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Suvendu Adhikari to review Kalimpong projects, monsoon preparedness
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari plans to visit Kalimpong on Tuesday.
This will be his first visit to the hill district since taking office.
He will meet officials at Town Hall.
They will review government projects and welfare programs.
They are also expected to discuss floods and landslides.
Some families were moved after a major flood in 2023.
Officials will talk about preparing for heavy monsoon rain.
Adhikari will then go to Siliguri for another meeting.
Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to visit Kalimpong on Tuesday.
He will review administrative projects and social welfare schemes at Town Hall.
The meeting is expected to address flash floods, landslides and displaced families.
Officials will discuss monsoon preparedness and infrastructure projects across north Bengal.
Adhikari is scheduled to travel to Siliguri for another administrative meeting.
- Who
- Chief minister Suvendu Adhikari, state and district officials, and representatives of central security forces.
- What
- A review of Kalimpong's administrative projects, welfare schemes, monsoon preparedness and planned infrastructure work.
- Where
- Town Hall in Kalimpong, followed by the Uttarkanya branch secretariat in Siliguri.
- When
- Tuesday, with Adhikari scheduled to return to Siliguri in the afternoon.
- Why
- To assess development work and preparedness for heavy rainfall, floods and landslides.
Key facts
- Visit
- Suvendu Adhikari is scheduled to visit Kalimpong on Tuesday.
- First visit
- It is expected to be his first visit to the hill district since assuming office.
- Main venue
- The Kalimpong review is scheduled at Town Hall.
- Disaster concerns
- Officials are expected to discuss Teesta-related flash floods, landslides and monsoon risks.
- 2023 flood
- Families affected by the October 2023 glacial lake outburst flood were shifted.
- Additional meeting
- Adhikari is scheduled to attend an administrative meeting at Uttarkanya in Siliguri.
- District history
- Kalimpong was carved out of Darjeeling district as a separate district in 2017.
Quotes
A source
An unnamed source familiar with the planned administrative meeting
“The chief minister is likely to take stock of the monsoon preparedness, considering the trend of heavy rainfall, and discuss some infrastructure projects planned in north Bengal.”
telegraphindia.com
“In recent years, Kalimpong has faced the effects of flash floods caused by the Teesta and some other hill streams and rivers.”
telegraphindia.com
Sources
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