KVK organises Animal Health Camp at Nandok

GANGTOK, 18 March: Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ICAR Sikkim Centre, Ranipool, organized an Animal Health Camp on 15 March at Nandok in East Sikkim under the

National Initiative on Climate Resilient Agriculture (NICRA) project. The need for such a camp was necessitated after climate change has noticeable affected

reproductive and productive performance of livestock even in Sikkim, informs a press communiqué received from Dr. Amulya Kumar Mohanty, the KVK Programme

Coordinator here.
Mixed farming combining agriculture and livestock plays an important role in strenghtening the rural economy of Sikkim, the release highlights, while adding

that the main aim behind the animal health camp was to make farmers “aware about animal health as well as providing necessary treatment to their livestock”.
The programme was inaugurated by Dr. Mohanty, who emphasized the importance of the livestock sector for livelihood security of farmers and how this required

improvement in management of housing, breeding, feeding and health coverage.
More than 65 farmers from Nandok attended and received treatment for their livestock. This camp covered treatment of more than 100 cattle, 112 goats, 12 pigs

and more than 800 backyard poultry birds.

NICRA launches potato cultivation prog in quake-stricken Nandok

GANGTOK, 21 Nov: The concept of agro-biodiversity is considered to be most important for maintaining a healthy and strong regional food system which prompted the Krishi Vigyan Kendra, ICAR Sikkim Centre, East Sikkim, Ranipool to launch large scale potato cultivation programme in the quake stricken Nandok village of East Sikkim as an alternative paradigm for climate resilient crop production system, informs a press release.

Speaker meets affected people at Nandok

Recovery operations underway on Rani Khola near 32 No. where five members of a family from the Speaker's constituency, Syari, were caught in their cars by a massive landslide triggered by the Sunday temblor

The Speaker's entourage at Nandok on Tuesday

GYALTSEN ALSO SUPERVISES RECOVERY EFFORTS IN RANI KHOLA AT 32 MILE
GANGTOK, 20 Sept: Speaker, KT Gyaltsen, visited victims and inspected affected houses at Nandok near Ranipool today, a village which has lost 19 houses and a secondary school campus when the Sunday earthquake broke the water conductor [700 feet above the village] carrying water to the Lower Lagyap HEP and sent down a disastrous flood of water into the village. Mr. Gyaltsen is also the MLA of the area and was away in New Delhi till Monday evening.
Mr Gyaltsen interacted with the affected people and assured to provide all possible help and assistance to facilitate the rebuilding process at the earliest. He was also accompanied by Power Department officials.
He advised the affected families not to panic and reassured them all issues will be sorted out. He further directed Power Department officials to take up the damage caused by their pipeline seriously so that the people felt safer.

Lagyap water conductor bursts over Nandok, damages 19 houses

RESIDENTS COME TO EACH OTHERS AID, UPSET WITH DEPARTMENTAL LETHARGY IN RESPONDING TO THEIR COMPLAINTS ABOUT HEALTH OF PIPELINE

SUBASH RAI
GANGTOK, 19 Sept: A water conductor carrying water to the Lower Lagyap Hydroelectric project here near Ranipool burst about 700 feet above Nandok village under Syari constituency due to the Sunday evening temblor, throwing down a disastrous rush of water into the village and completely damaging 19 houses, including the school there. Quick reflexes and brave intervention of the people ensured that the rush of water which blasted through the cluster of houses did not claim any lives. Only one person suffered minor injuries [requiring no hospitalization] with some pulled out from the raging waters while already waist deep in water and slush.
As much as the residents are relieved that they escaped the earthquake and the mudslide which followed, they are enraged at the Power & Energy Department’s disinterest in their complaints about the durability of the pipelines above. They are convinced that the disaster which visited them last night resulted as much from the earthquake as from the negligence of the Power Department.