'Buddha Purnima' Declared State Holiday In Bengal....... Tourist Spots In Kalimpong To Be Showcased: Mamata

IANS | 15 Feb 2017 5:22 AM | Kalimpong : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday declared 'Buddha Purnima' as a state holiday from this year onward.

Buddha Purnima marks Gautama Buddha's birth anniversary. 

"We have many Buddhist monasteries in the state and there are many people, particularly in the hills of north Bengal, who practise this religion. On their demand, we have declared Buddha Purnima as a state holiday from this year," Banerjee said at the end of an administrative meeting in new district Kalimpong. 

Banerjee said the state government will do its bit to make the hill district a tourist destination.

Tourist Spots In Kalimpong To Be Showcased: Mamata  

Radhika |Millenium Post, 15 Feb 2017 6:33 AM | Kalimpong: A day after the creation of a new Kalimpong district in West Bengal, state Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today said that her government would showcase it on the lines of Darjeeling.

"Everyone is very happy with the new district.

All officials were present and participated at the meeting, we had very fruitful discussions," she told reporters here after the administrative meeting.

"We had positive discussions regarding developmental projects that will be taken up in the new district," she said.

She said that many tourists visit Darjeeling. But Kalimpong also has a number of tourist spots which would be showcased.

Yesterday, the chief minister had announced a slew of development projects for the newly-created district and said that a Rs 220 crore road link project would be taken up to connect Kalimpong with Sikkim via the old Silk Route.

She had said that a Rs 50 crore water supply project by the public health engineering department will be taken up soon to address Kalimpong's water scarcity problem.