Sikkim: Tibetan Settlement Officer of Ravangla, Dorjee Tsering accompanied by secretary Kunga Tsephel paid a series of visits to Ministers of the Sikkim Govt. to table the issues of Tibetan settlement in Sikkim.
They first met with Shri Arun Upreti, Minister of Food & Civil Supplies Dept. and requested him to extend the facility of ration distribution as envisaged in Tibetan Rehabilitation Policy-2014. All relevant documents and Sikkim Govt. issued gazetted notification too had been apprised to the Minister. The minister assumed the implementation after taking approval from the cabinet of SKM Govt.
Mr Dorjee then met with Shri Samdup Lepcha, Minister of Public Work Dept. who consented to construct the link road within the settlement. The same day they met with Shri Mingma Norbu Sherpa, Minister of Power & Energy Dept. and he assured the installation of street lights and upgrade the present electricity supply lines & gadgets at the settlement.