SIKKIM: Gangtok gets first mayor

FROM THE TELEGRAPH

Gangtok, May 12: K.N. Topgay of the SDF was today unanimously chosen the first mayor of Gangtok Municipal Corporation. The 51-year-old Topgay represents Chandmari ward. Shakti Singh Choudhary was nominated his deputy.

Topgay said his priority would be to tackle the issues of sewerage and drainage and make Gangtok cleaner. The civic body has 15 wards and all were won by the SDF. The councillors were administered oath by the Sikkim East district collector today. The SDF has also won the 32 wards of Namchi Municipal Council and the nagar panchayats of Rangpo, Singtam, Mangan, Geyzing and Jorethang.