CM calls on young to pursue excellence, not let failure keep them down

The CM meets students of KB Limboo Secondary school

SAGAR CHHETRI
GANGTOK, 13 June: Chief Minister Pawan Chamling inaugurated a Model Police Station established at Soreng in West Sikkim today, on the 16th day of his village-to-village tour.
The two-storied police station is spread over a 4,000 sq ft plot and was built at a cost of Rs 58.95 lakhs. The station has separate male and female hazats, a visitor’s room, office in-charge room, an 18 bedded dormitory and other facilities.
Earlier, the CM began his tour meeting with the people at Rinchenpong, where he stayed overnight, making his first halt at Samdong Junior High School, then an interaction with people of Deythang GPU at Gairi Gaon, on to KB Limboo Secondary School at Sreebadam and concluded his tour at Soreng.

Referring to the various demands placed by the people the Chief Minister during his Sikkim Bhraman, the CM informed that once the tour was completed, the demands will be compiled, studied and a comprehensive report for the development of the State prepared. The panchayats will receive a status report on the demands submitted by them after the tour was completed, he informed.
The residents of the area also felicitated the Chief Minister during his halt at Samdong JHS. Thanking the people for the felicitation, the Chief Minister called on the civil society of Sikkim to take a stand more often, become more expressive, appreciating what was going right and criticizing policies which they thought were not doing any good.
“In the task of development, staying neutral becomes a liability. The civil society should demand accountability, offer constructive criticism and ensure that there is no wavering from the path of development,” he stressed.
Through his interactions with the people today, the CM stressed that his current tour, as much as it was about reaching the government to the people and taking stock of what has been delivered by way of development so far, was also to encourage the people to become more expressive and have the State genuinely governed by the people. For this, the people also had to become self-reliant and not dependent on the government for all works, he stressed.
Addressing the younger Sikkimese, the CM spoke about the economist Adam Smith, introducing him as the father of cooperative movement, and informed them that Adam Smith faced many failures, but learned from his mistakes and failures and ultimately succeeded in giving the cooperative movement to the world.
“Failure is the pillar of success,” he reminded the students as he counselled them not to harbour hopes of a miracle and instead focus on hard work and develop a commitment for excellence.
Sharing that he was aware of the unemployment problem and assuring that the State Government was working hard towards creating new opportunities and also preparing the youth for these alternate career options, he held up village and eco-tourism as sectors which held a lot of promise.
While encouraging the youth to opt for careers in the service sector, he also advised them to not get discouraged if this did not result in immediate success. Tourism, he stressed, was growing in Sikkim and offered the best chances at improved livelihoods, but these required hard work and consistent pursuit.
The State Government was committed to develop Sikkim as an Eco-City State and announced that the government was working towards bringing One crore tourists every year to Sikkim. If the youth and the villages geared up to host these arrivals, the economy will boom, he pointed out.
Reminding the audience of the State Government’s pronounced rural focus, he said that the aim was to ensure that rural Sikkim did not lag behind urban areas either by way of developmental projects or opportunities. Much had been achieved towards this end and even more will be secured if the people reciprocated effectively by making use of the infrastructure and opportunities created.
He also reiterated his call on the people to stand up against denial and protest injustice wherever they saw it. This, he said, will ensure that the people-centric policy interventions of the government were not derailed by the greed of selfish individuals.