In the wake of indefinite bandh called by GJMM w.e.f 03/08/2013, the East District Administration in coordination with other Departments concerned has taken the following precautionary measures/arrangements to ensure free flow of essential commodities and passanger traffic to and from Siliguri to avoid any public inconvenience: 1. ADC East, Shri Kapil Meena, IAS has been made the Nodal Officer to coordinate with East District Police and Nodal Officers of concerned Departments, GMC and wholesale suppliers to maintain normal supplies of essential commodities and free flow of vehicular traffic. 2. Vehicular Movement: The vehicular movement plan is constantly monitored and coordinated by SP East. Vehicles are being released from Rangpo and Siliguri in convoy with police escort. The timing and plan of assembly is being looked after by OC Rangpo in coordination with Jt. G.M. SNT, Siliguri. The report on vehicular movement of today i.e. 03/08/2013 till 5:30 pm is as under: a. To Siliguri Sl.no. Time Number of Vehicles Status 1 1000 hrs 47 Reached safely 2 1430 hrs 48 Reached safely 3 1700 hrs 20 Departed TOTAL (1+2) 115 b. From Siliguri to Rangpo 1 1230 hrs 6 (5 SNT Buses+ 1 Alto) Reached safely 2 1610 hrs 16 (6 SNT Buses+10 mixed) Reached safely Likewise, the tentative plan of convoy is three convoys per day at 0900hrs 1230 hrs and 1530 hrs from Rangpo to Siliguri. In the same way the tentative timing from Siliguri to Rangpo is around 1230 hrs and 1600 hrs. However, the timing may vary based on assembly of vehicles, the assessment of situation and reports received from Darjeeling District Administration. All people going to and coming from Siliguri are requested to plan their travel accordingly. 3. DAC Control Room at MG Marg is operational 24x7 to help and guide the needy people. 4. To asses the status of essential supplies, a meeting was held today at 12:30 pm with the officials of FCS & CA department and local vendors. DCSO East and the local vendors informed that there is no shortage of essential commodities as of now. The have been instructed to keep buffer stock and report to the District Administration whenever a shortfall is felt. Further, they were briefed about the arrangements to ensure normal supply of essential commodities. 5. Contact details of the important persons are as follows: Sl No. Name, Designation, Department & Place of Posting Mobile Number 1 G.T. Lachungpa CE (Operations), SNT Gtk - 9434022244 2 K.N. Bhutia Jt. GM, SNT, Rangpo - 9434255555 3 Ugen Lepcha, Jt. GM, SNT, Siliguri - 9434109839 4 Kapil Meena, IAS, ADC East, Nodal Officer (Coordination) 8768024404 5 Police Control Room, Gangtok 03592221566 6 District Control Room (Disaster management), Gangtok 03592204995 7 Sonam Wongyal Lepcha, DPO, Disaster management, Gangtok 9434211641 8 M. Thapa, SDPO, Gangtok - 8170006003 9 Samdup Bhutia, SDM Rangpo - 9434725044 10 Tshering Sherpa, SHO, Rangpo - 8170006009 The situation is completely under control and there is no need to panic. (SDM East)
Posted on: Sat, 03 Aug 2013 15:02:08 +0000
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