Kalimpong was today carved out of Darjeeling, which has seen separate
statehood demands since 1980s, as a new district with Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee making the formal announcement here.
Announcing a slew of development projects for the newly created
district at a colourful ceremony, Banerjee said “a Rs 220 crore road
link project will be taken up to connect Kalimpong with Sikkim via the
old Silk Route.”
She said a Rs 50 crore water supply project by the public health
engineering department will be taken up soon to address Kalimpong’s
water scarcity problem.
Darjeeling Hills has been witness to violent statehood movements
since 1986 under the leadership of Subhas Ghising and after a few years’
thaw, again under Bimal Gurung, the present chief executive of
Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, in a bid to break away from West
Bengal.
Source: http://www.jantakareporter.com
'कालेबुङ' लाई पश्चिम बंगालको एक्काइस्वाँ जिल्लाको निर्माण गरिएको खण्डमा समस्त इसाई सम्प्रदायको तर्फबाट हार्दिक शुभकामना जनाइन्छ ।
ReplyDeleteसाथै अनुरोध छ कि, "कालेबुङ" (Kalebung) लाई अब उसो पाठ्य-पुस्तकहरु, पत्रकारहरु, पत्र-पत्रिकाहरु, रेडियो-टेलीभिजनहरु, नेत्रित्वहरु सबै भाषाहरुमा सबैले बोल्दा अनि लेख्दा "कालेबुङ" नै हुनेछ भनी घोषणा गरियोस भन्ने अनुरोध छ । अन्यथा अप्रभंश अनि बिकृत नाम "कालिम्पोङ्ग" (Kalimpong) उच्चारित अथवा लेखन नहोस् भनी सूचित गरियोस तब यसले यथोचित सुधार बन्ने आशा राखिन्छ ।