Kalimpong district got a new block in Pedong on Monday on a day pending demands such as setting up School Service Commission (SSC) in the hills and extending the Darjeeling Mail’s journey to Gulma near Sukna were raised once again. Kalimpong-II block was bifurcated into Pedong and Lava blocks. While the new Pedong block will be headquartered in Pedong, Lava block, which is what the old Kalimpong-II has been renamed as, will be headquartered at Algarah, Kalimpong-II block’s old office. Advertisement Kalimpong was upgraded to a district by the state government on February 14, 2017, but till date lacks a subdivision. With Pedong, the district will now have four blocks, Kalimpong 1, Pedong, Lava and Gorubathan.