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FALL OF THE LAST T - The Darjeeling Chronicle — Sun, 09 Feb 2025 08:25:16 +0000

[…] With almost all the major family owned hotels now in the hands of corporate hospitality brands, the revenue generated by tourism has concentrated in the bank accounts of these corporate houses, headquartered in the metropolitan cities, while the local population can at best hope to work in these deluxe hotels as waiters or gatekeepers or bell boys or parking assistants. Many, like one in Kalimpong, don’t even hire locals for these unskilled works, instead hiring Oriya or Bengali speaking youths even for menial works as these. All their supplies, whether it be grocery, housekeeping materials, stationery or office equipments or even vegetables are purchased from the Siliguri market while the trading class in the Hills dwindle their thumb. The contribution towards the Hill economy is close to nil. […]

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[…] for felling dozens of trees in a single go, if the claims are true? Does the Department assess the associated risks and undertake ecological impact assessments, while granting the […]

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