Senior citizens from Yangang-Rangang GPU treated to pilgrimage tour

NAMCHI, 02 Jan: Yangang Cultural Village Tourism Cooperative Society [YCVTCS] organized a daylong pilgrimage programme for senior citizens (above 50 years) belonging to Below Poverty Line families of Yangang-Rangang Gram Panchayat Unit.
The tour programme covered the Solophok Chaar Dham, Samdruptse, Sai Mandir and the Buddha Park at Ravangla, all in South Sikkim, where they were escorted by president YCVTCS, Karma Subba, general secretary YCVTCS, Gopi D. Pophiel and other members of the society.
Speaking with this correspondent, president YCVTCS, Karma Subba informed that total thirty senior citizens were present in this tour which was solely financed by the organisation. The main objective of the programme was to generate awareness among the senior citizens since most of them were unaware of such pilgrimage destinations due to lack of exposure and cannot afford to take such a tour by themselves.
Every year the society provides other benefits to the senior citizens of the locality and this year the society decided to provide them this tour programme and selected 5 senior citizens from each ward under Yangang-Rangang and Sripatam-Gagyoung GPUs, he added.
He further said such programmes will also help to educate them about developmental works carried out by the State Government towards the preservation and promotion of the religion and culture of the land. He informed that senior citizens of Sripatam-Gagyoung GPU were also taken on a similar tour.
Mr. Subba extended immense appreciation to the Chief Minister Pawan Chamling for developing such pilgrimage destinations in state. The senior citizens also thanked the organisers of the society and expressed that some of them had never known such places exist in Namchi and were very happy to offer prayers in such places.