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Thursday, June 7, 2012

REDRH begins in North Sikkim


MANGAN, 06 June: The foundation stone of the first Reconstruction of Earthquake Damaged Rural House in North Sikkim was laid by chief guest on the occasion, area MLA Lachen-Mangan, TW Lepcha here at Naga Busty in North Sikkim under Toong-Naga GPU. The foundation stone of the house of beneficiary Pema Lepcha, which had been damaged during the 18 September earthquake last year, was laid today.
Addressing the people after laying the foundation stone, the MLA urged everyone to under take quality work since it is for their benefit and also informed that Sikkim is the only state in India where such facilities are available it its citizens. He also informed that the complete list of the beneficiaries in Toong-Naga GPU have been passed and highlighted that the carpeting of Naga Gumpa road is in the phase-I of approval.
While highlighting the issue of contract work in the area, the MLA appealed to all the people to get involved in cooperative societies so that contract work can be done by the society which aims at providing long term benefits to the public. The MLA also welcomed the recent transfer of teachers to the village areas from Gangtok.
The function was also addressed by BDO Mangan, Chiran Rizal who highlighted about REDRH and CMRHM. He informed that a total of 2900 REDRH have been sanctioned in North District where 567 beneficiaries have been enlisted under BAC Mangan.
Earlier, the function was also addressed by the panchayat secretary, Dorjee Tak Lepcha who highlighted about the different schemes under taken in the GPU. He also highlighted about the delay in payment of compensation for the land acquired by BRO for the up-gradation of roads.
The function ended with the vote of thanks proposed by former chairman Nim Tshering Lepcha. Also present in the function were Divisional Engineer, officials from BAC, panchayat members and the general public.

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