26th day of Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling"s village to village tour

Gangtok: 18th July:The Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling on 26th day of his village to village tour addressed the public at Bhasmey School, 4th Mile; Rorathang School; Tarpin Sec. School and Rhenock Sr. Sec. School.
At Bhasmey School while addressing the gathering the Chief Minister sent a very strong message to the middlemen indulging in black marketing of LPG connection meant for the public. The subsidized LPG connection meant for the people of the state should be strictly used for the purpose for which it is meant, the Chief Minister said. Strong action will be taken against those involved in malpractices in such cases. In this regard the Chief Minister directed the Food and Civil Supplies Department to be very vigil and strict and take strong action in this regard. He also directed the department to streamline the distribution of LPG cylinders.
With regard to demand by the public in private industries in the state, the Chief Minister strongly condemned the act of power projects and industrial units who are not giving employment to locals. These units, the Chief Minister said have been established in the state in the interests of the Sikkimese people. Strong civil society is required in the state to voice against injustice meted out by the industrial units and power projects. The Chief Minister also expressed his
displeasure regarding non employment of local people by such units and stressed that these units should follow the government policy in true letter and spirit and provide employment to the locals, which they have been defying. In this regard he further directed the concerned department to ensure the protection of local interest and take appropriate action immediately against such errant companies and bring them to justice.

Referring to complain by public on the quality of work being undertaken at the construction of Rhenock College, the Chief Minister expressed his dissatisfaction over the work and directed the Human Resource Development Department to enquire into the matter and take suitable action to the culprit immediately.At Rorathang Bazar, the Chief Minister said that 58 government sites have already been allotted at Rorathang and the remaining sites will also be allotted to the needy people. In this regard he said that in order to ensure that the bazaar comes up in a planned manner the houses should be constructed as per the approved blue print plan of the government. In this regard he also spelt out the present proposal of the beautification of Rorathang Bazar.

At every spot while giving much time to the people and giving a patient hearing to them the Chief Minister read the demands of the people in his address. He gave on the spot decisions on the various demands of the people and guided the youths on various self employments schemes of the government. Giving on the spot decision he was also directing the government officials to note down the demands and the decisions taken and take actions immediately. Since the entire government machinery is here, the demands taken here are deemed to be Cabinet Decisions, he said.

24th day of the Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling's village to village tour

Sikkim Chief Minister On Village to Village Tour

Gangtok: 15th July:  The Sikkim Chief Minister Pawan Chamling after completing the South and West district once again started the village to village tour of East district from Tumin Lingee constituency from 15th July. This was the 24th day of the village to village tour of the CM along with the Government machinery.
At his first stop at Makha Secondary School the Chief Minister met the people and had one to one interaction with the public at the shed meant for the public for about fifteen minutes. Later addressing the mammoth gathering at the School premises the Chief Minister stressed on the dream of making Sikkim an eco city state by providing urban like facilities and opportunities in the rural areas. The Chief Minister while talking about the policies and programmes of the government on the upliftment of the rural areas vis a vis the development of cooperative movement in the state announced to allot works up to the value of two crores to cooperative societies of the state.

At Lower Tumin the Chief Minister while talking about the health policy of the state government announced to introduce Cervical Cancer Vaccination to girl child.At Tumin Barang the Chief Minister while declaring to construct Ramayana Village at Tumin Barang said that this project will be first of its kind in the entire world. For this purpose 15 acres of land has been identified in the village which will be purchased by the government and the work will be started within this year, he said. The Ramayana Village so constructed will be having the statues of the characters of Ramayana telling the story of the epic.
The government has the plans to convert this constituency into a pilgrimage tourism centre but the people should be ready to opt for the new profession. In future this place will be a major tourist hub and will be visited by people from across the globe. In this way we are preparing a strategy for sustainable development of the state, the Chief Minister added.

(IPR)

Arunachal set to follow Sikkim's Village Tourism Model

Itanagar, June 20: Arunachal Pradesh is all set to launch a rural tourism project at Ziro in Lower Subansiri district by involving local people with the tourism department.

Entitled as ‘Home Stay’, the project involves creation of accommodation for tourists in villages with locally available materials and to provide all facilities for comfortable stay to the tourists.

“In line with Sikkim model, the project will be started soon in Siibey, Biri and Hong villages of Ziro Valley,” the District Tourism Officer, Mr Tater Mize, said here today.

A community-based organisation — Rural Tourism Management Committee (RTMC) — was constituted recently for managing the tourism activities under the project and to look after the security of tourists with the cooperation of district administration and tourism department.

patani villages in ziro valley

Training on capacity building for self-help groups, panchayat leaders and unemployed youths was also organised in the district from June 2 to 16.

A total of 25 participants were taken to Sikkim on an exposure tour to update themselves with the Sikkimese expertise on tourism development activities and replicate the same on their return to their respective villages, he said