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Gyalshing, 4th December,2019 (IPR):The Hon’ble Minister-cum-Area MLA of Gyalshing Bermiok constituency Shri Lok Nath Sharma led the Joint inspection visit to Fenglakha Ram Banavas centre through a trekking trail at the core of Barsey Rhododendron Sanctuary, along with the District heads and officials of line departments, West District, today.

The inspection team was comprising of more than sixty members including Block Development Officer Dentam BAC Shri Bijay Subba, Superintendent Engineer Power Deptt. Shri Sonam Dorjee Bhutia, Divisional Engineer,Tourism Deptt Shri DP Sharma; Divisional Forest Officer / Wildlife Ms. Nisha Subba, Assistant Conservator of Forest Mrs Urmilla Subba, Range Officer Dentam Rajeev Gurung, Block Officer Shri Pujan Tamang, Deputy Director Fisheries Shri Lobsang Tamang, Divisional Engineer Roads & Bridges Shri Phurba Bhutia, Assistant Engineer Rural Development Department Shri Dipendra Adhikari, Assistant Engineer Building &Housing Karandeep Baraily, officials, field staff and others.

The inspection team began its trekking at 8.45am from Dorak Bijanbari/Hee Patal and reached Fenglakha Ram Banavas centre at 10:20am covering distances of 4.5 KM with joy of contemplation to make the spot more presentable and functional at the earliest.

After reaching the Ram Banavas centre minister Sharma minutely visited existing infrastructure of two Banavas hut, meditation centre, cafeteria, traditional houses of different communities, barracks etc. While the structure were found neglected in terms of maintenance after completion of construction work in 2017 and further he stressed for immediate repair and restoration of required renovation work.

Thereafter, minister chaired a meeting to sought out the existing issues and urged concerned departments to submit concept report in order to prepare a comprehensive master plan for execution of works in integrated approach of all departments.

While interacting with the officials and public, Minister Sharma directed concerned departments to gear up for execution of work within a month and assured to sought out issues of fund constraints.

He directed the Road and Bridges for construction of road and Power Department for laying of three phase underground cable of 11 KV, installation of street lights along with roadway and installation of transformer at the centre.

Minister urged Tourism Deptt. for beautification of road with the establishment of numerous attraction point of adventurous tourism, new construction of Bridle road for horse riding, repair and restoration of existing structure, landscaping and display of wild flowers at Ram Banavas complex, improvement of trekking route from Barsey to Ram Banavas premises.

Rural Development Department was directed to ensure water supply with the construction of rain water harvesting tank. He articulated on naturally blessed potential of the region and urged for community participation and further shared his vision to transform Ram Banavas as one of the popular tourist destination at international level for nature lovers and tourists. He also advised to exhibit cultural and traditional symbols of all communities.

Earlier, ACF Smt. Urmilla Subba proposed welcome address and drew lights on the purpose and objective of the joint inspection. She said that the Banavas centre couldn’t generate revenue despite of huge investment and touched upon the true leadership of the Minister Sharma and articulated his effort with pressing concern and deep interest to make the destination functional with the introduction of new components.

Hee Kengbari, December 3(IPR): The Second Tyeongsi SiriJunga Statue Foundation Day celebrated with much traditional fervor and enthusiasm at Yumang Thegu / Hee Gaon, West Sikkim, today.
Hon’ble Minister for Public Health Engineering & Water Resources, Shri Bhim Hang Limboo graced the occasion as the Chief Guest and the Hon’ble Minister for Agriculture, Horticulture, AH&VS, IPR & Printing and Stationery Departments Shri Lok Nath Sharma as the Guest of Honour. The programme was also attended by the Hon’ble  Administrative Advisor Shri MP Subba, BDO Dentam BAC Shri Bijay Subba, officials, Principals, Teachers, Students and community leaders and public at large. The programme was organised by 2nd Tyeongsi Naeet Yuksing Tumdum Chumbo.

Addressing the gathering, Minister Bhim Hang Limboo informed that a delegation has appraised the state government regarding the required infrastructure for the upgradation of the Tyeongsi SiriJunga complex. He appealed entire Limboo community to cooperate and maintain unity for the smooth manifestation of various activities for the progress and development of the community members.
He urged people to have patience and faith on the present government and asked for little more time to systematize things in order which was left unsystematic by the previous government, he added. Further he stressed on cultural significance of Limboo community and advised youth artists to care and preserve for future generations.

Minister Shri Lok Nath Sharma, in his address, threw lights on vision of the State Govt under the leadership of the Hon’ble Chief Minister Shri P. S. Tamang and said that the government is putting strong efforts to preserve culture and tradition of all communities. The Government is fully committed to introduce SiriJunga circuit connecting unintroduced SiriJunga Cave of historic significance located at Reshi Khola. He also enlightened gathering to imbibe wisdom and teachings of their respective philosophers to accomplish lofty and noble deeds in our life.

Emphasizing on the importance of Agriculture, Horticulture and Animal Husbandry in our daily life Minister Sharma informed few of the encouraging initiatives and said that the state government will introduce special monthly honorarium to the Milk Producers in near future. The monthly honorarium of Rupees Three Thousand, Two thousand and Fifteen Hundred will be provided to the Milk Producer who delivers twenty five liters, fifteen liters and ten liters of Milk respectively, at their respective collection centre. Minister Sharma also underlined provision of subsidised loan and special grant for the farmers. He also spoke on the developmental activities being taken up by the state government. He also recalled the notable contributions made by then opposition in the last few years for the establishment of statue in the complex.

He also assured to address the pending works of the SiriJunga complex and to celebrate the event in more magnificent way in future period.

Earlier, Shri S.M Tamling briefed on the purpose and objective of organising the event while Shri SM Hembya Administrator of Tyeongsi SiriJunga elaborated the administrative process and functioning of the complex.

Inter School Literary contest was also organised under different categorical competition of Limboo handwriting, Limboo poem, Limboo essay.

The programme also saw traditional performances of Chyabrung competition and ethnic culture of Limboo community like Yeh-rak, Hakparey, Tam-ah-k, Khyalee, palam etc.

Namchi, 3rd December (IPR): Hon’ble Chief Justice High Court of Sikkim Mr Justice Arup Kumar Goswami visited District and Sessions Court at Namchi, today. He was accompanied by Registrar General Mr. K.W.Bhutia, OSD High Court of Sikkim Ms. Subarna Rai and other officials.

Upon his arrival the Chief Justice was given a warm welcome by District and Sessions Judge (South) Mr. Jiwan Kharga, Chief Judical Magistrate (South) Ms. Ranjita Pradhan, Senior Civil Judge cum Judicial Magistrate (South) Ms. Jwala D.Thapa and other officials from District and Sessions Court, Namchi. A guard of honour was also presented by IRBn.

Mangan, December 3 (IPR): The Hon’ble Minister for Roads and Bridges-cum-Patron-in-chief for Namsoong Celebration Committee, Shri Samdup Lepcha, chaired a preparatory meeting for Namsoong celebration with the Heads of Department of North District here at the Conference Hall of Election Office, DAC, Mangan.

The meeting attended amongst other by Area MLA, Dzongu, Shri Pintso Namgyal Lepcha, District Collector, North, Shri Tenzing T. Kaleon, Superintendent of Police, North, Shri Sonam Gyatso Bhutia, and other diginitaries unanimously decided that the tentative date for Namsoong celebration would be January 2nd to January 4th 2020.

Gyalshing, 3rd December 2019 (IPR): The Hon’ble Minister-cum-Area MLA of Gyalshing Bermiok constituency Shri Lok Nath Sharma chaired a coordination meeting to prepare a comprehensive plan for upcoming 315th Birth Anniversary of Tyeongsi SiriJunga at SiriJunga premises, Martam, today.

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Sikkim Shri P.S. Tamang has consented to grace the occasion as the Chief Guest on the Birth Anniversary of Tyeongsi SiriJunga on 12th December 2019 at Martam.

3rd – 5th December 2019:A press conference was held at Directorate of Handicrafts and Handloom, Zero Point, Gangtok on 2nd December 2019 by the Commerce and Industries Department on the eve of the inauguration of the Teesta Rangeet MSME Utsav. The press conference was addressed jointly by Dr. Thomas Chandy, Additional Chief Secretary, Commerce and Industries Department, Ms. Alka Arora, Joint Secretary, Ministry of MSME, Government of India, Mr. Udaya Kumar, Director, National Small Industries Corporation, New Delhi and Ms. Mercy Apao Director MSME Ministry..

Gyalshing, 2nd December, 2019 (IPR): Minister-cum-Area MLA of Gyalshing Bermiok constituency Shri Lok Nath Sharma attended the final match of the Balachaturdashi Mela Cup Open Football Tournament 2019 as the Chief Guest at Community Ground, Legship, today.

Brotherhood FC Ranipool won the Tournament in the exciting final match by 4-2 goals against Childhood FC Namchi. The tournament was organised by Legship based NGO Manav Sewa Samiti.

Gangtok, 2nd Dec (IPR):The launch programme of Matru Vandana Saptah 2019 under Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana(PMMVY) was organised at the conference hall of Social Justice and Welfare Department,Lumsey, Tadong here today.
Smt Dhan Jyoti Mukhia, Secretary,SJ&W Department graced the occasion as the chief guest along with guest participants and host of officials from SJ&W Department.
Matru Vandana Saptah is observed every year with an objective to intensify the implementation of Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) and create a competitive spirit among States and UTs.The best performing States and Districts will be subsequently rewarded at the National level.
The week-long Matru Vandana Saptah 2019 will be celebrated from 2nd to 8th December and is themed as ” Towards Building A Healthy Nation- Surakshik Janani, Vikshit Dharini”.
The programme commenced with the lighting of ceremonial lamps by the chief guest and followed by the welcome address from Deputy Director,ICDS, SJ&W Dept, Shri G.M Subba wherein he presented a brief report and overview on PMMVY, a maternity benefit programme under Ministry of Women and Child Development,Govt of India before the gathering.
Following this,Project Director, Shri Phuchung Bhutia in his address spoke and briefly highlighted on the launch of Matru Vandana Saptah 2019.Further,he urged the gathering to increase the awareness of the ‘Scheme’ among the rura and urban beneficiaries.
Subsequently, Shri Santi Kr Pradhan,Project Supervisor, highlighted on the objectives, benefits and important guidelines under PMMVY.
The programme also saw a brief district wise presentation on the aims and objectives of Matru Vandana Saptah by the concerned CDPOs from all the districts. The concerned CDPOs from the respective district also presented a detailed overview of coverage since the implementation of schemes.
Additionally,Dr Anita highlighted and presented a brief summary on the objectives and provided an in-depth report on the present implementation status of Janani Suraksha Yojana (JSY), a centrally sponsored scheme under National Health Rural Mission.
She also added that the main objective of JSY is to increase institutional deliveries and reduction of Infant mortality rate in the state.
Lastly in her key note address before the gathering, Chief guest,Smt Dhan Jyoti Mukhia spoke on the need to create more awareness among the masses both at rural and urban level and directed the supervisors and CDPOs to take up more awareness campaign in all the districts of the State. She added that the launch of Matru Vandana Saptah will facilitate in getting more enrollment among both the rural and urban masses.
She mainly pointed out that the performance of Sikkim has not been up to the mark as per the target set up by the Centre,hence she urged the CDPOs and supervisors to put in an accelerated efforts to achieve the targets before the stipulated time set up by the Centre.
She also directed the concerned officials to streamline and improve the PMMVY benefit disbursement process.Additionally,she directed the CDPOs to tie up with the functionaries during the upcoming Gram Sabha to get more enrollment and ensure that no household remains uncovered.
She further mentioned about the importance of Aadhar linkages among the beneficiaries from both the rural and urban areas.She so spoke on the success of JSY in Sikkim and reiterated that the main objective of JSY is to increase the institutional deliveries and to ensure safe delivery and added that the institutional deliveries in the state have improved and child mortality rate has reduced in the state since the inception of the scheme.
She highlighted on the role of ASHA workers to increase the uptake of the scheme and urged them to improve their overall performances for which the Department will be incentivising top performers and top performing districts accordingly,she added.
Lastly, she highlighted on the series of activities to be undertaken by the Social Justice and Welfare Department which include organising awareness campaigns,football tournament,painting competition,flash mob,etc and urged the participants to be work more diligently and be actively involved in making the events a huge success.
The programme came to an end with the vote of thanks proposed by Ms Normit Lepcha,Nodal Officer,PMMVY,Social Justice and Welfare Department.