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Sarikah Atreya

Gangtok, June 21 The Sikkim Chief Minister, Mr Pawan Chamling, met the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, Mr Kamal Nath, yesterday at New Delhi.

During the meeting, the Chief Minister highlighted the problems that Sikkim faced as a landlocked State with only lifeline, the National Highway 31A connecting State with the rest of the country. He expressed happiness that the problem faced by the State with regard to lack of transport and communication linkages in Sikkim is being discussed with all seriousness by the Central Government to provide permanent respite from this recurring problem.

However, the Chief Minister drew the attention of the Union Minister about the delay caused in the implementation of sanctioned works of double-laning of NH 31A national highway and demand for construction of an alternative highway to Sikkim. He also discussed issues of forest clearance and shifting of civilian establishment along the highway.

The Union Minister directed the senior officials present in the meeting to expedite the matter to start ground work within the next six months as far as construction of an alternative highway to Sikkim is concerned.

The Chief Minister also met the Union Minister for Parliamentary Affairs, Mr P.K. Bansal, on the same day. The Union Minister agreed that the Nathu La trade list should be revised so that commercially viable items could be incorporated for the present day trade transaction. The Chief Minister apprised the Union Minister that the State Government has already approached the Central Government regarding the same.

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