Survey conducted for ‘Sleeping Buddha’ project in North Sikkim

DEEPAK SHARMA

MANGAN, July 28: The State Tourism Minister Bhim Dhungel, accompanied by Lachen-Mangan MLA TW Lepcha, State Tourism Secretary SBS Bhadauria and officials from Land Use Department and Panchayats jointly conducted survey for construction of ‘Sleeping Buddha’ at Kulung, Singchit-Sentam, 3-km from Singhik in North Sikkim.
Proposed to be of 50 ft, the ‘Sleeping Buddha’, it is informed will be carved underground at Kulung. The area for the construction has been estimated to be 4.5 hectares of private holding land belonging to the local public of Singhik.
At present the cost of the construction of project is estimated to be Rs 45 crores. This project has been sanctioned by the State Government to explore Singhik and Mangan area in tourism sectors.

There are also plans to develop approach road leading to the historic Samar Tek area and the old British trail leading to Kaley village