Information and Cultural Department
member of the Gorkha Territorial Administration, Binay Tamang, today
during a meeting with the Department officials in Mirik announced that
the Central government has authorized the GTA with 187 crores with an
aim of providing electricity to all the rural settlements across
Darjeeling Hills.
Tamang claimed that the GTA will
complete the task by the end of 2015. He said the areas which are still
devoid of electricity will be accessed and provided with the facility by
the end of 2015. He added GPRS survey to provide electricity has
already been conducted in the 8 blocks of Darjeeling Hills.(EOIC)