Sikkim CM Prem Singh Golay Meets PM Modi
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Golay met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Parliament House. He presented the Post Disaster Need Assessment (PDNA) report, estimating Rs. 3,673.25 crore for recovery and reconstruction. Golay thanked the PM for his prompt relief after the Sikkim Glacial Lake Outburst Flood in October 2023.
Key Requests
Golay emphasized the need for a permanent solution for National Highway 10, damaged by the GLOF and Monsoon 2024, and proposed its maintenance by a Central Agency. He also sought urgent intervention to restore NH-310A, connecting Gangtok to the Indo-China border.
Development Proposals
Golay proposed a Himalayan Railway Line between Bakrakote in West Bengal and Rorathang in Sikkim. He also presented a plan for a multimodal corridor with an integrated checkpost between Sikkim and eastern Nepal at Chewa Bhanjyang.
Additional Demands
The CM presented demands for tribal status for 12 indigenous communities, Limboo-Tamang seat reservation in the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, and the visit of the 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorji to Sikkim. He invited the PM to Sikkim’s 50th Statehood Day on May 16, 2025, which the PM accepted.
Environmental Initiative
Golay praised the PM’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative, which promotes environmental conservation by planting a sapling in honor of mothers. Sikkim will observe this initiative on July 7, 2024.
Golay congratulated PM Modi on his third consecutive electoral victory and expressed confidence in his leadership. He was accompanied by MPs Indra Hang Subba and Dorjee Tshering Lepcha.
