Area : 7400 Sq.km Capital : Gangtok Altitude: 5,840 ft Population: 6.10
Lakhs Topography: Hilly terrain elevation
from 600 ft. to over 28,509 ft above sea
level Climate: Summer
Max- 21°C ; Min - 13°C Winter
Max -13°C ; Min - 0.48°C Rainfall : 325 cm per annum
Language Spoken: Nepali, Bhutia, Lepcha,
Tibetan, English, Hindi
Sikkim observes World Red Cross Day
Special
children of Hearing Impaired
School, Sichey during a
painting competition held on
the occasion of World Red
Cross Day. Pic-NIRMAL MANGAR
Governor asks State Govt to
set up a building for Red
Cross Society
Governor Sudarshan Agarwal
today said that the State
Government should take the
initiative of setting up a
building for the Red Cross
Society so that the
activities of the Society
can be executed in the best
possible manner.
He was speaking at a
function organised on the
occasion of the World Red
Cross Day here at the Health
training auditorium of Sir
Thutob Namgyal Memorial
Hospital.
Talking about his initiative
in setting up the blood
donation building in
Dehradun and in Delhi,
Governor Agarwal said lots
can be done in Sikkim too.
The Governor also lauded the
Red Cross Society of Sikkim
for their selfless service
as well as urged the DGP Cm
Ravindran to make sure that
all the police personals
should be motivated for
donating the blood at least
once a year.
