Darjeeling shutdown enters twentieth day, situation stays tense

Darjeeling( WB), July 4 The situation in Darjeeling stayed strained as the disturbance for a different Gorkhaland entered its twentieth day today.

Web administrations stayed suspended for the seventeenth back to back day as the Darjeeling area broadened the restriction on it in the hills for eight more days yesterday.

Except pharmacies all the other shops, restaurants, hotels, schools and colleges remained closed.

The Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) is planned to take out encourages in different parts of the hills amid the day in help of its interest for a separate Gorkhaland.

GJM has demanded that the Centre initiate a dialogue on Gorkhaland as it is the aspiration of the hill people.

Its general secretary Roshan Giri said yesterday, "The Mamata Banerjee government is managing it as a lawfulness issue. Be that as it may, it is not a lawfulness issue. It is a political issue and ought to be tackled politically."

Various boarding schools have stretched out their excursion because of the continuous turmoil in the hills.

The hills have been on the boil since June 8 following the fomentation led by the GJM requesting Gorkhaland. The tumult has likewise prompted across the board savagery, guaranteeing two lives.