitated in front of Kotwali Thana
demanding the removal of
Toto-the battery powered
rickshaws from the municipality areas. The leaders of
various associations alleged
the municipality of giving
permission to Toto owners
to ply their electronic rickshaws within the municipality area without holding discussions with association
members. The Toto's intrusion has created apprehension among the cycle rickshaw and auto owners as it
has decreased their daily income.
Meanwhile, Jalpaiguri
Municipality chairman Mo-
han Bose said that the Totos
have not been given permission to ply due to legal obligations.
“Recently, the High Court
had passed an ordinance to
designate Totos as Rickshaws and would need special permission,” he added.
Bose said the Totos have a
maximum speed of 20 kms
per hour, which makes it necessary to follow the protocol. He however did not comment on the Totos which are
currently plying on the municipality areas. “The municipality board has already received the ordinance from
the high court. However,
there’s huge public demand
for Totos so we are currently
discussing about the next
step,” Bose added. (HS)
Cipla Scholarship
for students
Gangtok, Oct 11: Two
weeks long National Level
Special Handloom Expo was
inaugurated by Ugen T.
Gyatso, Minister for Commerce and Industries Department at Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom Complex, Gangtok. The expo was
organized by Directorate of
Handicrafts and Handloom
(DHH) sponsored by the
Office of the Development
Commissioner (Handloom),
Ministry of Textiles under
North East Textile Promotion
Scheme (NERTPS).
A total of 80 stalls have
been placed where weavers,
Self Help Groups and Cooperative Societies from host
state, Manipur, Nagaland,
Assam, West Bengal, Bihar,
Uttar Pradesh, Delhi , Him-
achal Pradesh, Jammu &
Kashmi and Gujarat.
Minster, Ugen T.Gyatso
visited the stalls and interacted with participants and
conveyed his happiness and
shows his keen interest in
Handloom products.The
expo will continue till October 23.
Secretary for Commerce
& Industries, D Anandan,
Secretary Science and Technology, P.T Euthenpa, Director of DHH, Ganga D Prdahan, Assistant Director of
Weavers Service Centre,
Kolkata, Lakshuman Chandra Basak and other dignitaries were present during
inaugural day.
The National Level Special Handloom Expo is an
Annual calendar event of Sikkim which provides a platform for weavers, sellers and
buyers to converge and create awareness vis-a-vis the
handloom sector as an employment and income generating industry. (IPR)
MLA Dr. Mechung concern on
Gayzing district hospital woes
HM Report
Gangtok, Oct 11: Opposition Sikkim Krantikari Morcha MLA, Dr. Mechung
Bhutia has expressed his concern and indicated negligence of the state government over the dilapidating
condition of the Geyzing District Hospital, West Sikkim.
“The district Hospital for
the West District is in acute
shortage of manpower, and
lacks specialist in surgery
ophthalmology orthopaedic
and many other area along
with obsolete and old equipments” claimed Dr. Bhutia
who is back in capital after
his tour to the West District
Criticizing the Government, for the negligence and
the difficulties faced by the
people, Bhutia claimed “ due
to pathetic condition of the
roads, many patient dies on
the way to STNM Hospital
in Gangtok”.
“The District Hospital is
in urgent need of skilled
staffs with the specialist,
Medical Officers, Nursing
Staffs and technicians” he
added.
I suggest the State Government on behalf of the people of West and North District to provide airlifting facilities for critically serious
patients and worse road condition often becomes the reason for the delay in treatment
and thereby a casualty”
maintained Bhutia. He further
suggests the State Health
Department to come up with
a triage system to facilitate
immediate transfers and
more lives can be saved.
Demanding replacement
of the old equipment, Bhutia
a doctor himself, suggested
the Health Department to
provide Continuous Medical
Education ME to all doctors
and in turn impart same to all
so they are updated with all
the latest of medical research. Besides, the Health
Secretary should visit the
District hospitals and Public
Health Centres to access the
health service of our state.
Dr.Bhutia MLA, Martam
Rumtek in East Sikkim had
visited District Hospital of
West Sikkim on October 10
located at Geyzing.
Nature Club of SGC launched
cleanup campaign
ues of clean and hygienic
surrounding to a huge gathering of students, teaching
and non-teaching staff.
Campaign was the first step
towards the environment
awareness programme of the
newly formed Nature Club of
Sikkim Government College,
Tadong.
HM Report
Gangtok, Oct 11: The Nature Club of Sikkim Government College, Tadong organized a cleanup campaign of
the College Campus on Saturday. The campaign had an
active participation of the
NSS and the NCC wing of
the college. The campaign
was supported by Gangtok
Municipal
Corporation
(GMC) and STNM hospital.
The Principal of the college,
Dr. Bina Pradhan, flagged off
the campaign with an encouraging note on the val-
Gangtok, Oct 11: Considering the festive season, the
Sikkim Motor Transport
Workers Association issued
a press release today informing about its decision to further postpone the taxi strike
in the state till Diwali. The
decision was made after complaints of commuters' facing
problem during the peak season of Dasai, the release
reads. The association had
called the taxi strike for indefinite period in the state
starting September 30 protesting the state government’s decision to allow cooperative societies to run the
ticket booths in taxi stands;
the privilege which was solely enjoyed by the associa-
tion till the day the government issued notification to
transfer the rights to the cooperative society, henceforth. Association president,
Tinku Adhikari said that chief
minister Pawan Chamling
being the guardian of the
state should also be considerate towards the drivers as
they too are the state's subjects.
"The Chief Minister must
think over the problems
faced by drivers and we believe that he comes up with a
positive response. We want
to meet him to discuss on this
issue," Adhikari added. The
association's release further
mentions that about 80 percent of the drivers in the state
NGO rues dismal govt support
Gangtok, Oct 11: "There is
a world of difference between
precept and practice in Chief
Minister's statement of making Sikkim a drug free state
by 2015 as it does not match
the ground reality", lamented K.C. Nima the team leader
of Mirikai Rehabilitation Centre under Drishya Foundation, Aho East Sikkim.
Speaking at a press conference here today, Nima
highlighted the plight of the
NGO saying there is a lack of
support from the government and various departments towards the initiatives
taken up by the NGO and
questioned the credibility of
the heads of various departments in fulfilling the objective of making Sikkim a drug
free state.
"We are working earnestly and tirelessly towards the
goal of saving the younger
generation from the ill effects
of drugs and substance
abuse but feel very disappointed and disheartened by
the dismal support and lack
of positive response from the
heads of various departments, private companies
and stake holders.", he lamented.
He also added that most
of the people who are serving jail terms under Sikkim
Anti Drugs Act (SADA)
Rangpo, Oct 11: To encourage the students for stud-
Electric Crematorium after Kali
Puja: Deb
Siliguri, Oct 11: North Bengal Development Minister
Gautam Deb today said that
the construction of an electric
crematorium in Ramghat will
start after the Kali Puja. He
added that he will conduct a
door-to-door visit in the area
to make the local people understand the benefits of having the facility. Addressing a
TMC rally at Jalpai More today, Deb came down heavily
over the Left Front saying that
the opposition party has always posed impediments in
the path of development of the
state. “In their 34 years in power, they did nothing and now
they are stopping us from doing 'their' work,” Deb claimed.
He also said that the latest hindrance posed at Ramghat on
Sept 27 during the foundation
stone laying ceremony of the
upcoming electric crematorium
project was also plotted by the
CPM; the party which Deb
accused of being in secret alliance with the Maoists.
ies, Cipla Limited, Kumrek
awarded scholarship to
three students of Rangpo
Mining Senior Secondary
School in a function on Saturday.
As part of the Corporate
Social
Responsibility
(CSR), a pharmaceutical
company, Cipla Limited
awarded scholarship to
CBSE topper of Rangpo
Mining School; Susmita
Saha, Chandni Taayal and
Bhavna Rai. They are the
topper in CBSE-2014 in
school.
come from lower strata of
the society and called for
an amendment in the act.
"First time offenders
should not be punished but
should be sent to rehab
centres instead. The provision of Rehab should be
added in the act as punishing the offenders are not a
solution to the problem as
drug addiction is a disease
and not a crime." he opined.
NSS unit organized cleanliness drive
HM Report
Gangtok, Oct 11: As part
of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, the NSS Unit of Holy
Cross School, Tadong initiated the cleanliness drive
in 6th Mile, Tadong area on
Saturday. Over 100 NSS
member along with the
school teachers had participated the drive where
cleaned the footpath and
cleaned the surrounding
which included the cleaning and collecting the garbage; weeding and all.
The NSS co-ordinator
of the school, Verghese
Ambrose took the pain to
coordinate the students to
initiate the cleanliness
drive and also informed
that this is just the beginning and the students will
continue the cleanliness
drive in the coming days
also.
Looking at the hardwork
of the students, the passer-by and few well-wishers
sponsored refreshments
for them and also encour-
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HM Report
are COI holders. Earlier, the
Chief Minister had claimed
that the taxi strike was called
by drivers who were not from
Sikkim and are from 'outside
the state'. Commuters who
are the end sufferers of the
tussle between the association and government are the
worried lot and have been
complaining over the inconvenience and the extra money that they had to shell out
during the taxi strike in Dasai season. "This time, we are
not going to support the association's call for strike because we were over-charged
by the same drivers who
asks us to support their
cause," said Suresh Rai, a
local commuter.
Balurghat, Oct 11: Thirteen TMC Councillors today disrupted the day's normal work in Balurghat municipality. All
thirteen Councillors in the middle of an ongoing meeting,
started revolting against chairperson Chanakya Laha of TMC
led Balurghat municipality demanding his removal from the
post. They have also planned to move a no-confidence motion against the chairperson. The TMC had formed the board
after winning 14 seats in the Balurghat civic body elections
held on August 21 this year. The left front had managed to
win 11 seats. From the very beginning 2 councilors said to
be supporters of Biplab Mitra faction, a rival of chairperson
Laha had been opposing every decisions taken by Laha.
Later, with the passage of time, 11 more Councillors joined
the two. The row further got impetus over the recruitment of
Satyabrata Chakraborty, son of Shankar Chakraborty, state
law minister, in the post of retainer lawyer of the municipality.
Chakraborty then resigned from his post. (HS)
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aged for the kind of work
they are doing. NSS Coordinator on behalf of all the
students would like to
thank all of them for their
kind support. He also added that this drive was organised to promote awareness about sanitation and
cleanliness among the students and help them to realize their potential.