An asset in the Hills he hailed from

 

SNS, SILIGURI 2 DECEMBER 2020 : Ram Kumar Yonzone, the first man from the Hills to obtain the BE Degree in Electrical Engineering, had just marked his 76th birthday on l5 November, when Covid-19 struck and he lost the battle against the virus on 29 November.

The youngest brother of noted educationist in the hills, Dr GSYonzone, he had completed the degree course from the Jalpaiguri Govt Engineering College in 1969.

Born in 1944 in Sinji Busty in KalimpongYonzone had his school education from the Kalimpong Govt High School with KBGurung, an eminent school educationist of the time, as the Headmaster. After the degree and after gaining some experience from Sikkim, Bhutan and Nepal, he finally joined the West Bengal Electricity Board as Assist ant Engineer, where he use to become the lone Hillman to occupy the post of the Superintendent Engineer in 2001 before superannuation. It was in this position as a Circle Manager, Darjeeling Distribution Circle, that he was responsible for looking after the electricity distribution programme of the Board in the Hills and the plains of North Bengal.

Devoted and dedicated in discharging his responsibility with utmost honesty and faithfulness, consistently for about three decades, he succeeded in keeping the service reputation of the Board flying high, while also regularly meeting up the needs of the consumers without any break. He proved himself an asset of the hill region that he hailed from. His premature demise is deeply being mourned by his family members, relatives and all those who knew him well.

An extremely humble and meek person, the late Yonzone leaves behind his wife, a son, a daughter, daughter-in- law and a grandson.