Himalayan Times (1962)

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Himalayan Times

September Z, 195

SOCIETY FORMED BY
MOUNTAINEERS

Calcutta, Aug. 30
Tho members of the
Nanda Ghunti and Mana
Expeditions have formed
an association, called Par-
vat Abhiyatri Sengha, in
Calcutta, with Mr. Asoka
Kumar Sarkar, Editor,
Anauda Bazar Patiika, as
its president. Its aim is
to further the cause of
mountaineering, Wtst Ben-
gal.

Tbe secretary of the
organization, air. Subol
Chandra Bandopadbyaya,
said on Wednesday that
tbe first expedition to be
orgnnizsd by the Sangha
woui a cover the Sikkim
Himalayas. Preparations
f.jr the expedition bad
already o«a started.

He said the Samba's
ultimate aim wa-j to <»etid
a tsa;_ tv KincheuiungE*
in Its programme

in 1963 would be a fort
of pre-Kaneber; jr.ghft
course. For thi? a fiad
chosen tbe Kabru region
m Wett-rn Sikkim, where
there ere a numbrT of
foimidabie peaks—Kabru
,'24 075 ft . Kabru South
(it'.OO'i ft;, Rat bong (21,«11
fi *nd Kaktaug (20.166
ft)

Tbe expedition to tbe
Sikkim Himalayas would
sturt from Calcutta early
in March next year. It
w j expected that tbe
exploration of the Kabru

PHYTO CHEMICAL UNIT
FOrf MUNGPO
Calcutta, Aug. 29
A State owned pbyto-
ohemical factory on a
oottage industry basis
will be set up at Kungpo
in Dar jeehng for the ma-
nufacture of digitalis tab-
lets, tincture ipeoao and
other products of ipecac
roots.

This was announced
at a meeting of the Me-
dicinal Plants Committee
held at Writers Building,
Calcutta on Tuesday by
the State Minister, Dr.
P K. Guba. It was also
disclosed that the Govern-
ment bad deeided to un.
dertake on an experimen-
tal basis, a uew venture-
cultivation of oocaine
yielding plant, firythoxy-
Iobi Coca.

The target of produc*
sng 40/00 lb of ipeoao
a year has already been
achieved arid it is now
proposed to extend its
cultivation to ensure an
additional output of 30,000
lb of ipecac roots every
year.

region would be completed
by the las: week of March.
The y a lung Glaoier and
tbe south west face of
Kanchenj'.mgha would be
studied during the first
threa wetks of April. The
expedition was expected
to return to Darjeeling
through Siugalila ridge by
the first week of May.

AREA OCCUPIED SY
CHINESE
New Delhi, Aug. 35 i
Mr. Nehru said in a, j
written anBwer in the Lok ]
Sabha on Tuesday that ;
the Chinese forces are \
illegally in control of ap- I
proximately 10,000 to |
)2,0t0 squire miles of
Indian territory in La-
dakh." Keplyiug to Mr.
Arora, he added that the
Chinese were not in oc-
cupation of any area in i
NEFA or in Uttar Pra-
desh. Six square miles in
the Bara Hoti plateau
had been demilitarized by
mutual agreement.

TOURIST LODGES FOR
WEST BENGAL

Calcutta, Aug 30
Construction of tourist
lodges at places of interest
in West Bengal was one
of the suggestions made
by the Chief Minister, Mr,
P. C. Sen, at the State
Touriet Advisory Board
meeting in Calcutta on
Wednesday.

Tbe Government, he
said, proposed to build
lodges at Dai'gapur, Ber-
hampore, DerjeeliDg San-
tiniketan. Maid .a, Kaiim-
pong, Digha and Bishnu-
pur.

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