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Sikkim CM Urges Engineers to Adopt New Tech, Emphasize Quality and Sustainability
✍️ India Today NE
🗓 16 Sep 2026, 01:02 PM
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The Chief Minister of Sikkim appealed to engineers to incorporate modern technologies while ensuring high standards of quality and environmental sustainability.
Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang addressed the engineering community, urging them to integrate the latest technological tools into their projects. He emphasized that embracing innovation is essential for the state’s development agenda. Tamang highlighted that quality workmanship must go hand‑in‑hand with sustainable practices to protect Sikkim’s fragile ecology. He called for engineers to adopt green building standards, energy‑efficient designs and locally sourced materials wherever feasible. The chief minister also announced plans to facilitate training programmes and incentives that will help professionals upgrade their skills and meet the new quality benchmarks.