Ringtang deadline extension

Darjeeling, April 23: The administration has decided to extend the deadline for the reopening of Ringtang tea garden by another week after the management failed to comply with the directive to start operations from today.

“I have decided to write to the management asking them to open the garden by April 30,” DM Saumitra Mohan said. He did not specify any reason for the extension. Sources said the DM wanted to give time to owner Sushil Chowdhury before taking further steps so that there was no room for complaint. The garden has been shut for 16 years.(TT)