Gangtok, April 28: The Sikkim Government will utilize funds of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) for construction of play grounds in the schools in the State, official sources said today.

GANGTOK: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India has said that the environment and bio-diversity in Sikkim have been threatened by construction of hydel power projects and absence of government safeguards.

Gangtok, April 25: The double-laning of NH31A, the lifeline of Sikkim, has hit a hurdle as the Bengal forest department has not yet granted permission to the Border Roads Organisation to work on the stretch that runs through Darjeeling district.

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Gangtok: In a setback to the Pawan Kumar Chamling-led SDF government in Sikkim, the Centre has nominated six local Congress leaders to a monitoring committee to keep a tab on the implementation of the rural development projects in the state.

Sarikah Atreya

The President, Ms Pratibha Patil, on Thursday inaugurated the mega tourism project, Khangchendzonga Tourist Villa-cum-socio cultural amusement park at Ranka, East Sikkim.

Faced with the criticism of delay in release of funds, the Ministry Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER) on Tuesday, claimed to have made higher disbursement last fiscal, releasing Rs 668.62 crore under the Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR).

Sarikah Atreya

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has censured the Sikkim Government for causing losses amounting to crores of rupees to the exchequer.