Blogger Tips and TricksLatest Tips And TricksBlogger Tricks

Pages

28 Mar 2012

Protests mark Mall park demolition

Pictures by Suman Tamang

People from various walks of life staged a dharna in front of Brabourne Park in Darjeeling on Tuesday to protest its demolition by the DGHC, which plans to set up an amphitheatre at the site as part of the Rs 9 crore makeover plan for the Mall.

“We demand that the park, which was set up in 1897, be restored to its original condition. This is a heritage site and should not be demolished to set up a modern structure,” said Bharat Prakash Rai, the secretary of the Federation of Societies for Environment Protection.

He said representatives of the Nepali Sahitya Sammelan, Gorkha Dukha Niwarak Sammelan, senior citizens and “people who love Darjeeling” were among the protesters (top). Work at the park started more than a month back and with the site almost dug up (below), it would be almost impossible to restore to its “original” status.Rai said his group might take legal recourse to stop work at the park. “We might go to court,” he said.

The administrator of the DGHC, Anil Verma, said the council would file a police complaint against the protesters soon. “We will file a police complaint against those who are trying to obstruct work at a DGHC project.”

The DGHC, which also has three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha MLAs from the hills as members, has almost flattened the park and brought it down to the level of the Mall. The first phase of the work is expected to be completed in five months.(The Telegraph)

Related Posts:

  • Tamang accused held after custody slip Darjeeling, July 17: Dawa Sangay, an accused in the Madan Tamang murder case, was caught after he allegedly tried to flee police custody from Darjeeling district hospital where he had been admitted on June 22. Sangay wa… Read More
  • Gurung calms hill SC, ST quota nerves Darjeeling, July 17: The Darjeeling District Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe Joint Action Committee today said that Bimal Gurung had assured its members that the GTA would grant jobs to SCs and STs as proposed in a rec… Read More
  • Teesta enters rural poll campaign Chief minister Mamata Banerjee may have turned the waters of the Teesta into a contentious issue, but for her party, Teesta is a success story in the panchayat polls. Erosion caused by the Teesta, lack of progress in t… Read More
  • Lady from USA told to leave Darjeeling Hills over ISI Darjeeling, 17 July: One Natasha Singh (40), a resident of Oakland, California, had to leave Darjeeling as ordered by the Foreigner’s Registration Office here. Police said, she, associated with an NGO based in D… Read More
  • HS council book plan in court Calcutta, July 17: The West Bengal Council for Higher Secondary Education today placed a proposal before Calcutta High Court for settling the impasse over printing of Class XI textbooks requesting for status quo for this… Read More

0 comments: