CII global boost to hill, Dooars tourism

VIVEK CHHETRI

Darjeeling, Feb. 24: The CII has invited around 50 stakeholders of the tourism industry from 13 countries across the world to explore the tourism potential of Darjeeling, the Dooars, and Sikkim.

“More than 50 people including tour operators, hoteliers and travel writers will be visiting India (as part of the programme). This year, we have decided to focus on north Bengal and Sikkim as we are of the opinion that tourism still has a lot of potential in this region,” Saugat Mukherjee, the regional director, CII (east), told The Telegraph over the phone from Calcutta.

The drive is called Destination East.

Mukherjee added that delegates from France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Russia, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea and China will start arriving in Calcutta from tomorrow.

“Twenty-eight invitees from Thailand, Vietnam, United Kingdom, Hong Kong and Malaysia will visit Siliguri, Darjeeling, Gangtok and the Dooars. They will arrive in Siliguri on February 26 and have an interaction with the local stakeholders and the north Bengal development minister Gautam Deb,” said Mukherjee.

“We are not confining the programme only to field visits. We are also holding a buyer-seller meet in Calcutta on March 2 and 3 so that business opportunities can be explored by the visiting delegates and our stakeholders,” he said.

Of the 50 domestic invitees who will attend the event in Calcutta, 30 are from outside Bengal.

Twelve delegates from Thailand and Malaysia will be visiting the Sunderbans, while the rest of them will be going to Bihar, Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

“Even though our primary focus area is north Bengal and Sikkim, we are trying to provide a platform to the rest of the tour operators based in east India,” said Mukherjee.

Tourism industry in the Darjeeling hills has been hit in the past three years because of the statehood agitation.

But even when the region is peaceful, tour operators complained about the absence of an aggressive marketing.

Around 3.5 lakh domestic tourists and 40,000 foreigners visit the hills in a year. Tour operators say it is time the figures increased.(Telegraph)

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Pedalling up for Homes

RAJEEV RAVIDAS

Kalimpong, Feb. 24: Thirteen cyclists from the United Kingdom, Australia and Spain are pedalling up to Kalimpong from Calcutta to raise funds for Dr. Graham’s Homes, the school that suffered extensive damage in the September earthquake.The team that started from Calcutta on Sunday is scheduled to arrive here tomorrow.

“(The) 13 volunteers from the UK, Australia and Spain are giving up their personal time and paying for all expenses to cycle some 670km over seven days to raise funds and help Dr Graham’s Homes recover from the disastrous earthquake (measured 6.8 on the Richter scale) which had caused substantial structural damage to the school building and estate,” Ken Hammond, an alumnus of the institution, wrote in www.Drgrahamshomes.co.uk.

Hammond, who is from Aberdeen in Scotland, is the only former student of the school in the 13-member team. The 111-year-old school building, 19 of the 22 cottages that house the co-educational institution’s boarders, and classrooms of the junior and senior schools had developed cracks in the September 18 earthquake. The Katherine Memorial Chapel and Steele Memorial Centre, the school’s infirmary, were also damaged by the tremors.

Hammond, who passed out of the school in 1972, has appealed for donations to help repair the school. “It (the ride) offers an opportunity to help the less fortunate and impoverished kids by raising funds and supporting their education in Homes,” he wrote.

Homes bursar David Foning said the cyclists had asked their friends to sponsor their trips, while paying for the journey themselves. “The funds given by the sponsors will be donated to the school,” said Foning.

The team reached Siliguri this evening.“The ride is supported by the UK Committee of Dr Graham’s Homes, a registered Scottish Charity, supporting the school,” Hammond wrote.

The members have been cycling for nearly 100km everyday since they started from Calcutta.

“I will actually share thoughts on the trip and the things we have all seen and experienced here, but not till we get to Kalimpong. It is difficult to put it correctly, as looking through Western eyes it is difficult to see it as they do, which would explain why we do not understand why they live as they do!,” Alan, a member of the team, wrote in his blog.(Telegraph)

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Smoke deaths

Darjeeling: Kalpana Rai, 35, and her one-and-a-half-year- old daughter Angel died of suspected asphyxiation at their house in Dali on Thursday night. Police said Kalpana had kept a bhukari, a heating device that burns on coal, burning throughout the night and it generated a lot of smoke. Two other residents of the house were admitted to the Darjeeling district hospital when they fell ill after inhaling the smoke(Telegraph

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दार्जीलिङ शहरवासीहरुले अहिले नै पिउने पानीको उपभोग गर्न सक्ने आशा झिनो

25 फरवरी(कालेबुङ):- बालासन पेयजल परियोजनाको मुख ताकेर बसेका दार्जीलिङ शहरवासीहरुले अहिले नै यस परियोजनाबाट पिउने पानीको उपभोग गर्न सक्ने आशा झिनो बनेको छ। दार्जीलिङका विधायक त्रिलोक देवान अनि नगरपालिका अध्यक्ष अमर राईले आज परियोजना स्थलको भ्रमण गरेपछि मिडियालाई यस आशयको संकेत दिएका छन। बालासन पेयजल परियोजनाको निर्माणकार्य अहिले अन्तिम चरणमा पुगेको छ तर राज्यकी मुख्यमंत्री ममता बेनर्जीले यस महिनाको अंतमा आफ्नो पहाड भ्रमणको अवधीमा भने यसको उदघाटन गर्न सक्ने अवस्था भने छैनन। विधायक त्रिलोक देवान अनि नगरपालिका अध्यक्ष अमर राईले आज परियोजना निर्माण स्थलको परिभ्रमण गरेपछि निर्माण कार्य पुर्णरुपले समाप्त हुन अझै छः महिनाको समय लाग्न सक्ने अनुमान लगाएका छन। अनि परियोजना स्थलबाट शहरमा पेयजल बितरण कार्य शुरु हुन निम्नतम एक बर्षको समय लाग्ने छ। बालासन पेयजल परियोजनाको कार्यान्वयन एजेन्सी पीचई रहेको छ। पीएचईले यसको निर्माण कार्य चाढै पूरा हुने दाबी गरिरहेको छ। मुख्यमंत्रीले आफ्नो पूर्वघोषणाअनुरुप यस चाढै नै उदघाटन गर्न सक्ने कुराप्रति पनि दार्जीलिङ शहरका यी दुइ जनप्रतिनिधिहरु आश्वस्त छैनन। दार्जीलिङ शहरको पिउने पानीको समस्या समाधान गर्न दार्जीलिङ वाटर सप्लाई पम्पिङ स्कीमअन्तर्गत यस परियोजनाको निर्माण शुरु गरिएको थियो। यो परियोजना बर्ष 2009मा पुरा गरिनु पर्ने थियो। यस अवधीमा पहाडमा भएको राजनैतिक अस्थिरता अनि सेना, वन विभाग र रेलवे विभागबाट अनुमति पाउन ढिल्याई भएको कारण निर्माण कार्य निर्धारित मियादमा पूरा हुन नसकेको बताइएको छ। पश्चिम बंगालका तत्कालिन मुख्यमंत्री बुद्धदेव भट्टचार्यले 19 फरवरी 2006मा यस परियोजनाको शिलान्यास गरेका थिए। यसको निर्माण कार्य हैदराबादको एउटा निर्माण कम्पनी रेम्की इन्फ्राइसट्रक्चर लिमिटेडलाई दिइएको थियो जसले बर्ष 2007मा निर्माण कार्य शुरु गरेर 24 महिनामा पूरा गर्ने बचन दिएको थियो।

दार्जीलिङ शहरमा पेयजल बितरण प्रणाली पनि अर्को समस्या रहेको विधायक त्रिलोक देवानको भनाई छ। जसको निम्ति केन्द्र सरकारलाई 156 करोडको एउटा योजना बुझाउने काम भएको उनले बताएका छन। यस योजनाको निम्ति केही प्रतिशत राज्य सरकारले पनि बेहोर्ने प्रतिश्रुति दिएको देवानले बताएका छन।अहिलेको अवस्थामा दार्जीलिङ शहरको निम्ति प्रतिदिन 15देखि 18 ग्यालन लाख पानीको खाँचो छ तर 55.86 करोड रुपियाँको बालसन पेयजल परियोजना अन्तर्गत प्रतिदिन सातदेखि आठ ग्यालन लाख पानी मात्र वितरण गर्न सक्ने स्थितिमा छ।

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बालश्रम विरुद्ध श्रम विभागको निगरानी

24 फरवरी (कालेबुङ):- दार्जीलिङ शहरमा बालश्रमको अन्तरजालमाथि नियञ्त्रण बनाउन जिल्ला श्रम विभागले आफ्नो अभियान तेज गरेको छ। विभागले गैर सरकार संगठनहरुको सहयोगमा अभियान चलाएर शहरका चिया पसलहरुबाट चारजना बालश्रमिकहरुलाई उद्धार गरेको छ। जिल्ला श्रम विभागले दार्जीलिङ पुलिस अनि गैर सरकारी संगठन एडिथ विकिंस स्ट्रीट चिल्ड्रेन ट्रस्टको सहयोगमा शहरका गल्लीहरुमा अवस्थित 3 अनि 8 नम्बर चिया पसलमा छापा मारेर आठदेखि एघार बर्ष आयु वर्गका बालमजदुरहरुलाई उद्धार गरेको छ। विभागले यी नानीहरुको शोषण गरेको अपराधमा दोकानका मालिकहरु रामेश्वर प्रसाद गुप्ता अनि प्रेमशंकरप्रसाद बिरुद्ध सदर थानामा प्राथामिकी पनि दर्ता गरेको छ। एकातिर, मालिकको शोषणको शिकार बनेका नानीहरुको उद्धार गर्न विभागले यो अभियान चलाएको छ भने अर्कोतिर, बालश्रमबिरुद्ध जनमानसमा जागरुकता फैलाउन पनि बिभागले गैरसरकारी संगठनको सहयोगमा पहल गरेको हो। जिल्ला श्रम बिभागका अधिकारी अनिल छेत्रीले यस अभियानबारे जानकारी गराएका छन। Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE HI

यता, गैर सरकारी संगठन एडिथ विकिंस स्ट्रीट चिल्ड्रेन ट्रस्टकी कार्यकर्ता नम्रता शर्माले उद्धार गरिएका यी नानीहरुको भरणपोषण र शिक्षाको व्यवस्था ट्रस्टले गर्ने बताइन॥

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Barla to bat with Morcha on territory

AVIJIT SINHA

Siliguri, Feb. 23: Ousted president of the Dooars-Terai regional committee of the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad John Barla will speak along with the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leaders for the inclusion of the Dooars and the Terai in the hill set up at the all-party meeting in Calcutta tomorrow. Barla’s presence would help the hill party to prove before the high power committee led by former Justice Shyamal Sen that the tribal population of the Dooars and the Terai are backing them on the issue of inclusion. “Even today Barla is the principal and the most popular leader in the Terai and the Dooars. We have confidence in him. Tomorrow he will be present at the meeting and speak with us in favour of including the mouzas of the Terai and the Dooars in the GTA,” Giri said before leaving for Calcutta today. The Morcha has asked for the inclusion of 399 mouzas — 199 from the Terai, 196 from the Dooars and four in Rajganj block of Jalpaiguri district— in the hill set up. “I will surely attend tomorrow’s meeting because the entire tribal population of the Terai and the Dooars is in favour of inclusion in the GTA and the formation of GATA (Gorkhaland Adivasi Territorial Administration). Some other like-minded Parishad leaders will accompany me and we would, along with Morcha representatives, speak in favour of the demand,” Barla told The Telegraph over the phone from Calcutta. Barla had been expelled from the Parishad in December. “I am very much with the Parishad and I do not accept the decision of the state committee or the president. We are still working for the organisation,” he said. The state leaders of the Parishad, however, said Barla would be denied entry to the meeting if he tried to “pose” as a tribal leader. “We met the chairperson (former Justice Shyamal Sen) yesterday and submitted detailed documents to prove that Barla is no longer in the Parishad now. His primary membership has been cancelled,” said Birsa Tirkey, the state president of the Parishad.(Telegraph)

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Kids rescued

Darjeeling: Four children working in tea stalls at Beechgali Line and Chowk Bazar here were rescued by the district labour officials on Wednesday evening. The officials said three children had been trafficked from Bihar, while the other one was brought from Siliguri. Two shop owners have been showcaused for hiring the minors.(Telegraph)

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Barfee stars relish mist and hill cuisine

Darjeeling, Feb. 23: Priyanka Chopra is in love with the mist, Ranbir Kapoor cannot stop himself from appreciating the local cuisine and the entire Barfee team seems to be simply enjoying the taste of Darjeeling.

Anurag Basu, the director of the film, seems to be finally breathing easy with the shooting going on smoothly in the Darjeeling hills in his second attempt. The team had to pack up mid-way through the shoot in June last year after failing to manage the crowd at Chowrastha.

“I did come up with a (Darjeeling) set in Mumbai (Film City) even though I had wanted to shoot the entire film here. We were also planning to go to Ooty but then Saumitra da (Saumitra Mohan, the district magistrate of Darjeeling), who was in Mumbai on a personal trip, met me and assured me of all help. This time, we met everybody, including Mr (Bimal) Gurung, and things are fine,” said Basu.

With no disturbances on the set, the stars, too, seem to be enjoying their stay in the hills. “I will miss the mist as I have to leave for Hyderabad tomorrow to shoot for Krissh. I have my accommodation down here in the hotel and as I open the windows every morning, the mist enters my room,” said Priyanka.

The actress had earlier tweeted on her stay in Darjeeling: “Our hotel was such a quaint beautiful place n my room overlooks the mountains…the mist says hello every morning…sigh!!! Sooo romantic.”

Ranbir, who plays a deaf and mute character called Barfee, said: “It is not a very scientific character in a way as it does not involve a lot of technicalities of using sign languages. We are using a method which is acceptable to the audience. The film is basically a romantic-comedy.”

In between shooting, Ranbir is enjoying the local cuisine. “We had gone to Kungas (a well known restaurant in town) and Ranbir simply enjoyed the local food there,” said Basu.

Priyanka’s character is about an autistic girl. “The special thing about my character is that when the role is about different behavioural people, one starts to think about sadness and morbidity. This is a fun film; it is a happy film and a warm film which shows special people in a very real way. It is a laughable film,” she said.

In fact, Basu had first thought of christening the film “Silence.” “We thought that with a title like ‘Silence’, people would start thinking of the film of a particular genre, like the Mr Bean character,” said Ranbir, before Priyanka added: “People start thinking with another perception (with such a title) but the film is very warm.”
The shooting in the hills will continue till February 29.(Telegraph)

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झीलको सफाईमा ओर्लिए ठेला व्यवसायीहरु

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(दीपमिलन प्रधान) मिरिक झील परिसरमा स साना व्यवसाय गरेर गुजारा चलाउने व्यवसायीहरुले झीललाई फोहोरमुक्त बनाउने अभियान चलाएर प्रशासनलाई गतिलो सन्देश दिएका छन। स्थानीय प्रशासनको चासोको अभावमा फोहोर र अव्यवस्थित बन्दै गई रहेको मिरिक झीलको फोहोरमैला हटाउन क्षेत्रका ठेला व्यवसायीहरुले बुधबार दिनभरि नै सफाई अभियान चलाएका थिए। झीलको सफाई र व्यवस्थापनप्रति प्रशासनले पहल नगरेकै कारण यी ठेला व्यवसायीहरु यसरी जागरुक बनेर अघि आएका हुन। पर्यटनको दृष्टिकोणले प्रसिद्ध रहेको मिरिकमा यो झीललाई  पर्यटकहरुको निम्ति विशेष आकर्षणको केन्द्र मानिन्छ। तर मिरिक झीलको साफसफाई र संरक्षणको दिशामा प्रशासनिक तौरमा कुनै ठोस पहल हुन सकेको छैन। हिलोमैला र लेदोको कारण झीलको क्षेत्रफल पनि दिनप्रतिदिन खुम्चिँदै गईरहेको छ। झीलको फोहोर व्यवस्थापन र सुन्दरीकरणप्रति प्रशासनले प्रभावी पदक्षेप ग्रहण नगरेको कारण मिरिक घुम्न आउने पर्यटकहरुले पनि यस क्षेत्रको पर्य़टकीय महत्वबारे नकारात्मक धारणाहरु लिएर फर्किरहेका छन। झीलकै कारण कुनै समय बिख्यात रहेको मिरिकको पर्यटन व्यवसायसमेत अहिले प्रभावित बन्दै गईरहेको व्यवसायीहरुको धारणा छ। मिरिक झीलको दूरावस्थाको कारण यसले सोझै पर्यटन उद्योगमा असर पारे पनि परोक्ष रुपले क्षेत्रको प्राकृतिक सुन्दरता र पर्यावरण संतुलनको दिशामा पनि नकरात्मक असर पारिरहेको छ। दिनदिनै फोहोरमैला बढेको कारण झीलको जैविक विविधता र यहाँ पाइने दूर्लभ प्रजातिको माछाको अस्तित्वमा पनि संकट देखा परेको छ। मिरिक झील परिसरमा ठेलागाडीमा व्यवसाय चलाएर जिविका चलाउने व्यवसायीहरुले झीलको सरसफाई र रखरखाउको दिशामा गम्भीर बनेर अघि आएको घटनाले यसको संरक्षण र सम्वर्द्धनमा क्षेत्रको स्थानीय प्रशासनले प्रभावी कदम उठाउनु पर्ने सन्देश दिएको छ।

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GTA queries hit Trinamul growth

AVIJIT SINHA

Siliguri, Feb. 22: Trinamul efforts to expand its base in the Terai and the Dooars have been hit badly with party leaders complaining that they were having to face uncomfortable questions on the demand to include some plains mouzas in the new hills set-up. Although the questions are coming from the common man, the task has been made more difficult by outfits like the Akhil Bharatiya Adivasi Vikas Parishad, which have considerable clout in the tea belt and are opposing the GTA and the territory panel. “So far, we have opened units on only 45 tea estates in the Dooars (out of the 160-odd gardens) and are yet to focus on the Terai. In course of our campaign at the grassroots-level, we are facing uncomfortable questions. In that case, we have to steer our discussions and limit it to only tea. But questions are cropping up, specially on the GTA and on the Morcha demand,” said Joachim Buxla, the president of the Trinamul Tea Plantation Workers’ Union. The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha has been demanding that some of the plains mouzas be brought under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration. The Trinamul government has formed a committee to look into the demand, which has invited widespread protests from the Dooars and the Terai. The inclusion of Morcha members in the committee has also drawn criticism. “There is no denying that questions are being tossed at us on the relevance of forming a territory committee. In such cases, we urge the people to keep faith in the chief minister and highlight the plans that she has for the Dooars and Terai,” Buxla said. Other Trinamul trade union leaders said they were having to live with “political uneasiness” in a region where tea gardens are major vote banks. “People are asking us why the government is not simply announcing that no new area will be made part of the GTA instead of forming a committee. We have no reply to this. Also, we have no answer to why four Morcha representatives, and none from the Dooars and the Terai, are on the panel. This is having a negative effect on our plans to expand our base in the brew belts. We are apprehensive that the CPM and Citu, which had lost base after the emergence of Parishad and Trinamul ahead of the Assembly polls, might make a comeback,” the leader said. He said while CPM leaders were always speaking on the committee and the GTA, Trinamul was being forced to be silent. Buxla, too, admitted that government intervention was needed to gain people’s confidence. “Being a member of the North Bengal Development Council, I had tried to provide some feedback about the common man’s aspirations to the government,” he said. “There is no doubt that government intervention is required to gain the confidence of the brew belt.”(Telegraph)

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Gurung to meet PC on Feb 28

Darjeeling, Feb. 22: The Gokha Janmukti Morcha said today that a delegation led by party chief Bimal Gurung will meet the Union home minister on February 28 to discuss the delay in the formation of the administrative set-up for the Darjeeling hills.

Gurung will be accompanied by Morcha general secretary Roshan Giri and Kalimpong MLA Harka Bahadur Chhetri when he meets home minister P. Chidambaram in New Delhi.

“The three leaders will definitely take up with the home minister issues like the delay in the the formation of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration,” said a Morcha leader.

Morcha leaders said “it has come to our knowledge” that different central ministries had sent their opinions on the GTA Bill passed by the Assembly to Chidambaram.

“Since the observations have come, there should not be a problem in getting the President’s assent,” said a Morcha leader.(Telegraph)

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तिब्बतको स्वतञ्त्रता अनि मानव अधिकारको पुनर्बहालीको निम्ति अन्तरराष्ट्रीय समुदायसँग समर्थनको आह्वान

22 फरवरी (कालेबुङ):- दार्जीलिङ पहाडमा बसोबास गर्ने तिब्बती समुदायका मानिसहरुले तिब्बतको स्वतञ्त्रता अनि मानव अधिकारको पुनर्बहालीको निम्ति अन्तरराष्ट्रीय समुदायसँग समर्थनको आह्वान गर्दै आजदेखि तीन दिने सांकेतिक अनसन शुरु गरेका छन। पहाडका विभिन्न स्थानमा रिजिनल टिबेटन युथ कंग्रेसले तीनदिने सांकेति भोक हडतालको आयोजना गरी अन्तरराष्ट्रीय समुदायलाई तिब्बतमा मानव अधिकार र मानवीय मुल्यको रक्षा गर्न जागरुक बनी दिने अनुरोध गरेको छ। यता, कालेबुङमा डम्बरचोकमा सो रिले अनशनको आयोजना गरिएको छ।तिब्बती समुदायका मानिसहरुले आफ्नो नयाँ बर्ष ल्होसारको अवसरमा चीन सरकारको तिब्बतबिरोधी नीतिको बिरोधमा यो कार्यक्रमको आयोजना गरेका छन। तिब्बतमा केही महिनादेखि जारी रहेको चीन सरकारको बर्बरतापूर्ण व्यवहारले मर्माहत तिब्बती समुदायका मानिसहरुले यस बर्ष ल्होसार पालन नगर्ने निर्णय लिएका छन। तिब्बतीहरुप्रति चीन सरकारको अन्याय र अत्यचारबारे अन्तर्राष्ट्रीय समुदायको ध्यानाकर्षण  गराउन आरटीवाईसीले ल्होसारको अवसरमा यो कार्यक्रम गर्ने तय गरेको हो। विश्वको विभिन्न क्षेत्रमा बसेका तिब्बतीहरुले आजको दिन यस कार्यक्रमलाई पालन गरीरहेका छन। कालेबुङमा आज पहिलो दिन 24 जना तिब्बती महिला पुरुषहरुले रिले अनशनमा भाग लिएका छन् भने तिब्बतीमा प्रतिदिन 100जना तिब्बतीहरुले अनशनमा भाग लिईरहेका छन। यसबाहेक हरेक साँझ मोमबती जुलुश पनि निकालिनेछ। आरटीवाईसीको ब्यानरमा तिब्बतको स्वतञ्त्रता र मानव अधिकारको पुनर्बहालीको समर्थनमा हस्ताक्षर संग्रह अभियान पनि सञ्चालन भईरहेको छ। हस्ताक्षर संग्रह गरिएका दस्तावेजहरु संयुक्त राष्ट्र संघको मानव अधिकार आयोगमा पठाइने छ। आरटीवाईसीले तिब्बतमा लगातार मानव अधिकारको हनन हुदाँ समेत युएनओले चासो नदेखाएको गुनासो पनि प्रकट गरेको छ। युएनओले मानव अधिकारको रक्षाको निम्ति 30वटा संहिताहरुको आधाकारिक घोषणा गरेको भए पनि चीनले तिब्बतीहरुको मानव अधिकारको लगातार हनन गर्दा पनि युएनओले आफ्नो भुमिका निर्वाह नगरेको संगठनको भनाई छ। आरटीवाईसीका अध्यक्ष सोनाम याखाले आज मिडियासँग यस आशयको दुःखेसो ब्यक्त गरेका छन।

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गोर्खाल्याण्डको निम्ति सबै द्लहरु एक हुनु पर्छ - गोरानिमो

कालेबुङ 22 फरवरी

गोर्खाल्याण्ड राज्य निमार्णमोर्चा अध्यक्ष दावा पाखरिनले आज एउटा पत्रकार सम्मेलनको आयोजना गरि गोर्खाल्याण्ड प्राप्तिको आन्दोलनमा पहाडका सबै  राजनीतिक दलहरु अब एउटै मञ्चमा आउनु पर्ने आह्वान गरेका छन। पाखरिनले पत्रकार सम्मेलनलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै आज मोर्चाको प्रस्तावित ज़ीटीए व्यवस्था पहाडमा लागु हुन नसकने बताउँदै मोर्चाले पनि छुट्टै राज्य प्राप्तिको निम्ति सामुहिक मञ्चको मार्ग अपनाउनु पर्ने सुझाउ दिएका छन्। आफ्नो दल केवल गोर्खाल्याण्ड राज्य प्राप्तिको निम्ति मात्र गठन भएको दाबी गर्ने  पाखरिनले आज पनि आफ्नो दलको लक्ष्य गोर्खाल्याण्ड मात्र रहेको ठोकुवा  गरेका छन।भारतीय गोर्खा परिसंघको गोर्खाल्याण्ड टाक्स  फोर्ससँगको पूर्वाञ्चल कार्यक्रमहरु सफल भएको दावी गर्दै पार्टी प्रमुख पाखरिनले आगामी दिनहरुमा पनि टाक्स  फोर्ससँग नै  सम्मिलित  भएर गोर्खाल्याण्डको निम्ति कार्यक्रमहरु गर्ने बताएका छन। यसै पत्रकार सम्मेलनलाई सम्बोधन गर्दै उनले पहाडका महकुमाहरुलाई जिल्लाको दर्जा दिइए मात्र क्षेत्रको बिकास हुने  बताएका छन्।

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