G P Upadhyaya, Commissioner and Secretary, State Tourism Department, feels that the project is in consonance with Sikkim’s policy of “promoting tourism without disrupting its fragile ecosystem and to make it as an engine of economic growth and employment generation.”
“The villagers’ way of life is not disturbed. That is why even remote villages are keen to become a part of this project. The project envisages that both NABARD and the state government will walk out after three years. During this period, the locals would have been trained to run the show on their own,” said Renzino Lepcha, president of the United Progressive Organisation of Sikkim.
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