মাননীয় সাংসদ দার্জিলিং শ্রী রাজু বিস্তা মহাশয়ের সাথে দ্বিতীয় সেবক সেতুর নির্মাণ এর দাবি নিয়ে সবিস্তারে আলোচনা

মাননীয় সাংসদ দার্জিলিং শ্রী রাজু বিস্তা মহাশয়ের সাথে দ্বিতীয় সেবক সেতুর নির্মাণ এর দাবি  নিয়ে সবিস্তারে আলোচনা হয় এবং তিনি সেবক দ্বিতীয় সেবক সেতুর প্রাসঙ্গিকতার সাথে সহমত প্রসন করে আমাদের আসস্ত করেছেন যে তিনি এই ব্যাপারে সম্পূর্ণ সহযোগিতা করবেন এর সাথে তিনি কেন্দ্রীয় মন্ত্রী সড়ক পরিবহন দপ্তর শ্রী নিতিন গড়করি মহাশয়ের সাথে আলোচনা করে দ্রুত দ্বিতীয় সেবক সেতু নির্মাণকার্য শুরু করবার প্রক্রিয়া করাবেন বলে আসস্ত করেছেন l আমাদের ফোরাম এর পক্ষ থেকে আমাদের সম্পাদক ওনাকে অনুরোধ করেন  যাতে আমাদের এই রিজিওন এর ৩ জন সাংসদ মিলে এই দাবিটি  তুলে ধরেন তবেই দীর্ঘ দিনের এই স্বপ্ন পূরণ হবে । বিশেষ করে বর্ষাকালে এই রাস্তা চলাচল করা আমাদের জন্য খুবই দুর্যোগপূর্ণ ও প্রত্যেক এর জীবন  হাতে  নিয়ে যাওয়ার মত হই । আমরা খুবই  আশাবাদী  রাজ্য সরকার এবং কেন্দ্র সরকার মিলে আমাদের এই দাবি পূরণ করবার জন্য দ্রুত পদক্ষেপ নেবেন  । আমাদের পক্ষ থেকে বিভিন্ন সময় যেই রিপোর্ট বা তথ্য সংগ্রহ করা হইছিলো সেইগুলো সব মাননীয় সাংসদ এর  হাতে তুলে দেওয়া হয় । সাংসদ মহাশয় খুব সুন্দর ভাবে আমাদের দাবি নিয়ে আমাদের পুরো টীমকে সাধুবাদ জানান এত জরুরি একটি দাবি ওনার কাছে তুলে ধরবার  জন্য । 

আমরা খুব আশাবাদী কিন্তু বিগত  দিনে আমরা বিভিন্ন মহলে  অনেক আশ্বাস  পেলেও, কোনোরূপ কাজের অগ্রগতি হতে দেখিনি l

এইবার আমরা পুরো টীম নিশ্চিত একত্রিত হয়েছি যতক্ষণ পর্যন্ত না আমাদের "দ্বিতীয় সেবক সেতুর নির্মাণের " কাজ শুরু হচ্ছে  ততদিন পর্যন্ত আমাদের আন্দোলন চলছে চলবে ।

প্রত্যেক সদস্যকে ও ডুয়ার্স অঞ্চলের সমগ্র স্তরের মানুষের কাছে অনুরোধ এই ভাবেই আমাদের  পাশে থাকবার ও সহযোগিতার  অনুরোধ জানাই ।

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Pangolin seized, 5 Bhutanese arrested in Siliguri

Acting on a tip-off, North Bengal Police arrested 5 Bhutan nationals in Siliguri and seized a pangolin worth Rs 6 lakhs from their possession.

Kept in a biscuit carton, the pangolin was being smuggled to Bangladesh via Siliguri, police informed on Friday.

A vehicle bearing Bhutanese registration has also been seized by the police.
The identity and details about the five arrested have not been revealed due to security reasons.

Police informed that the five men are part of an international wildlife smuggling racket.

Police produced the five at the Chief Judicial Magistrate Court in Jalpaiguri and two have been remanded to police custody and the remaining three to Judicial custody.
Later, the Pangolin was released in the Bengal Safari in Siliguri.

Pangolins’ scales and flesh fetch high amounts in the international markets hence they are highly vulnerable to poaching.

CYCLE RALLY CARRIED OUT TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT INDIAN ARMY

CYCLE RALLY CARRIED OUT TO SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT INDIAN ARMY

  In an outreach to spread awareness amongst the youth of Sikkim about Indian Army, a cycle rally is being conducted by Sikkim Scouts battalion of the Army from 23 Sep to 4 Oct. The rally was flagged off by GOC, today, from Gangtok.

HORRENDOUS: Father Raped 13-Year-Old Daughter for Two Years, Then Murdered Her – in Kalimpong

HORRENDOUS: Father Raped 13-Year-Old Daughter for Two Years, Then Murdered Her – in Kalimpong

Kalimpong , 13 Dec (TDC) : “My father has made my life hell, I fear someday, I may die” – perhaps the 13-year-old girl, whose dead body was recovered by police yesterday knew she didn’t have long to live.

Her friends from the village, who heard her say “My father has made my life hell, I fear someday, I may die” were children like her, and they didn’t know what she meant. The little girl who died, never got a chance to tell them the whole truth. Most of her friends are in shock.

Jaldhaka police have arrested 45-years-old Shukra Bahadur Pradhan from the remote Lower Godak village, on charges of murdering his own daughter. They were in for a shock, when the culprit confessed to also repeatedly raping his daughter for the past two years. This grotesque episode of human depravity just doesn’t end there. After murdering her, Shukra had audaciously buried his daughter next to his house, hoping it would cover his crime.

According to sources, Shukra Bahadur Pradhan was a very controlling person. He never allowed his daughter to mingle with anyone else. If she got delayed even by minutes while coming from somewhere, he would literally make her life hell, by brutally beating her up. The neighbours also informed the press that, he used to brutalize his wife too, because of which, she had left him roughly two years ago.

On the night of the 9th of December, the little girl had been delayed similarly, he went on to brutalize her, and later killed her. He then attempted to hide his crime by burying her right next to his house. On the 10th of December, informed had his nephew that his daughter had committed suicide the night before, “so I buried her.”

Shocked, his nephew went to inquire, and when he found the place where the little girl had been buried, he raised alarm. This brought other people from the village there, and gradually the truth came out.

When Jaldhaka Police OC Nilam Sanjeev Kujur conducted preliminary interrogation/inquiry at the site of murder, Shukra Bahadur Pradhan told him, in front of the press, how she had threatened to expose his repeatedly raping her, and he ended up killing her.

This incident has left everyone in the village numb, with his own family members now asking for a death sentence for him.

Police have recovered the dead body of the little girl, and have sent it for autopsy. Meanwhile, Shukra Bahadur Pradhan was presented at the Kalimpong District Court, and the court has sent him on 7 days of police custody. Cases have been filed against him under sections IPC 302, 201 and POCSO RW Section 6.

Source The Darjeeling Chronicles

NO SAATHI CAME TO THEIR RESCUE – Father murders disabled son, hangs himself in Dooars

People in North Bengal have suffered utter deprivation, discrimination and administrative apathy for so long, that the news of a father killing his disabled son and hanging himself, due to them not being able to afford an operation hasn’t even made headlines in local news outlets. So many have died in the past due to starvation, lack of health care, lack of medicines in Dooars that two more added to the stats, no matter how grotesque the deaths were, didn’t even register a bleep in the local news cycle, let alone regional or national news. The news of this desperation lead murder-suicide was perhaps not even considered newsworthy.

DESPERATE FATHER
Baroghoria Gram, which falls under Kranti police station in the Malbazar sub-division of Alipurduar District where the incident took place, is like every other typical village in Dooars, North Bengal. It is predominantly an Adivasi village, and there is not much to write about in terms of infrastructure. Suffice it to say, infrastructure in the form of basic health care is nonexistent. Abhiraj Oroan - a tribal child was born in this faraway village with imperforate anus - a rare birth disorder where the child has an improperly developed anus, and therefore can't pass stool normally from their rectum out of their body. He would release stool through a small hole in his navel.

His father Pandit Oroan (35) was desperate, with a very limited income. He was desperate to have his son operated on, a date for which was set towards the end of December this year. This operation, known as anoplasty, could have opened up Abhiraj’s rectum and the child would have been able to have a normal stool procedure. Sadly the operation cost money, which Pandit Oroan didn’t have.

Unable to collect funds needed to pay for the operation, Pandit took the most unfortunate decision.

His wife, who is still in grief stated, “around 7 PM on the 2nd of December he took the child out... I didn’t think much, only later we found that he had drowned the baby in the well behind the house and had hung himself by the tree.”

FAILED SYSTEM
Across India, the Central Government has introduced “Ayushman Bharat” scheme, which provides for up to Rs 5 Lakhs health insurance per year to economically marginalized families, and has helped hundreds of thousands of people like Pandit Oroan. However in West Bengal, the benefits of this scheme are yet to percolate down to the grassroots level. Bengal has resisted the introduction of Ayushman Bharat scheme, instead they are adamant on increasing the scope of their existing “Swasthya Sathi” scheme.

In Bengal, the state government had started a group health scheme “Swasthya Sathi” - that covers mostly contractual and part-time government employees, back in 2016, and they have shown their willingness to join the Ayushman Bharat scheme, but the modalities are yet to be worked out. This has left millions of economically marginalized families deprived. Though “Swasthya Sathi” scheme does call for inclusion of “deprived sections of the society” in its fold, on the ground the scheme is yet to reach deprived families, like that of Pandit Oraon.

Back in Barogharia Gram as the news of this murder-suicide spread, locals along with police officials rushed to the site of the incident. While a huge crowd had gathered after their death, the father-son didn’t have any saathi to count on, when they needed help the most.

As the Bengal government has been unable to provide proper health care support to the marginalized families, shouldn’t they ethically step aside, and permit the Central government scheme to take care of them?

Many have started to ask.

Source : thedarjeelingchronicle

Tata Motors inaugurates its new passenger vehicles showroom in Siliguri

-Unveils the All New Tigor and announces Bookings open for the much awaited Harrier-

Siliguri, October 26, 2018: Tata Motors launched a new state-of-the-art full-range passenger vehicle showroom and workshop, M/s Rangeet Auto, in Siliguri today. Expanding its class leading automotive experience, the inauguration of this showroom and workshop is a step forward towards Tata Motors’ aggressive network expansion plans, in line with its Turnaround 2.0 strategy.

At the same occasion, the Company also unveiled the all new Tigor in Siliguri and announced the bookings open of its much awaited SUV based on the revolutionary architecture and derived from Land Rover’s legendary D8 architecture – The Tata Harrier. While the customers can book the HARRIER with an amount of INR 30,000 on www.tataharrier.com or by visiting the nearest Tata Motors authorized dealership, the all new Tigor can be purchased at all authorized Tata Motors dealerships at a starting price of INR. 5.17 Lakhs for the petrol variant (powered by the 1.2L Revotron) and INR. 6.05 Lakhs for the diesel variant (powered by the 1.05L Revotorq), ex – showroom, Siliguri.

Commenting at the event, Mr. S N Barman - Vice President, Sales, Marketing & Customer Support, Passenger Vehicles Business Unit - “With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the center of our brand promise, we at Tata Motors are working with our network partners to offer our customers a solid product mix and a delightful experience. We continue to enhance and expand our product line up and network to cater to our demanding customers with high expectations. As part of our Turnaround 2.0 journey, we are concentrating on optimizing various business levers and focusing on strengthening our sales network and customer experience, in order to enhance performance and profitability. The launch of this dealership is a step forward in that direction.”

 

According to Mr. Amit Aggarwal, Dealer Principal, Rangeet Auto Pvt Ltd, “We are delighted to partner with Tata Motors and are extremely happy to launch this showroom today in Siliguri. With a commitment to provide best in class purchase experience during sales to all our customers, we look forward to working with Tata Motors and strengthen our relationship in the years to come.”

The Company has 2 dealerships in Siliguri and boasts of 28 showrooms in West Bengal overall. Spanning across 4000 sq. ft. of area, this newly inaugurated showroom is strategically located in Sevoke Road, and will cater to the aspiring customers of the city with a stunning range of new generation passenger cars from Tata Motors.  At the launch, Mr. Barman also unveiled the next generation compact sedan, all new Tata Tigor. With exclusively styled interiors and exteriors, this premium compact sedan will be available in petrol (powered by the 1.2L Revotron) and diesel (powered by the 1.05L Revotorq) variants, across all Tata Motors authorized sales outlets.

 

Equipped with the latest technology, this new showroom will retail the new generation PV line-up. The company also offers a workshop to its customers which is equipped with latest equipment and advanced mechanization and automation. Tata Motors aims to increase its reach aggressively and through these showrooms it will continue to offer best value and experience to customers. Tata Motors’ Turnaround 2.0 journey will continue to focus on ‘Winning sustainably in PVs’ with an objective to increase market presence and drive volumes in PVs.

 

-Ends-

About Tata Motors

Tata Motors Limited (BSE: TATAMOTORS), a USD 45 billion organisation, is a leading global automobile manufacturer of cars, utility vehicles, buses, trucks and defence vehicles. Part of the USD 100 billion Tata group, Tata Motors is India’s largest and the only OEM offering extensive range of integrated, smart and e-mobility solutions. Tata Motors has operations in the UK, South Korea, Thailand, South Africa, and Indonesia through a strong global network of 109 subsidiary and associate companies, including Jaguar Land Rover in the UK and Tata Daewoo in South Korea.

With a focus on engineering and tech enabled automotive solutions catering to the future of mobility, Tata Motors is India’s market leader in commercial vehicles and amongst the top four in the passenger vehicles market. With ‘Connecting Aspirations’ at the core of its brand promise, the company’s innovation efforts are focused to develop pioneering technologies that are sustainable as well as suited to evolving aspirations of the market and the customers. Tata Motors strives to bring new products that fire the imagination of GenNext customers, fueled by state of the art design and R&D centers located in India, the UK, Italy and Korea. Internationally, Tata commercial and passenger vehicles are marketed in countries, spread across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, South East Asia, South America, Australia, CIS, and Russia.

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OUR DAUGHTERS, OUR PRIDE: SWASTIKA LAMA – 1ST CLASS 1ST GOLD MEDAL – MA HISTORY

TheTD team CONGRATULATES our young scholars who have brought pride and joy to the community due to their outstanding achievement in the field of academia.

Today we are celebrating Ms. Swastika Lama, for being awarded Gold Medal in MA (History)

Swastika Lama the daughter of Mrs. Sunita Rai Lama and Mr. Tendup Lama a resident of Tukdah T.E, Darjeeling was awarded a Gold Medal from the North Bengal University on her exceptional achievement in M.A History.

She completed her schooling from St. Joseph Girls High School and St. Alphonsus Higher secondary School, Kurseong.respectively.

She completed her B.A Honours in History from St.Josephs College Darjeeling.

In addition to winning the Gold Medal, she is also a recipient of the Prestigious Suroj Mohini Debi Medal, an endowment award for excellency in academics.The Suroj Mohini Debi Medal is given by Sir Nirpen Bakshi.

Currently she is pursuing her MPhil degree in History, with specialization in the Eastern Himalayan History.

In coming from the humble background of a small town school, and going on to win the Gold Medal by topping the University, Swastika has shown that our Gorkha daughters can match and out match anyone in the world.

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Please note that we will be sharing more such scholars in the coming days, if you know of any Gold or Silver Medal winners from our region, please send us their details