TEESTA STAGE III HEP
Violating laws, making losses, damaging environment

Teesta Urja’s penchant for getting into trouble and illegalities continues unabated. Soumik Dutta reports.

#Economy #Environment
LIMBU TAMANG ISSUE
Tribal seat reservation issue rakes up storm in Sikkim

Soumik Dutta writes about how Limbu-Tamang tribal seat reservation in the Sikkim legislative assembly could change the political scenario in Sikkim.

#Adivasis #Government
POWER PROJECT IMBROGLIO
What ails Sikkim’s Teesta hydropower project?

The 1200-MW Teesta III hydroelectric project has already seen years of missed deadlines and huge cost overruns, but more serious threats loom ahead as the promoter fights its own internal battles. Soumik Dutta has more on the various problems plaguing the project.

#Energy #Law and Order #Economy #Government
  • Population : 690,000 (2019 est)
  • Area : 7,096 sq.km.
  • Density : 97/sq. km.
  • Sex Ratio : 890 (2011)
  • Child Sex Ratio : 957 (2011)
  • Literacy : 68.64% (2020)
  • Forest Cover : 47.10% (2019)
  • Lok Sabha MPs : 1
  • Rajya Sabha MPs : 1