Wednesday, May 8, 2013

SIRD hosts panchayats from Rajasthan on exposure visit to Sikkim

GANGTOK, 07 May: A team of 29, comprising of elected Zilla Pramukh, Panchayat members and officials from the Panchayati Raj Department of the Government of Rajasthan, is on an exposure tour to Sikkim to study water and sanitation initiatives here. The panchayats and officials from Rajasthan arrived here on 05 May and are scheduled be in Sikkim till the 11th, an SIRD press release informs.
The team visited Turuk Ramabong GPU and interacted with Panchayat members there on the functioning of the GPU followed by a field visit to spring development works initiated under Dhara Vikas. They also visited the Solid Waste Management Unit at Yangang, interacted with zilla members, gram panchayat presidents and members, RM&DD officials and also took in the local sights.
The exposure tour has been sponsored by the European Union State Partnership programme and is organized by State Institute of Rural Development, Jorethang.

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