Siliguri, 21st September: The people living in various tea garden areas under Naxalbari’s Maniram gram panchayat complained of feeling insecure due to increasing alcohol and drug abuse in the locality.
In this concern, the Maniram Anchal Congress Committee submitted an 11-point memorandum at the Naxalbari police station, on Monday, in support of various demands including increasing the number of CCTV cameras and police surveillance in the area. The memorandum was handed over under the leadership of the organization president Lodin Roy.
Naxalbari Block Congress president Amitabh Sarkar alleged negligence of the administration concerning the encroachment of government lands and illegal extraction of sand and stones from rivers.