Remote village lights up on solar power
V Teeja Deepak, sub-divisional officer of Kurseong recently inaugurated a project to instal solar lights in a remote village, an initiative of the Kolkata Society for Cultural Heritage (KSCH).
V Teeja Deepak, sub-divisional officer of Kurseong recently inaugurated a project to instal solar lights in a remote village, an initiative of the Kolkata Society for Cultural Heritage (KSCH).
Inspired by India’s first Digital Nomad Village, recently launched in Sikkim’s Yakten, stakeholders in north Bengal’s tourism industry have begun exploring similar possibilities across the region.
Hundreds of people staged a dharna (demonstration) in Kurseong since morning, protesting the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was hit by a toy train.
The 2nd Darjeeling Ecotourism and Cultural Festival will be held at Ahal Ground, Sittong III, Kurseong, under the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) from 7-9 February.
Nestled in the lap of the Eastern Himalayas, Kurseong, once a quaint hill town, is now emerging as a vibrant tourism hotspot in West Bengal, attracting travelers with its serene beauty and rich cultural tapestry.
The town has been witnessing more birds and more of their activities as compared to normal days.
“He has been admitted in hospital and the remaining have been sent for institutional quarantine. We are tracing others who came in contact with him,” said a health department official.
Kurseong Divisional Forest Officer J Sheikh Fareed has expressed concerns over such a situation in the forest areas.
The deceased was a permanent resident of Kalimpong but for the past several decades he had been staying in Delhi, running a music-institute 'Parikrama'.
The sudden hailstorm accompanied by rain, brought intense cold in Tindharia as well as in and around Kurseong region.
