Cheema appointed principal secretary of BoA in Darjeeling

The West Bengal government today appointed Kanwaljit Singh Cheema as the principal secretary of the nine-member board of administrators (BoA) formed to look after the development works in the Darjeeling and Kalimpong hills.
Cheema, who was the principal secretary of the Mass Education Extension and Library Service Department, has been moved to the post of new principal secretary of the board of administrators which was so far run by IAS Barun Roy as an administrator, a senior official at the state secretariat said today.
The West Bengal government on September 20 announced the formation of BoA in place of the Gorkhaland Territorial Administration for Darjeeling hills and appointed rebel GJM leader Binay Tamang as its chairman.

Anoop Kumar Agrawal, principal secretary of the Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring Department would replace Cheema at the Mass Education Extension and Library Service Department, he added.
Main Jain, secretary of the state Tourism Department was given the additional charges of the Planning, Statistics and Programme Monitoring Department, the official said.
Meanwhile, eyeing to complete and speed up development works in the hills of Darjeeling and Kalimpong, the board of administrators has decided to prepare an administrative calender, secretariat sources said.