175 voters from Khop protest shifting of names from voter list

DC ASSURES TO CORRECT VOTER LIST BEFORE NEXT ELECTIONS
NAMCHI: 175 voters of Khop ward under Rangang-Yangang constituency have expressed shocked and dissatisfaction on the shifting of their names to Barfung constituency without their knowledge.
Pointing out that it takes a very tedious and complicated process to shift names from the voter list even when specific requests are made, they wonder how the present movement happened without the conduction of a gram sabha or even informing the affected voters about it.

Perbing-Khop updated on CCE, RTE and school dropouts

PURAN TAMANG

NAMCHI, 25 Feb: An awareness programme on Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE), Right to Education (RTE) and School Dropouts, organized by the Human Resource Development Department [South], Namthang Block Administrative Centre was held at Perbing Khop Primary School, South Sikkim yesterday.
Perbing Khop is a rural area with a predominantly Sherpa population who are mostly farmers where a lack of awareness on the importance of education and many other issues created a need for this programme, it is informed.