GTF strongly recommended Gorkhaland
KalimNews: 174 member of Gorkhaland Task Force representating the states of Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Delhi, Sikkim and West Bengal strongly recommended the demand of Gorkhaland as the only solution for the quest of identity of Indian Gorkhas living in entire parts of the country. During a meeting held in Siliguri on 8 January members of BGP, GRNM, CPRM, GNLF C consented to oppose the formation of GTA in Darjeeling hills.
The meeting also resolved to make awareness campaign and take help of the regional parties of the Dooars for the movement of Gorkhaland.
Govt plea: Relax land laws for colleges in Hills
Somdatta Basu, TNN, Jan 8, 2012, KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government has taken the initial stride to improve college education in the long neglected Hills. The state higher education department has already written to the University Grants Commission (UGC) asking them to relax the land criteria for granting recognition to colleges.
The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council had earlier requested Mamata to accord priority to education in Darjeeling which houses only eight colleges at present. It had also been mentioned in the tripartite agreement that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) would set up eight multi-disciplinary colleges.
Education minister Bratya Basu said, "It has been long since any development has been done in the Hills. Apart from what is mentioned in the agreement (GTA), we are also thinking of establishing five more colleges in the backward regions of Terai and Dooars. As and when funds are sanctioned, we will identify land and begin work. We are also awaiting a response from UGC."
"According to UGC guidelines at least five acres of land is required to set up colleges in the Hills. Any institute that fails to meet this criterion is not given any sanction by UGC. We have requested them to relax the norm and allow colleges to be established on two acres of land. It is difficult to allot five acres in the hilly terrains," said a senior higher education department official.
The population in the Hills is growing and there is a need for good colleges to provide better education. It has been a long time since the last college was set up.
"A large number of students after passing out from schools in Darjeeling and its adjoining areas migrate to bigger cities for college admission. To stop the mass migration, it is important to set up few good colleges," added the official.
DGHC board of administrators chairman Anil Verma said, "It is true that the tripartite memorandum signed last July mentioned that there is a need for eight multi-disciplinary colleges in the Hills. Also, the land allocation in the Hills is very different from those in the plains. This has prompted the state to request the UGC to relax its land norms for establishing colleges."
"The proposal was included in the memorandum only after getting the nod from the higher education department. The number of colleges mentioned in it is need-based," said the senior higher education department official.
As promised, Mamata Banerjee's government is planning to set up colleges in the long-neglected Darjeeling hills. The first step has already been taken with the state higher education department writing to University Grants Commission (UGC) to relax its land criteria for granting recognition to colleges. "UGC guidelines specify that at least five acres of land is required to set up colleges in the hills. Any institute that fails to meet the land criteria is not given any sanction by UGC. Now, we have requested them to relax the norm and allow colleges to be established on two acres of land. It is difficult to allot five acres in the hilly terrains. Thus, the request has been sent," said a senior higher education department official.
The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) has requested chief minister Mamata Banerjee to accord priority to education in the hills where a college was last set up long ago. Currently, there are eight colleges in the hills.
The population in the hills is growing and there is a need for good colleges to provide better education. "A large number of students who pass out from schools in Darjeeling and its adjoining areas migrate to bigger cities for college admission. To stop the exodus, it is important to sanction colleges for providing good higher education," added the official.
Education minister Bratya Basu said, "It has been long since any touch of development has reached the hills. In the tripartite agreement, it has been mentioned that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration will set up eight multi-disciplinary colleges in the hills. We are also looking at establishing five more colleges in the backward regions of the Terrai and Dooars. As and when funds are sanctioned, we will identify land and start the process. We are also waiting a response from UGC."
"It was included in the memorandum only after getting the nod from the higher education department. The number of colleges mentioned in it is need-based," said the senior higher education department official.
DGHC board of administrators chairman Anil Verma says, "It is true that the tripartite memorandum signed last July mentioned that there is a need for eight multi-disciplinary colleges in the hills."
He added, "The land requirement in the hills is very different from those in the plains. This has prompted the government to request the UGC to relax its land criteria for establishing colleges."
AAGSU condemns Excise Dept’s irresponsible act of Dismantling of Ethnic Food and Beverages Stalls at the NE Ethnic Food Festival
KalimNews: 174 member of Gorkhaland Task Force representating the states of Jammu, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram, Manipur, Assam, Meghalaya, Delhi, Sikkim and West Bengal strongly recommended the demand of Gorkhaland as the only solution for the quest of identity of Indian Gorkhas living in entire parts of the country. During a meeting held in Siliguri on 8 January members of BGP, GRNM, CPRM, GNLF C consented to oppose the formation of GTA in Darjeeling hills.
The meeting also resolved to make awareness campaign and take help of the regional parties of the Dooars for the movement of Gorkhaland.
Govt plea: Relax land laws for colleges in Hills
Somdatta Basu, TNN, Jan 8, 2012, KOLKATA: The Mamata Banerjee government has taken the initial stride to improve college education in the long neglected Hills. The state higher education department has already written to the University Grants Commission (UGC) asking them to relax the land criteria for granting recognition to colleges.
The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council had earlier requested Mamata to accord priority to education in Darjeeling which houses only eight colleges at present. It had also been mentioned in the tripartite agreement that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) would set up eight multi-disciplinary colleges.Education minister Bratya Basu said, "It has been long since any development has been done in the Hills. Apart from what is mentioned in the agreement (GTA), we are also thinking of establishing five more colleges in the backward regions of Terai and Dooars. As and when funds are sanctioned, we will identify land and begin work. We are also awaiting a response from UGC."
"According to UGC guidelines at least five acres of land is required to set up colleges in the Hills. Any institute that fails to meet this criterion is not given any sanction by UGC. We have requested them to relax the norm and allow colleges to be established on two acres of land. It is difficult to allot five acres in the hilly terrains," said a senior higher education department official.
The population in the Hills is growing and there is a need for good colleges to provide better education. It has been a long time since the last college was set up.
"A large number of students after passing out from schools in Darjeeling and its adjoining areas migrate to bigger cities for college admission. To stop the mass migration, it is important to set up few good colleges," added the official.
DGHC board of administrators chairman Anil Verma said, "It is true that the tripartite memorandum signed last July mentioned that there is a need for eight multi-disciplinary colleges in the Hills. Also, the land allocation in the Hills is very different from those in the plains. This has prompted the state to request the UGC to relax its land norms for establishing colleges."
"The proposal was included in the memorandum only after getting the nod from the higher education department. The number of colleges mentioned in it is need-based," said the senior higher education department official.
As promised, Mamata Banerjee's government is planning to set up colleges in the long-neglected Darjeeling hills. The first step has already been taken with the state higher education department writing to University Grants Commission (UGC) to relax its land criteria for granting recognition to colleges. "UGC guidelines specify that at least five acres of land is required to set up colleges in the hills. Any institute that fails to meet the land criteria is not given any sanction by UGC. Now, we have requested them to relax the norm and allow colleges to be established on two acres of land. It is difficult to allot five acres in the hilly terrains. Thus, the request has been sent," said a senior higher education department official.
The Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council (DGHC) has requested chief minister Mamata Banerjee to accord priority to education in the hills where a college was last set up long ago. Currently, there are eight colleges in the hills.
The population in the hills is growing and there is a need for good colleges to provide better education. "A large number of students who pass out from schools in Darjeeling and its adjoining areas migrate to bigger cities for college admission. To stop the exodus, it is important to sanction colleges for providing good higher education," added the official.
Education minister Bratya Basu said, "It has been long since any touch of development has reached the hills. In the tripartite agreement, it has been mentioned that the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration will set up eight multi-disciplinary colleges in the hills. We are also looking at establishing five more colleges in the backward regions of the Terrai and Dooars. As and when funds are sanctioned, we will identify land and start the process. We are also waiting a response from UGC."
"It was included in the memorandum only after getting the nod from the higher education department. The number of colleges mentioned in it is need-based," said the senior higher education department official.
DGHC board of administrators chairman Anil Verma says, "It is true that the tripartite memorandum signed last July mentioned that there is a need for eight multi-disciplinary colleges in the hills."
He added, "The land requirement in the hills is very different from those in the plains. This has prompted the government to request the UGC to relax its land criteria for establishing colleges."
AAGSU condemns Excise Dept’s irresponsible act of Dismantling of Ethnic Food and Beverages Stalls at the NE Ethnic Food Festival
PR, KalimNews, Guwahati, 8th Dec 2012: From various reliable sources and the media we got the news that on Friday without any prior information or notice, around 50 armed constables, enforcement inspector of excise, deputy superintendent, superintendent and two assistant inspectors arrived at the Maniram Dewan Trade Centre, Guwahati around 7.30pm where the North East Ethnic Food Festival was going on with full ethnic spirit and vandalised the stalls and even beat up the women participants.
Talking to the mediapersons here in Guwahati today Nanda Kirati Dewan, information and publicity secretary AAGSU said , ‘Vandalism in the name of raid that too in an expo at the behest of the darkness on tribal women’s food stalls and beverages without any prior information is a condemnable act. We the AAGSU condemn it in toughest words and seek proper investigation. I fairly hope that it has not been done in cold blood to restrict promotion of ethnic cuisines and its commercialization in days to come.’. He further added.
‘The AAGSU organizes Gorkha Youth Festival in various parts of state as and when it is felt or alongside conferences wherein we promote Gorkha cuisines, drinks, handlooms, handicrafts, ethnic wears, weapons etc just by submitting an application in the concerned department. We are in favour of promoting all the ethnic cuisines of the Northeast through various dias fora and any such attempt to restrict promotion in cold blood hurting the sentiments of ethnic indigenous tribal people will not be tolerated. AAGSU along with other ethnic organization will take to street if it re-occurs in any part of the state.
Barrage bonhomie - Bhunia receives praise from Trinamul and CPM
Gajoldoba (Jalpaiguri), Jan, 8: Bickering gave way to bonhomie today when water was released for the first time from the Teesta Barrage to farmlands along the left bank.
Irrigation minister Manas Bhunia was showered with praise by his cabinet colleague, Trinamul Congress’s Gautam Deb, and the CPM MP from Jalpaiguri, Mahendra Roy. They lauded the senior Congress leader for channelling water into the Teesta’s left bank within eight months of taking charge of the irrigation department.
The 2,000-strong crowd that assembled here to watch the water release didn’t miss the amity on display at a time the Congress and Trinamul are engaged in a turf war in north Bengal and the CPM is leaving no stone unturned to attack the government.
“It gives us immense pleasure to release water for the left bank of the barrage. The water flowing through the main canal and the sub-canals will together irrigate around 11,000 hectares. The project will help farmers augment their agricultural production. The main impediment to the completion of the project is land-related disputes. I would urge everybody to join hands and come forward to resolve the disputes at local levels and expedite the execution of the project,” said Bhunia.
The uneasy relationship between the Congress and Trinamul didn’t prevent Deb from patting Bhunia’s back.
“Our government is just eight months old and yet, the irrigation department could do it. We are there to extend all possible co-operation to the department and will strive to resolve the land disputes,” said Deb.
The final element of surprise came from the Jalpaiguri MP. “I congratulate Manas Bhunia for cutting through the red tape and releasing water on the left canal. It is a great job done on his part after so many years (since the project was launched),” said Roy.
The Teesta Barrage Project was launched in 1975 and legal hurdles come in the way of its completion with people approaching courts against the acquisition of land.
The CPM MLA of Malbazar, Bulu Chik Baraik, said his party would extend support to the Mamata Banerjee government when it came to development.
Barrage bonhomie - Bhunia receives praise from Trinamul and CPM
Gajoldoba (Jalpaiguri), Jan, 8: Bickering gave way to bonhomie today when water was released for the first time from the Teesta Barrage to farmlands along the left bank.
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| Water flows to the left bank canal of the Teesta Barrage Project at Gajoldoba on Sunday. (Biplab Basak) |
The 2,000-strong crowd that assembled here to watch the water release didn’t miss the amity on display at a time the Congress and Trinamul are engaged in a turf war in north Bengal and the CPM is leaving no stone unturned to attack the government.
“It gives us immense pleasure to release water for the left bank of the barrage. The water flowing through the main canal and the sub-canals will together irrigate around 11,000 hectares. The project will help farmers augment their agricultural production. The main impediment to the completion of the project is land-related disputes. I would urge everybody to join hands and come forward to resolve the disputes at local levels and expedite the execution of the project,” said Bhunia.
The uneasy relationship between the Congress and Trinamul didn’t prevent Deb from patting Bhunia’s back.
“Our government is just eight months old and yet, the irrigation department could do it. We are there to extend all possible co-operation to the department and will strive to resolve the land disputes,” said Deb.
The final element of surprise came from the Jalpaiguri MP. “I congratulate Manas Bhunia for cutting through the red tape and releasing water on the left canal. It is a great job done on his part after so many years (since the project was launched),” said Roy.
The Teesta Barrage Project was launched in 1975 and legal hurdles come in the way of its completion with people approaching courts against the acquisition of land.
The CPM MLA of Malbazar, Bulu Chik Baraik, said his party would extend support to the Mamata Banerjee government when it came to development.
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