SIKKIM: Cabinet nod for bhavan purchase in New Delhi



GANGTOK, January 23: The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) party today issued a press statement informing that the State cabinet during its meeting held on January 13 has passed a proposal for purchasing an existing building worth Rs. 32.2 crores at Green Park Extension, New Delhi for providing a resting place for Sikkimese persons referred for treatment at the nation’s capital.

The release informs that the cabinet has sanctioned a sum of an initial amount of Rs. 3 crores for purchasing the above mentioned building and has handed the responsibility for the smooth transaction to Resident Commissioner, Sikkim House, New Delhi and secretary, Buildings & Housing department.

The said building has 18 rooms and eight common rooms.

The SDF also informed that the cabinet also sanctioned Rs. 1.6 crores for construction of a bridge at Ghanti Khola, Legship-Geyzing-Tashiding road.

SOURCE; sIKKIM EXPRESS