Siliguri: The Darjeeling district administration has asked the departments to expedite development work in the tribal dominated areas of the Siliguri subdivision.
“We have marked 80 backward villages in the subdivision and have started work according to a micro plan drawn up for each village with a view to create a constant source of income,” Surendra Gupta, the district magistrate of Darjeeling, said here today.
“It has also been decided to construct houses under the Indira Awas Yojana for people residing in the gardens. But we are facing a problem in executing the scheme as the management of the tea estates has not provided the no-objection certificates. So far, not a single estate in the Terai has provided NOC to the beneficiaries.”
Gupta said they had informed the problem to Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh and also to tea board officials. “They are expected to intervene soon,” he added.
Administrative sources said the chief minister, during his visit here earlier this month, had instructed comprehensive development for the tribals through speedy implementation of schemes and disbursement of SC/ST certificates.
“The chief minister had asked the departments working in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts to focus on tribal development to ensure that no further problem like the one in the hills mushroom in these areas,” a source said.
Source: The Telegraph
“We have marked 80 backward villages in the subdivision and have started work according to a micro plan drawn up for each village with a view to create a constant source of income,” Surendra Gupta, the district magistrate of Darjeeling, said here today.
“It has also been decided to construct houses under the Indira Awas Yojana for people residing in the gardens. But we are facing a problem in executing the scheme as the management of the tea estates has not provided the no-objection certificates. So far, not a single estate in the Terai has provided NOC to the beneficiaries.”
Gupta said they had informed the problem to Union minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh and also to tea board officials. “They are expected to intervene soon,” he added.
Administrative sources said the chief minister, during his visit here earlier this month, had instructed comprehensive development for the tribals through speedy implementation of schemes and disbursement of SC/ST certificates.
“The chief minister had asked the departments working in Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri districts to focus on tribal development to ensure that no further problem like the one in the hills mushroom in these areas,” a source said.
Source: The Telegraph
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