Day: November 21, 2011

IMPHAL, November 21: Health and family welfare minister L Jayentakumar today inaugurated a one day workshop on ‘Manipur in the present scenario related to sexual exploitation of women and children’ at Keishampat Keisham Leikai community hall organised by the Holistic Development Organisation.

“A mother has to play a big role in bringing a peaceful and developed society, and in order to look after the welfare of women and her children, the Indian government had instituted a separate department called the department of social welfare”, the minister stated.

Considering the welfare of the women and her children, the state through the department has implemented various schemes and projects; however the law and order situation in the state has blocked the successful implementation of the schemes.

He also opined that there was no good education in the Manipuri society some 20 years back, and the result is that the present day has been facing the worst kind of law and order in the state. Manipur needs good mothers to produce healthy and good children. The government has been implementing various schemes and programme but it is unfortunate that so far it has not been able to succeed.

Noting that in India, there is no separate department for men, he said the country has women and child department.HDO secretary, S. Prakash who was also speaking at the workshop said the number of children living with HIV/AIDS are alarmingly increasing in the state due to armed conflict situation.

It is the right time for the people of the state to work towards the development of the state.

Secretary HDO, S Prakash in his addressed stated that with the arrival of development in the state, the society is today witnessed to various unbecoming behaviours amongst the youth of the society and if the leaders and various civil societies of the state fail to check this unbecoming behaviours it could be fatal for the very survival of our society.

K Saroja, probation officer social welfare department stated that there has been a steep rise in the numbers of orphans and widows in the state due to the problems of armed conflicts and HIV/AIDS. Side by side little girls from Below Poverty Lines have been exploited by some individuals in the name of providing jobs. There has been an increased in sexual exploitation of children by their step parents. Not just these but the social welfare department has even countered instances when children were found sleeping atop trees afraid of facing abuse from their step-parents, she added.

The department has also reports of two rapes in the state this month. The department rescued a 12 year old from the clutches of a 42 year old who had abducted her and raped her for three days and another six year old who had been raped by a neighbour during this month. 

She informed that family members of young girls have a major role in stopping such sexual exploitations.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/one-day-workshop-mulls-over-ways-to-fight-sexual-exploitation/

IMPHAL, November 21: A delegation of the Kuki community from the state has move out a case for the Kuki tribal areas of the north-eastern state of Manipur to be brought under the Sixth scheduled of the Constitution of India along the lines of the Bodo Territorial Council.

According to a press communiqué from the ministry of the Traibal Affairs, government of India, a memorandum was submitted today to the Union minister of Tribal Affair’s and Panchayati Raj by the Kuki Inpi Manipur, an apex body of Kuki tribes complaining about the discrimination meted out as one of the main factor for the armed unrest in the hill areas of the state.

It is mentioned that the delegation of Kuki Inpi led by its president, Thangkhosei Haokip during the meeting with the Union minister explained that the state government has chosen not to heed the long standing demands of the tribal people of the state to be brought under the sixth scheduled of the Constitution.

According to the memorandum, he further narrated during the meeting that, in the last two decades, no autonomous district council election were held in the state and the power to transfer land in the hill districts were given to the district collectors, during which time the chunk of  tribal land were allowed to be  transferred or sold to the non-tribal.

It is also mentioned that, the KIM delegation have appealed the Union minister to urged the Union home minister, on the issue of the implementation of the Manipur (Hill Areas) Autonomous district Council Act, 1971 by the state government in relation to the Sadar Hill district, the official communiqué added.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/kuki-delegate-complains-to-centre-against-discrimination/

IMPHAL, November 21: Security forces have apprehended three cadres belonging to different underground organizations in the past two days during counter insurgency operations conducted in different parts of the state.

According to an official release issued by the  SP Imphal west, a team of the district police commandos apprehended an active sympathizers of the underground group Kuki Revolutionary Force (KRF) identified as Sehminlal Singson, 24, s/o Satlal Singson of  Keithelmanbi military colony from New Checkon bazaar this morning around 8.10 am. During preliminary verification, the arrested person identified himself as a sepoy of the 23 Assam Rifles, the release informed.

The official released further mentioned that, during further interrogation he revealed that he is working under the command of s/s finanance secretary LN Kuki of KRF and that he was involved in extortion of huge amount of money from shopkeepers located at New Checkon area for party fund.

The released also mentioned that one ID card of the Assam Rifles, two ATM cards of SBI, one driving licence, one demand letter signed by LN Kuki of KRF for a sum of Rs 5000 for serving to a grocery shop in New Checkon and Rs.20 in cash were recovered and seized from his possession by the police.

In yet another incident the troop of 15 Assam Rifles of 9 Sector under the HQ IGAR (South) apprehended one cadre of rthe underground KYKL identified as Puyam Amu alias Bisesor, 28, s/o P Homen Singh of  Langathel Heibungpokpi from his locality during search operation this early morning.

According to a release of the PRO IGAR (S), one 9mm pistol was recovered from his possession.

The official release further mentioned that, the troop of 17 Assam Rifles of 10 sector under IGAR (South) during their operation conducted at Kachai were able to seize 500 kgs of Ganjas this morning from the possession of one AH Peter, 48 s/o late Maringthuk of Leisham, Sondal village, Ukhrul district.

Meanwhile, troops of 6/8 Gorkha Rifles and 5/9 Gorkha Rifles of Logtak Brigade under Red Shield Division in a joint operation apprehended one terrorist of KYKL from Upokpi Khunau, Bishnupur today.

The individual revealed his identity as s/s lance corporal Salam Eboya alias Zalim, 37, s/o Salam Khumai, resident of Upokpi Khunau. He further revealed that he was trained in the year 1993 at a KYKL camp in Chandel, Phiram in batch No 07. He was involved in weapon transportation, tax collection and extortion in Moirang and Bishnupur areas on behalf of the banned terrorist outfit. The cadre was handed over to Bishnupur Police Station, stated an army press release.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/arrested-ug-sympathizer-turns-out-to-be-ar-sepoy-police/

IMPHAL, Nov 21: The state government has approved to allocate additional funds of Rs 703.76 lakhs available under the State Development Fund (SDF), 2011-12 for the execution of 13 numbers of priority projects implemented by different department in the state.

According to an official source, the department to which the state government has allocated additional funds include PWD, health, transport, social welfare, MDS, GAD and education.

The source further mentioned that, additional fund of Rs 7 lakhs has been allocated to Road and Bridges; Rs 170.16 lakhs to Motor Vehicles, Rs 50 lakhs to technical education, Rs 50 Lakhs to medical & public health; Rs 120 lakhs to social security & social welfare; Rs 30 lakhs to craftsmen training; Rs 100 lakhs to MDS; Rs 126 lakhs to Public Works and Rs 50 lakhs to GAD.

The source has further informed that the funds will be additional to the annual plan outlay of the departments.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/additional-funds-allocated/

IMPHAL November 21: Five numbers of skill development programme for handicraft artisans was inaugurated by director of Commerce and Industries Department V Tualthang at the conference hall of the department today.

The skill development programs are sponsored by the National Centre for Design and Product Development (NCDPD), New Delhi and organized by the Commerce and Industries Department,Manipur. Each program will impart training to twenty skilled artisans for the duration of five days. Wood carving and Jewellery, hand embroidery, artistic textiles, Cane and bamboo, Kouna and Chumthang, hand embroidery etc. Eminent designers , resource persons will deliver lectures to the participants by using latest equipment’s to make the participants fully aware about the craft.

The objective of the skill development program is to upgrade the skill of the artisans for enabling to produce attractive and saleable crafts and capture markets abroad, a release by OSD of the department S Birendra said.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2011/11/skill-development-programme/