Travelling on dusty road is suffocating

Construction season has started which needs to be utilised properly. The dry spell which will last till February next year can be used in black topping roads and also in filling up pot holes. The dusts, which have engulfed the entire Imphal areas, are unbearable. Large number of young kids has fallen ill. Parents and […]

Construction season has started which needs to be utilised properly. The dry spell which will last till February next year can be used in black topping roads and also in filling up pot holes. The dusts, which have engulfed the entire Imphal areas, are unbearable. Large number of young kids has fallen ill. Parents and guardians of the young kids are spending lots of money in providing medical treatment to the ailing children. A visit to a paediatrician’s house will make one realise the nature of ailment, which have affected small children. Doctors say the ailment is viral fever, which literally means air born disease. Infectitious air is sweeping everywhere. Clean atmosphere is vanishing. These dusty roads have spoilt our environment. Hence the call for giving a massive thrust to bettering condition of the roads in the crowded areas. Without a mask a two wheeler driver feels handicapped in driving the small vehicle. But Imphal is the face of the state. At least the face lift needs to be provided to the capital city. By controlling the dusts, which have engulfed every part of the capital city a change will be seen. The roads, which are covered by dusts, are the ones passing through Lamphel areas and Sagolband. The thought of moving in these areas makes one flabbergasted. Precious water is used in controlling the dust. This defies the policy of water harvesting. At some areas road construction programme was taken up but it was abandoned mid way. Who are these contractors, who cannot even construct a road properly? They may say the fund flow from the concerned department to work done is irregular. This questions the methodology of granting work order and the manner with which a work programme is framed. Do not take up any construction programme if there is no fund for such work. Now an engineering department is in disarray. Engineers cannot sit at the office, simply for the reason that they cannot clear the bills of the work done by the contractors. Penniless contractors are on the lookout for the engineers, who deal directly with the construction programme. Ningol chakkouba festival is approaching and just on the eve of the festival a small amount or a fraction of the total cost is always released. The poor contractors expecting that little bit of benefit will come to them have started looking for the engineer to know whether they will get some money? Engineers, who are clueless about the paying capacity of the Government for that matter the concerned department have scurried for cover by fleeing to either friends or relatives house. These engineers say boldly funds for the works done had been released by the centre. This means there is a missing link between what is being done and what is being included in the work programme. If not for that reason why should one not get paid for the work done? Show sympathetic treatment to the educated unemployed youths, who took up contract work as the means for survival. If the pending bills are cleared why not they will surely come out and repair the dusty roads. Travelling on the dusty roads is suffocating. You are not alien you too might be suffocating.

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Stage set for Chagah festival at Taphou

Liangmai community will showcase its colourful cultural items when the community celebrates the Chagah on October 30 at Taphou Liangmai, Senapati Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

Liangmai community will showcase its colourful cultural items when the community celebrates the Chagah on October 30 at Taphou Liangmai, Senapati Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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Liangmais to celebrate Chagah festival on Oct 30

Liangmai community will showcase its colourful cultural items when the community celebrates the Chagah on October 30 at Taphou Liangmai, Senapati Source The Sangai Express Newmai News Network

Liangmai community will showcase its colourful cultural items when the community celebrates the Chagah on October 30 at Taphou Liangmai, Senapati Source The Sangai Express Newmai News Network

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Seminar on Umang Lai Haraoba begins

Umang Lai Haraoba festival was taken seriously in the past with enthusiasm but from the last few years the festival is on the declining stage Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

Umang Lai Haraoba festival was taken seriously in the past with enthusiasm but from the last few years the festival is on the declining stage Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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Oppn takes up cudgel against corruption in state Assembly

Demanding an inquiry along with constituting a House Committee, six Opposition political parties of the state have charged the present Assembly Speaker Th Lokeshore as well as the former Speaker I Hemochandra with making big business out of the post of…

Demanding an inquiry along with constituting a House Committee, six Opposition political parties of the state have charged the present Assembly Speaker Th Lokeshore as well as the former Speaker I Hemochandra with making big business out of the post of the Speaker Source Hueiyen News Service

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Workshop on traditional applique ends

The closing ceremony of the 10 day workshop cum exhibition on ‘reviving traditional applique art of Manipur’ organised by Department of Art and culture, was held today at Palace Compound with first Lady of Manipur Kiran Jagat and former Director Art …

The closing ceremony of the 10 day workshop cum exhibition on ‘reviving traditional applique art of Manipur’ organised by Department of Art and culture, was held today at Palace Compound with first Lady of Manipur Kiran Jagat and former Director Art Culture Dr Kh Sorojini Devi as the chief guest and functional president respectively Source The Sangai Express

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UNC reiterates peaceful parting

The United Naga Council UNC said today that it is constrained to respond to the statements of United Committee Manipur UCM and All Manipur United Clubs Organisation AMUCO in particular, and media reports in general in respect of the current disco…

The United Naga Council UNC said today that it is constrained to respond to the statements of United Committee Manipur UCM and All Manipur United Clubs Organisation AMUCO in particular, and media reports in general in respect of the current discourse on the settlement of the Indo Naga issue Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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Id greetings

Governor Gurbachan Jagat and Chief Minister O Ibobi have greeted the people of the State, especially Muslim brethren, on the auspicious occasion of Id ul Zuha which falls on October 27 Source The Sangai Express

Governor Gurbachan Jagat and Chief Minister O Ibobi have greeted the people of the State, especially Muslim brethren, on the auspicious occasion of Id ul Zuha which falls on October 27 Source The Sangai Express

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Rape in the name of saving victim

Media nuisance to the immoral activities of certain persons might receive enormous responses from both common people and human rights activists Source Hueiyen News Service Rinku Khumukcham

Media nuisance to the immoral activities of certain persons might receive enormous responses from both common people and human rights activists Source Hueiyen News Service Rinku Khumukcham

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Naga Students’ Union Chandel NSUC urges

Naga Students’ Union Chandel NSUC has urged the OC of 82 TCC, Tengnoupal for repair and black topping of Pallel Chandel stretch of the road Source The Sangai Express

Naga Students’ Union Chandel NSUC has urged the OC of 82 TCC, Tengnoupal for repair and black topping of Pallel Chandel stretch of the road Source The Sangai Express

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Dengue case confirmed in Ccpur

A case of dengue in Churachandpur district of Manipur has been officially confirmed with a 17 year old girl tested positive Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

A case of dengue in Churachandpur district of Manipur has been officially confirmed with a 17 year old girl tested positive Source Hueiyen News Service Newmai News Network

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‘Centre committed to development of Manipur’

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jitendra Singh has said that Government is committed for development of Manipur and to resolve all issues responsible for violence in the region Source The Sangai Express PIB

Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jitendra Singh has said that Government is committed for development of Manipur and to resolve all issues responsible for violence in the region Source The Sangai Express PIB

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Broadband network pact

The Centre today signed a tripartite agreement with 16 State and UT Governments and a special purpose vehicle BBNL to expedite the mission of connecting every Gram Panchayat with broadband network Source The Sangai Express Press Trust of India

The Centre today signed a tripartite agreement with 16 State and UT Governments and a special purpose vehicle BBNL to expedite the mission of connecting every Gram Panchayat with broadband network Source The Sangai Express Press Trust of India

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Parliamentary Secy pledges to deliver

Parliamentary Secretary for MOBC SC and Science Technology Md Amin Shah has pledged to contribute his mite for the overall development of the Muslim community Source The Sangai Express

Parliamentary Secretary for MOBC SC and Science Technology Md Amin Shah has pledged to contribute his mite for the overall development of the Muslim community Source The Sangai Express

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Govt sets straight tax record in hills

Setting the record straight, the State Government has informed the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes NCST that though house taxes are imposed in the hill districts of Manipur, no land tax is collected Source The Sangai Express

Setting the record straight, the State Government has informed the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes NCST that though house taxes are imposed in the hill districts of Manipur, no land tax is collected Source The Sangai Express

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Kom musical instruments at the verge of extinction

The problem of not finding market for indigenous musical instruments of Kom community in the state is mainly because of not knowing how to play these musical instruments, opined Serto Armstrong Kom, a participant at the ongoing traditional musical inst…

The problem of not finding market for indigenous musical instruments of Kom community in the state is mainly because of not knowing how to play these musical instruments, opined Serto Armstrong Kom, a participant at the ongoing traditional musical instrument fabrication workshop at Sagolband Bijoy Govinda Source Hueiyen News Service Nomita Khongbantabam

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