Funds for civic revamp

http://www.telegraphindia.comKalimpong, March 19: The state municipal affairs department has handed over Rs 1 crore to Kalimpong Municipality for the upgrade of the water distribution system here.Municipality chairman C.K. Kumai said the money was released on the basis of a project report prepared by the public health engineering department in 2001. The report had estimated the …

Centenary fest for Sumi hostel- McDonald to come from Scotland

http://www.telegraphindia.com RAJEEV RAVIDAS Kalimpong, March 15: Once a hostel for outstation students and now the primary section, Robertson Hostel of Scottish University Mission Institution (Sumi) will complete its 100th year this November. Though the exact date for the centenary of the building is still a few months to go, the celebrations will start from Sunday. …

Sericulture Awareness Programme

Kalimpong The Centre and State Sericulture Department with the help of the local Vijay Rani Sericulture Club and Mankind in Action for Rural Growth (MARG) organized a joint awareness programme on sericulture on the 6th of March 2007 at the Maria Basti community hall. More than forty residents from the villages in and around Maria …

Students part of clean-up plan

http://www.telegraphindia.com Kalimpong, March 7: This spring, the hill town will be a prettier sight with cleaner and black-topped roads, coupled with flowers in bloom. After years of neglect, the many potholed roads here are being repaired, including thorough carpeting of the 14-km stretch of the state highway from Chitrey till here. The soon-to-be-launched “Keep Kalimpong …

Poor score on water front

http://www.telegraphindia.com RAJEEV RAVIDAS Siliguri, March 6: Neora Water Supply Scheme authorities have, by their own admission, managed to successfully plug only five illegal tapping points from their main pipeline. The pipeline carries water from Neora khola to the Deolo reservoir near here. This was revealed today by Kalimpong subdivisional officer, Shakeel Ahmed, after a review …