Socio-Cultural Environment - Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT)

2.5 CONFLICTING INTERESTS
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Although Sikkim is home of diverse ethnic groups, the interests of
the groups are hardly conflicting. It is more so in the North District where
the tribal Lepcha-Bhutia groups have coexisted for centuries in harmony.
Having been brought under the religious fold of Buddhism, the Lepchas
of Sikkim who by nature were accommodative share common interests
with the Bhutias. The conflict situations that might have developed over
the distribution of resources could not surface due to judicious
distribution of land by the Sikkim ruler among the Kazis (landlords) of
both Lepcha and Bhutia origin.