Gangtok:The indefinite hunger strike by Satyagrahis and Members of ACT led by Dawa Lepcha and 20 yr old Tenzing Lepcha enters its 20Th day with no proper response from the Government in sight.
Like the other days, more satyagrahis have joined the hunger strike. They are Pema Lepcha, Tenzing Lepcha, Dawa Lepcha, Pema Lepcha, Nima Lepcha, Renol Lepcha, Chandra Lal Gautam, Arjun Kumar Poudyal, Birbal Mangar and Pema Lepcha.
Tenzing Lepcha is still in STNM hospital.
The editorial of Gangtok's popular and best English Daily, Now! wrote on the need to recognise and appreciate the conviction of Dawa, Tenzing and the rest of the members on hunger strike rather than figures of families who have given their assent to land acquisition. Two young men have gone hungry and sacrificed their future health and almost everything in trying to bring attention among the people of Sikkim about the dangers of big mega hydel projects, and their neighbours only ridicule them with figures!
Like the other days, more satyagrahis have joined the hunger strike. They are Pema Lepcha, Tenzing Lepcha, Dawa Lepcha, Pema Lepcha, Nima Lepcha, Renol Lepcha, Chandra Lal Gautam, Arjun Kumar Poudyal, Birbal Mangar and Pema Lepcha.
Tenzing Lepcha is still in STNM hospital.
The editorial of Gangtok's popular and best English Daily, Now! wrote on the need to recognise and appreciate the conviction of Dawa, Tenzing and the rest of the members on hunger strike rather than figures of families who have given their assent to land acquisition. Two young men have gone hungry and sacrificed their future health and almost everything in trying to bring attention among the people of Sikkim about the dangers of big mega hydel projects, and their neighbours only ridicule them with figures!
(courtesy:Weeping Sikkim Blog)
