Himalayan Times (1956)

April 8, 1956

Five

N. E. S. BLOCK FOR I.ooal Development works ex- FLOOD CONTROL ADVISORY

plained the objective of N.E h. •..•*■ • _ _„„ _

KALIMPONG Wk ami appealed to.'A. COMMITTEE FORMED

Kalimpong April (i Pp0Ple '° lend hearty eo opera-, Darjepling, April i

Shri S.N Hoy Sub-Divi- tion for,th,° a" „round ^P'0™' On the advice of the

aurio.ii.jvoj. ouu uiyi ment of the villages. He also o(o,„ r>__t.„i 3 ..j

sional officer, Kal.mpong opened mmmmtied the w"ork done by SUte * ood Control Board,

a new road m SinJebong hhas- Sil,debong Gram Panchayet and Weat Bengal, a Com-

mahal Block amidst a large ^ u* £ ^ Qtam mitlee known as the

gathering of village™, the local p^^g to emulate the North Bengal Flood Ad-

gentry and Govt officials of R Rai Sub Committee of the

various-Departments. The one . r . „„.,- •, „ """'j wjuiiuihbo ui uie

and half mile long road was Ineech into Nepali ?Ule Flo°d Contro1 Board-

constructed under the Local 11 ' West Bengal, has been

Development schemes at a cost Th« Btaff of the Lof'al -constituted

of Ra. 8,000/-. Tlie willing co- Agricultural Department irave

operation of the villagers was a demostration of fertilizer trial The functi0ns of the

responsible for the completion & Plant protection w< rk intfae Committee will be to keep

of such an excellent work. The school compound. lea am f nrnhl«m« nf th«

Sub-Divisional Officer inspected Kght refreshments were served the ilood problems ot the

the enti.e length of the road *»> the guests by the dam districts cf North Bengal

and was satisfied with the Panchayt-t The management under review and to

work done. WftS excellent in this regard. advise the State Flood

Later, a public meeting WAS
held at Sindebong Slani Memo-
rial Primary School to inaugu-
rate the work of National Ex
tension Service Block. The
Govt, have sanctioned the es
tablishment of N.E.S. Blo< k in
Kalimpong Police Station with
effect from 1-4-56. The Sab-
Divisional officer was in the
chair. The trainees of Kalim-
pong Farm sang an opening
song. Sri N. B. Gurung M.L.A.
outlined the a:ms & objects of
the N.ES. Block and stressed
fur their successful implemen-
tation. Speaking on the various
development schemes to he
undertaken in the N.E.S. Block,
Sri T. R. 8harma said that the
water supply schemes should
be given priority in the hills
as there is acute scarcity of
drinking water. Ho also sug-
gested that the emoluments of
the teachers of Primary Schools
should be enhanced to a certain
extent—Sri P. P. Sharma spoke
on the importance of the new
road constructed under the
Local Development schemes. In
his address,"he Sub-Divisional
officer gave a review of the
schemes executed under the

WHILE IN KALIMPONG
STAY AT

-CHANDRAS-

Control Board. West

Bengal, on flood control

measures from a broad
point of view.

-A GREAT EASTERN PRODUCT-

Sole Selling Agents
for Assam, North Bengal A Sikkim

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