50,000 each for fire victims

Darjeeling March 10: The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) today distributed a sum of Rs. 50,000 each to the victims of the fire that ravaged H.D.Lama Road on Firday. The GJM said that the funds were released from the party fund and more relief will be released by the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration (GTA) in the near future.

The GTA chief Bimal Gurung has further ordered the civic body to enquire whether the incident spot belonged to the civic body or not immediately. “I have instructed the chairman of the civic body to enquire whether the lost property belonged to the municipality. If it belongs to the municipality it would be easy to reconstruct a new complex at the same plot. We are also in the process to send the hill civic chairmen to Kolkata who will meet the concerned officials and seek plans to avert such incidents in the future,” said Gurung.

 “Thirty five members from the ten families lost their property worth Rs. 23 crore,” said Binay Tamang, the Assistant Secretary of the GJM.