New roads
cut time to hill hamlets Kalimpong Dt. - 20/01/2005
To offer a better connectivity a new road
connecting Kalimpong with Bongbasti and another stretch from
Kalimpong to Tarkhola will be soon introduced.
Already two new routes has been introduce
which connects Kalimpong with other places like Gitdabling,
Kaffer, Lava, Deoarali, Singe, Loleygaon, SamalbingCharkhola
and Samthar. Vehicles have started to run on the new 15 km
stretch between Rellie to Deorali and another 20 km stretch
from Pala to Bakhrakote, which cuts a lot of time for the
local people said assistant engineer Anil Chhetri of the DGHC’s
special department (engineering division). He added that they
have an intensity to start another stretch from Sangse to
Tarkhola from next month. The funds to construct these routes
came from the central government under the Rural Infrastructure
Development Fund, will help the people living in the area
by making the distance to Kalimpong much shorter. Total distance
from Kalimpong to Deorali via Algarah was around 48 km and
it is 28 km. for this route.