Update: Last visit to the Kalimpong Hill Region 2014

HELPING TO BUILD THE NEW GIRL'S HOSTEL AT ST. JOSEPH'S GITDUBLING 

DURING THEIR SOCIAL WORK TIME AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY, THE PUPILS HELP TO DO JOBS NEEDING DONE IN AND AROUND THE SCHOOL

 MONEY FOR THE NEW GIRL'S HOSTEL HAS BEEN DONATED BY A CHARITY IN LUXEMBOURG

AT PRESENT THERE IS A SCARCITY OF WATER; SO A VERY LONG HOSE HAD TO BE CONNECTED TO A ALTERNATIVE SUPPLY TO GET WATER TO MIX THE CEMENT. 

 THE GIRLS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING INTO THEIR NEW HOSTEL; HOPEFULLY BY FEB 2015.


At present the girls are having to sleep in a variety of makeshift accommodation as their hostel was damaged beyond repair in the Earthquake which occurred in Sept. 2012

" Day respite from the political agitation in the Darjeeling/Kalimpong Hill Region.

Life back to normal in hills!   Is it?

KALIMPONG/MIRIK/KURSEONG, 9 Sep 2013: With the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha providing a two-day respite, market places across the hill were today swarming with people busy collecting rations. There were long queues before ATM counters even before the sun first peeped through.

The Haat bazaar area and ration shops in Kalimpong saw huge numbers of customers and they kept on coming even in the evening.

Similar scenes were today witnessed in Mirik with residents of the tourist town and its surroundings thronging the market places the entire day. ATM counters had queues snaking long distances and banks hardly had any breathing space.

The scenes in Kurseong were not different either and it appeared almost everyone in town was at the market places buying essential commodities. The arterial Hill Cart Road runs through town and traffic was moving at a snail’s pace all along the day.

Several students who had gone home at the beginning of the agitation were seen returning back to their respective schools.

Schools can reopen BUT!------No transport. Political unrest in the Region penalises their own people. WHY???

GJM allows schools to reopen, seeks Gorkhaland signature drive

Darjeeling hills, Thursday asked students and teachers to do a signature campaign for Gorkhaland and send a copy to the president and the prime minister.

Asserting that Gorkha Janmukti Morcha's ongoing agitation for Gorkhaland will continue, its chief Bimal Gurung said all schools of the region will be allowed to reopen from Sep 13.

"The on-going agitation for Gorkhaland will continue as it is our final battle. But considering the priority we accord to education, we have decided to allow all schools in the Darjeeling hills to reopen from Sep 13," he said.

However, the students will have to walk to their schools as no transport will be available for them.

"All students and teachers must also do a signature campaign for Gorkhaland and send a copy to the president of India and prime minister," said Gurung, who earlier asked schools to "discuss the Gorkhaland issue in the morning assembly as students must understand the relevance of the demand".

Gurung, who earlier said that students in the region were ready to sacrifice education for the sake of Gorkhaland, asked the school authorities to hold classes on Saturdays and Sundays to make up for the lost time.

"Students are our future, tomorrow's voice for Gorkhaland. Keeping this in mind, their success in the coming higher secondary and other final examinations need to be ensured by teachers," said Gurung and reiterated that his fight is not against West Bengal but against the central government.

Report taken from news paper from the  Hill Region