DARJEELING, : The Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA)has decided for a
resurvey of the damage caused by the flash flood of2023 in the banks of river
Teesta.
The
GTA issued an order on March 17 forming a committee for there survey along with
writing to the Kalimpong District Magistrate to conduct it at the earliest.
The
order issued by the GTA secretary states that the committee forre-survey of
Teesta flash flood is constituted of different official employees for providing
all necessary support and assistance. Among them include 15 officials who are
GTA members, representative of the
Kalimpong
DM, Kalimpong Block 1 BDO and panchayat samity member,Teesta Gram Panchayat Upa-Pradhan
and members along with are presentative of NHPC Ltd.
In
the letter to the Kalimpong DM, the GTA order maintains that the
resurvey request was done by the DM office of houses affected by the flashflood
of 4th October 2023 in Teesta and Geilkhola under Kalimpong-1Block.
“I
am hereby directed to request you to take necessary action to conduct the
re-survey at the earliest. The re-survey should assess the extent of damage (the
valuation of the damaged property) to ensure fair and appropriate compensation
to the affected households,” said the letter from the GTA secretary while adding
that after completion of the survey a detailed report along with necessary
documentation should be submitted to the GTA.
In
another development, the administrative and financial control of eight Anganwadi centres
from the Naxalbari ICDS Project was transferred to the Mirik ICDS Project
through a notification issued by the West Bengal Women and Child Development and
Social Welfare department.
In
a Facebook post, GTA chief executive Anit Thapa said, “During my visit to Kolkata
in February I had discussed key administrative matters with the Bengal chief
secretary with one of the key issues being the transfer of these centres to
improve efficiency and service delivery.”
Thapa
maintained that even after 13 years, due to alack of proper vision and
administrative failures, certain regions that were meant to be under the GTA’s
jurisdiction were left out. He said that in the present through continuous
efforts and discussions with the concerned authorities, they were working
towards rectifying these gaps and ensuring proper governance and development
for all.
