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Sarikah Atreya

Gangtok, June 16 The tiny, landlocked Himalayan State of Sikkim has become a victim of neighbourhood politics it has little to do with. The unrest in the neighbouring Darjeeling Hills has left Sikkim not only completely cut off from the rest of the country but with a huge dent in its exchequer.

Sikkim is losing a staggering Rs 6 crore a day whenever the Darjeeling hills shut down and the National Highway 31A, the vital road link connecting Sikkim with West Bengal, is closed by the agitators. About 60 per cent of National Highway 31A connecting Sikkim runs through the Darjeeling District in West Bengal.

This figure is based on a survey conducted by the State department of Economics, Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation in February this year. The survey was carried out during a two-day bandh called by the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha in Darjeeling around the time.

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