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Gorkhaland activists suspend agitation
The Gorkhaland agitation in Darjeeling was suspended for 48 hours from Tuesday after a thunderstorm swept through the hills uprooting trees and snapping electric wires and telephone cables. The thunderstorm last night uprooted trees at many places in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong towns, civil defence sources said. Two persons were injured in the thunderstorm at Lewis Jhupri, they said.
Darjeeling (PTI): The Gorkhaland agitation in Darjeeling was suspended for 48 hours from Tuesday after a thunderstorm swept through the hills uprooting trees and snapping electric wires and telephone cables. The thunderstorm last night uprooted trees at many places in Darjeeling, Kurseong and Kalimpong towns, civil defence sources said. Two persons were injured in the thunderstorm at Lewis Jhupri, they said.
"The agitation is being suspended for two days because of the damage caused by the storm and will be resumed on August 22 or 23," said Roshan Giri, General Secretary of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which is spearheading the movement for a separate state. The agitation would, however, continue during the day at Kalimpong, he said.
