SILIGURI: Life in Darjeeling hills continued to remain paralysed and Sikkim was cut off from the rest of the country as Gorkha Janamukti Morcha (GJM)-sponsored indefinite bandh demanding Gorkhaland entered the seventh day on Sunday, officials said. GJM press secretary Benoy Tamang ruled out any immediate possibility to call off the bandh or declaration of recess to help people buy food and essentials. Tamang said that hundreds of youths, including girls, volunteered to get themselves enrolled in the Gorkhaland Personnel (GLP) wing on Sunday morning and were undergoing physical fitness test. The GLP, a proposed force of 5,000 youths would be formed to control traffic, ensure discipline, take up social welfare measures, ensure that tourists were not harassed and tackle anti-socials for making Darjeeling hills a land of peace, he said. Tamang congratulated the hill people for observing the bandh peacefully for the greater cause of statehood despite facing hardships. There was no report of any untoward incident, police said.
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