Rs 200-crore Gorkhaland Territorial Administration Project Report scrapped, says Darjeeling MP Raju Bista
Following the resignation of GTA Chief Executive Anit Thapa and several other members, the GTA is presently being run by officials.
Following the resignation of GTA Chief Executive Anit Thapa and several other members, the GTA is presently being run by officials.
BJP MP Raju Bista said the state budget focuses on employment generation, women's empowerment, education, healthcare and regional development despite inheriting a substantial debt burden.
The Chief Minister alleged that the hills had always been neglected and fell prey to rampant corruption by the erstwhile TMC government.
Ms Paul, the minister for women and child development and social welfare, accompanied by local MP Raju Bista, inspected drinking water supply projects being implemented in the Mirik Municipality area under the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) 2.0 scheme, which is being funded by the Central government.
A complaint alleging possible irregularities in the implementation of the Bharat Dal scheme in the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) region has been taken up by Darjeeling MP Raju Bista, who has written to Union minister Prahlad Joshi seeking a detailed inquiry.
At a time when chief minister Mamata Banerjee has appealed to citizens to contribute to a public disaster relief fund for rebuilding flood- and landslide-hit North Bengal, Darjeeling MP Raju Bista has raised serious questions about the state’s handling of central disaster relief funds and its refusal to officially declare the calamity as a “disaster.”
In his letter, the BJP MP claimed that he had highlighted the significant loss of lives, damage to critical infrastructure such as roads and bridges, and the destruction of agricultural fields, homesteads, and livelihoods.
The India–Nepal border at Panitanki, under Naxalbari block in Darjeeling district has been fully reopened after temporary restrictions caused by recent protests in Nepal.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Thursday held a review meeting with senior officials of the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), who are in the region to conduct a detailed survey of NH-10 and chalk out solutions to its recurring problems.
Darjeeling MP Raju Bista on Wednesday met Union road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari in New Delhi and submitted a detailed report on the worsening condition of National Highway 10 (NH-10), the lifeline connecting Sikkim with the rest of India.
