Darjeeling is Bengal's heart, says Mamata Banerjee
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Deep Gazmer, TNN | May 16, 2013, DARJEELING: Softening her stance on GJM again on Wednesday, chief minister MamataBanerjee referred to Darjeeling as "the heart of Bengal" and went on to greet the crowd in Nepali .
Soon as the CM uttered "Timi haru kasto chau (Hope you are doing fine)", those gathered outside the Gorkha Ranga Manch Bhawan broke into a delightful applause.
However, she made it clear that there will be no division of Bengal. Speaking at a public function in the Hills on Wednesday, Mamata said: "Prakriti (nature) has no boundary and the sky cannot be demarcated."
This apart, Mamata laid the foundation for eight projects, to be undertaken in the Hills, from the newly-built Gorkha Ranga Manch Auditorium. She inaugurated the newly-made main auditorium of the Ranga Manch and a fair price medicine shop at the Darjeeling district hospital.
"I want to see the people of the Hills happy and smiling. Health is important and I want that even the poorest of people have access to quality medicines at affordable price," said the CM as she laid the foundation stones for the district reserve store to be built at Darjeeling's Eden hospital at a cost of Rs1.96 crore and the nine-hole golf course at Sinchel in Jorebungalow.
It may be recalled that the chief minister on Monday had expressed satisfaction over the meeting with GJM president Bimal Gurung on Tuesday evening and stressed on the need to work together. "If we (GJM and GTA) are together, then we can do good work. There was a conspiracy from vested elements to destabilize the state's relation with the Hills but that has failed," said Mamata.
Blaming the erstwhile Left Front government, Mamata said: "Those who ruled Bengal for over thirty years have failed in their gameplan to create a gap between the state government and Hills."
Terming the GTA a 'gift' from the state and Centre, Gurung said: "There was some miscommunication with the state government which has now been cleared. In fact, we regret the chain of events and assure that the January 29 like incident will not be repeated in future."
He seemed all the more upbeat as the state government has already sanctioned Rs103 crores for various development works and Rs 2000 crore for 300MW hydel projects. Mamata also seemed keen to put an end to the drinking water crisis. She said a Rs 304 crore project would be started at Kalimpong, while the one at Darjeeling is pegged at Rs155 crore.
The chief minister has asked the GTA to submit a proposal to develop the chaotic traffic system in the Hills. But when asked about the central university in the Hills that is incorporated in the GTA agreement, Mamata said that it was a central subject.
"There are issues that only a state or a central government or the GTA can do. The central university issue is related to the central government, but we will fervently pursue the matter," she assured.
The Bengal chief minister, however, did not touch upon issues such as withdrawal of political cases against GJM leaders and supporters and waiver of taxes and pending electricity and telephone bills among the many demands placed in the memorandum that was submitted to her on Tuesday
In her second outing to Darjeeling, this year, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated and also laid the foundation stones for eight projects to be under taken in the Hills, as part of the peace keeping process.
Today, she was not the fiery politician unlike on January 29 and instead asked about the well being of the people in the local lingo. "Timi haru kasto chau" she as asked in Nepali much to the delight of the crowd gathered inside the Gorkha Ranga Manch Bhawan.
She then inaugurated the newly constructed main auditorium which was also the venue for today's function and the fair price medicine shop at the Darjeeling district hospital. "I want to see the people of the Hills happy and smiling. Health is important and I want that even the poorest of people have access to quality medicines at affordable price," she said.
The Bengal Chief Minister laid the foundation stones for the district reserve store to be built at the Eden hospital in Darjeeling at a cost of Rs.1.96 crores and the nine hole golf course at Sinchel, Tiger Hill in Jorebungalow pegged at Rs.4673.96 lakhs.
"I feel nice and happy when I see tourists visiting the Hills. We must tap the tourism potential to generate revenue for economic sustenance of the region. My government will extend all cooperation and support to the GTA," said Banerjee.
Other projects to be undertaken are the Rs.1.74 crores repair and renovation of the Dafey Munal tourist lodge at Kalimpong and construction of a new building, a fire station in Mirik,polytechnic colleges in Kalimpong town and Thurboo tea estate in Mirik and ITI centers at Mungpo and Suruk in Kalimpong. Two general degree colleges at Pedong and Gorubathan also in Kalimpong sub-division will also come up.
The CM also said that four ropeway at Rohini, Dello, Namring and Neora Valley would come up besides developing the orchid center at Kalimpong and the road leading to Sandhakpu which a popular trekking destination along with an engineering college at Takdah
She also announced that the state government had already sanctioned Rs.103 crores for various development works and Rs.2000 crores for 300 MW hydel projects. She said to solve the drinking water problem a Rs.304 crores project would be started at Kalimpong and that Rs.155 crores had been sanctioned for Darjeeling.
Banerjee also asked the GTA to submit a proposal to develop the traffic system of the Hills saying it had got chaotic and ensured to promote and bring in more funds for the NREGS. About the demand for a central university in the Hills which is incorporated in the GTA agreement, the chief minister said that it was a central subject. "There are issues that only a state or a central government or the GTA can do. The central university issue is related to the central government, but we will fervently pursue the matter," said Banerjee.
The Bengal chief minister however did not touch upon issues such as withdrawal of political cases against GJM leaders and supporters and waiver of taxes and pending electricity and telephone bills among the many demands placed in a memorandum that was submitted, yesterday to her.
Soon as the CM uttered "Timi haru kasto chau (Hope you are doing fine)", those gathered outside the Gorkha Ranga Manch Bhawan broke into a delightful applause.
However, she made it clear that there will be no division of Bengal. Speaking at a public function in the Hills on Wednesday, Mamata said: "Prakriti (nature) has no boundary and the sky cannot be demarcated."
This apart, Mamata laid the foundation for eight projects, to be undertaken in the Hills, from the newly-built Gorkha Ranga Manch Auditorium. She inaugurated the newly-made main auditorium of the Ranga Manch and a fair price medicine shop at the Darjeeling district hospital.
"I want to see the people of the Hills happy and smiling. Health is important and I want that even the poorest of people have access to quality medicines at affordable price," said the CM as she laid the foundation stones for the district reserve store to be built at Darjeeling's Eden hospital at a cost of Rs1.96 crore and the nine-hole golf course at Sinchel in Jorebungalow.
It may be recalled that the chief minister on Monday had expressed satisfaction over the meeting with GJM president Bimal Gurung on Tuesday evening and stressed on the need to work together. "If we (GJM and GTA) are together, then we can do good work. There was a conspiracy from vested elements to destabilize the state's relation with the Hills but that has failed," said Mamata.
Blaming the erstwhile Left Front government, Mamata said: "Those who ruled Bengal for over thirty years have failed in their gameplan to create a gap between the state government and Hills."
Terming the GTA a 'gift' from the state and Centre, Gurung said: "There was some miscommunication with the state government which has now been cleared. In fact, we regret the chain of events and assure that the January 29 like incident will not be repeated in future."
He seemed all the more upbeat as the state government has already sanctioned Rs103 crores for various development works and Rs 2000 crore for 300MW hydel projects. Mamata also seemed keen to put an end to the drinking water crisis. She said a Rs 304 crore project would be started at Kalimpong, while the one at Darjeeling is pegged at Rs155 crore.
The chief minister has asked the GTA to submit a proposal to develop the chaotic traffic system in the Hills. But when asked about the central university in the Hills that is incorporated in the GTA agreement, Mamata said that it was a central subject.
"There are issues that only a state or a central government or the GTA can do. The central university issue is related to the central government, but we will fervently pursue the matter," she assured.
The Bengal chief minister, however, did not touch upon issues such as withdrawal of political cases against GJM leaders and supporters and waiver of taxes and pending electricity and telephone bills among the many demands placed in the memorandum that was submitted to her on Tuesday
In her second outing to Darjeeling, this year, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today inaugurated and also laid the foundation stones for eight projects to be under taken in the Hills, as part of the peace keeping process.
Today, she was not the fiery politician unlike on January 29 and instead asked about the well being of the people in the local lingo. "Timi haru kasto chau" she as asked in Nepali much to the delight of the crowd gathered inside the Gorkha Ranga Manch Bhawan.
She then inaugurated the newly constructed main auditorium which was also the venue for today's function and the fair price medicine shop at the Darjeeling district hospital. "I want to see the people of the Hills happy and smiling. Health is important and I want that even the poorest of people have access to quality medicines at affordable price," she said.
The Bengal Chief Minister laid the foundation stones for the district reserve store to be built at the Eden hospital in Darjeeling at a cost of Rs.1.96 crores and the nine hole golf course at Sinchel, Tiger Hill in Jorebungalow pegged at Rs.4673.96 lakhs.
"I feel nice and happy when I see tourists visiting the Hills. We must tap the tourism potential to generate revenue for economic sustenance of the region. My government will extend all cooperation and support to the GTA," said Banerjee.
Other projects to be undertaken are the Rs.1.74 crores repair and renovation of the Dafey Munal tourist lodge at Kalimpong and construction of a new building, a fire station in Mirik,polytechnic colleges in Kalimpong town and Thurboo tea estate in Mirik and ITI centers at Mungpo and Suruk in Kalimpong. Two general degree colleges at Pedong and Gorubathan also in Kalimpong sub-division will also come up.
The CM also said that four ropeway at Rohini, Dello, Namring and Neora Valley would come up besides developing the orchid center at Kalimpong and the road leading to Sandhakpu which a popular trekking destination along with an engineering college at Takdah
She also announced that the state government had already sanctioned Rs.103 crores for various development works and Rs.2000 crores for 300 MW hydel projects. She said to solve the drinking water problem a Rs.304 crores project would be started at Kalimpong and that Rs.155 crores had been sanctioned for Darjeeling.
Banerjee also asked the GTA to submit a proposal to develop the traffic system of the Hills saying it had got chaotic and ensured to promote and bring in more funds for the NREGS. About the demand for a central university in the Hills which is incorporated in the GTA agreement, the chief minister said that it was a central subject. "There are issues that only a state or a central government or the GTA can do. The central university issue is related to the central government, but we will fervently pursue the matter," said Banerjee.
The Bengal chief minister however did not touch upon issues such as withdrawal of political cases against GJM leaders and supporters and waiver of taxes and pending electricity and telephone bills among the many demands placed in a memorandum that was submitted, yesterday to her.
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