SBA appoints new vice president; supports protest against west HEPs

GANGTOK, 7 Feb: Sikkim Bachao Abhiyan [SBA] has appointed PD Lama as its new vice-president. As per a press release issued this was decided during a meeting held at the residence of the president, Jiwan Pradhan at Deorali on 5 February. After a long discussion on different issues, the meeting also decided that they had to come together to work together for the preservation and promotion of the cultural, traditional and communal heritage of the state.
The Sikkim Bachaw Abhiyan has also congratulated different organizations involved in the protest against the three hydel projects on Rathong Chu River; as a result, the press release states, the state government scrapped two of the three projects, namely Ting-Ting and Lethang hydro power projects. The SBA during the meeting also strongly condemned the recent attack on two executive members of All Sikkim Educated Self-Employed & Unemployed Association by SDF youths at Singtam while they were engaged in distributing leaflets at the Singtam bazaar.