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Mukherjee Company Secretary and Chief Legal Officer Enclo:- As above Phillips Carbon Black Limited Phillips Carbon Black Limited Corporate Office Registered Office RPSG House, 2/4 Judges Court Road, Duncan House, 31 Netaji Subhas Road, Kolkata - 700001, India 4th Floor, Kolkata - 700 027, India. T: +91 33 6625 1461-64. Fax: +91 33 2248 0140/ 2243 6681 T: +91 33 4087 0500/ 0600 E-mail: [email protected]. U: www.pcblltd.com CIN: L23109WB1960PLCO24602 6 POLITICS & PUBLIC AFFAIRS KOLKATA | TUESDAY, 13 APRIL 2021 >>l DARJEELING POLLS Parties stir bitter brew of tourism, tea & tap water GEETANJALI KRISHNA structure considerably and piped water Darjeeling, 12 April has transformed our lives. That’s why we’re all rooting for the candidate Thapa’s andemic and social distancing for- supporting, Tshering Lama Dahal.” gotten, a huge crowd gathers in Today, on the road from Kurseong to PSiliguri, waiting to catch sight of Darjeeling, the ubiquitous water tankers Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his hel- and the untidy web of private pipes along- icopter lands. Among them is Rinchen side speak to the extent of the water issue Lama, a housewife who has travelled two in the hills. But insiders reveal that the hours from Kurseong. “It is so exciting to fear of the powerful water tanker ‘mafia’ see all these VIPs,” she says, adding, “Last prevents most candidates from raising week, Smriti Irani came to our locality. this one infrastructural issue that is most Rumour has it that Amit Shah will also affecting local lives. come soon.” Lack of job opportunities — other than As state polls approach on April 17, in tea and tourism — is another major neighbouring Assembly constituencies issue. The pandemic has played havoc — Darjeeling and Kurseong —have also with tourism revenues, while tea, labour witnessed high octane rallies by the unions allege, does not pay enough. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and allies “We’ve been demanding that the daily Gorkha National Liberation Front and wage of tea pickers be raised from ~202 to the Communist Party of Revolutionary ~350 per day,” says Sherpa. Marxists. For cash-strapped locals, many of In sharp contrast is the local, grass- The piped water supply is yet to reach a whom have received foodgrain during the roots level campaigning of the Gorkha large proportion of households in the lockdown, the Centre’s direct benefit Janmukti Morcha (GJM), which split into hills. Some people claim they spend schemes are alluring. BJP’s West Bengal two factions (one headed by Bimal at least ~2,000 a month to buy water election manifesto further promises to Gurung and the other by Binay Tamang) from private suppliers transfer ~18,000 under the PM Kisan after its epic 105-day shutdown in 2017 to Samman Nidhi Yojana to 7.5 million farm- press for a separate Gorkhaland state. In fact, for many locals, the slew of out- ers’ bank accounts. In comparison, state Although the Tamang faction’s of-state ‘VIPs’ like Yogi Adityanath, Smriti government initiatives like Duare Sarkar, anthem, Sitti Bajao (blow the whistle), Irani, and Kailash Vijayvargiya indicates Paray Samadhan, Swasthya Sathi, and seems to have caught popular imagina- that the country’s largest party is a tad out Didi Ke Bolo helpline do not offer such tion, many worry about the inevitable of touch with ground reality and Gorkha visible direct benefits. division of Gurkha vote. “Over 70 per cent sentiments. Meanwhile, there’s brisk movement of of people in Darjeeling and Kurseong are Anit Thapa, general secretary of GJM, people across the Indo-Nepal border, Gorkha,” estimates veteran labour leader said in a television interview, while walk- barely 100 km away, as it is likely to be P T Sherpa of GJM’s Bimal Gurung faction, ing with supporters through Mirik, that sealed ahead of the polls. “So many of us adding, “Now that their vote will be divid- it’s a town in Kurseong constituency the have ties across the border. What will hap- ed, everyone is a little worried about the BJP does not even know about, let alone pen if the BJP wins and implements the outcome of the elections to be announced understand its specific problems. National Register of Citizens?” asks on May 2.” “The most important problem to solve Chhetri. Political observers believe that mem- in Darjeeling and Kurseong is of water dis- As the idyllic tea bush-lined slopes of ories of the 2017 statehood agitation by tribution,” says Upend Chhetri, a driver Darjeeling and Kurseong resound with GJM, which was crushed by West Bengal’s from Kurseong. cries of ‘Jai Shri Ram’ and ‘Jai Gorkha’, it Trinamool Congress (TMC) government, The government’s piped water supply is hard to predict which party will come will play a part in the upcoming election. is yet to reach a large proportion of house- out on top. While the BJP is in full force, “The public has not yet forgotten the holds in the hills and people like him political observers aver its three-time hold police brutalities and political perfidies spend at least ~2,000 a month to buy water on Darjeeling parliamentary constituency during that time,” says a leader of the from private suppliers. In neighbouring was with GJM’s support. Tamang faction, adding, “That’s why hamlet Makaibari, where piped water sup- Today, albeit fractured, GJM is a for- many can’t reconcile GJM’s alliance with ply systems were constructed in 2020, midable adversary. Meanwhile Tamang, TMC in this election.” GJM’s Anit Thapa, also the chairman of Chhetri and other locals believe the elec- BJP which, in its 2019 election mani- Gorkhaland Territorial Administration, toral outcome will change little on the festo, had promised a permanent political the autonomous district council which ground. Once the results are announced solution to the Gorkhaland issue and to administers Darjeeling hills, has earned on May 2, life as they know it, with no give scheduled tribe status to 11 Gorkha huge brownie points. piped water, meagre livelihood opportu- communities, has not made good on its Local health worker Sheila Tamang nities, and an immediate future marred pledge either. says, “GJM has improved our civic infra- by the pandemic, will be back. Sushil Chandra Mamata gets 24-hr campaign named new ban for ‘provocative remarks’ chief election commissioner CorporateIdentityNo. L36992MH1948PLC014083 PRESS TRUST OF INDIA her to desist from using such Election Commissioner Registered Office: 23rd Floor,Lodha Excelus,New Cuffe Parade, New Delhi, 12 April statements while making pub- Sushil Chandra was on Off EasternFreeway,Wadala, Mumbai -400 037 Tel: +91 22 6232 7400 lic utterances during the peri- Monday appointed as Website: www.rallis.co.in E-mail ID: [email protected] The Election Commission on od when Model Code of the next chief election com- NOTICE Monday barred West Bengal Conduct is in force,” the order missioner, the Law Ministry Chief Minister and Trinamool said. It said that the "commis- said. NOTICE is herebygiven pursuanttoRegulation 29(1)(a) and (e) read with Congress leader Mamata sion also imposes a ban of 24 According to a statement Regulation 47(1)(a) of the Securities and Exchange BoardofIndia (Listing Obligations and DisclosureRequirements) Regulations,2015 thataMeeting Banerjee from campaigning hours on Ms Mamata Banerjee issued by the Legislative of the BoardofDirectors of RALLIS INDIA LIMITED is scheduled to be held for 24 hours for her remarks from campaigning in any Department of the ministry, on Thursday, April 22, 2021, inter-alia,toconsider and approve: against central forces and a “Commission hereby con- manner from 8.00 pm of April Chandra will assume statement which had alleged demns such statements 12 till 8.00 pm of April 13". charge on April 13. i) the Audited Standalone and ConsolidatedFinancial Results of the Companyfor the quarterand financial year ended March31, 2021; and religious overtones. potent with serious law and Assembly elections in West Incumbent Sunil Arora Banerjee said she would order problems across the Bengal began on March 27 and demits office on Monday. ii) recommendation of dividend,ifany,for the financial year ended stage a dharna to protest EC's state (s) and sternly warns four of the eight phases of the Chandra would demit March31, 2021. “unconstitutional decision”. Mamata Banerjee and advises polls have been completed. office on May 14, 2022. PTI Theinformation contained in this Noticeisavailable on the websiteof the Companyatwww.rallis.co.in and also available on the websiteofthe stock exchanges viz. BSE Limited at www.bseindia.com and National Stock Exchange of India Limited at www.nseindia.com. > FROM PAGE 1 ForRallis India Limited elections are being held. Reliance and HDFC Bank fell already in pact with Sd/- Place: Mumbai Yashaswin Sheth Bears maul A nationwide lockdown in over 3.5 per cent each and AstraZeneca and Oxford Date:April 12, 2021 CompanySecretary March 2020 had crippled the dragged the Sensex lower by University for Covishield, markets economy and hit corporate over 400 points.