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Gangtok : Slamming the pro-Gorkhaland demonstrators for carrying out frequent traffic disruption on the National Highway here, the sole road link connecting Sikkim with the rest of country, Chief Minister Pawan Kumar Chamling on Feb 7 urged the Centre to intervene in the matter.
A state of lawlessness was prevailing in the Darjeeling Hills since 1986 on the issue of a separate statehood demand with the demonstrators resorting to frequent blockade of the NH-31A that has adversely affected the economy of Sikkim and traumatised its people who have had to live in a state of fear, he said at the meet on internal security presided over by the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at New Delhi. The loss to the state economy has been to the tune of Rs 1,000 crores because of traffic disruptions on the NH since 1986, an official release quotes Chamling as saying.
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Posted On : 08 Feb 10
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