Demand for seperate Time Zone for North East including Sikkim

Prakash Adhikari


Demand for separate Time Zone for North East including Sikkim
5 Mar, Gangtok: Congress legislator Bhupen Bora raised the demand for a separate time zone for the north-east in the Assam Assembly on Friday (Mar 05). On its part the government has decided to take up the matter with concerned quarters before taking a decision. The demand for a separate time zone for the north-east including sikkim has once again come to the forefront. As the sun rises much earlier in the north-east than in the rest of the country, the demand has been on since long for a separate time zone for the north-east. On Friday this demand was raised in the Assam Assembly by Congress legislator Bhupen Bora. On the other hand, the government has informed that the matter would be taken up with concerned quarters and only thereafter a decision would be taken. Since long the demand has been to advance the time in the north-east by one-and-a-half hours under a separate time zone for the region.

SOURCE: VOICE OF SIKKIM