The demand for merging six Gram Panchayat areas to form a Block Development Office in Teesta by residents in and around the Teesta GP area has started picking up momentum. Several political and apolitical groups have started pressurising the government over the demand. Residents with the support of local political bodies have already formed a New Block Formation Committee to place their demand before the government. The CPRM Highway Block 1 Zonal Committee leadership today sent a deputation through fax to the chief secretary of the Rural Development Department. The Committee has supported the demand for a block formation in the Teesta claiming the area fulfills all criteria required. The CPRM unit claimed the present BDO office in Kalimpong is easier to access for the people of the area. Zonal committee president Santosh Pradhan said, “We agree with the GTA’s decision to form new blocks for the people, but we do not support the change of the Block Development Office from Kalimpong to Takdah for Teesta and its surrounding Gram Panchayats.”
Posted on: Fri, 22 Nov 2013 01:52:06 +0000