August 2015 – Page 19

Angered by frequent Barak bridge collapses, transporters` body charges BRO of underperforming

IMPHAL, August 25: The Manipur Truck Owners Welfare Association has today charged the Border Road Organisation for the dilapidated condition of the Barak Bailey Bridge after two spans of the

IMPHAL, August 25: The Manipur Truck Owners Welfare Association has today charged the Border Road Organisation for the dilapidated condition of the Barak Bailey Bridge after two spans of the bridge were found damaged this morning.

Speaking to media persons at their MG Avenue office, president of the association H Ranjit further charged the BRO of carrying out shoddy works using third class materials in constructing the bailey bridge.

He charged the BRO of using the important NH 37 to earn easy money.

Elaborating on the charges, he said this morning two spans of the important bridge (each with a length of 10 feet each) were found damaged restricting vehicular movement on the bridge.

This is the third time since its inauguration last year in September, that the bridge has been left non-functional due to damages, he continued.

The latest instance being earlier this month on August 12, he continued.

After being repaired on August 18, around 300 empty vehicles going to Jiribam had crossed the Barak Bailey Bridge and on August 24, the loaded trucks had headed for Imphal, he said.

Now, we find the bridge broken again, he lamented.

Ranjit said MTOWA has been crying hoarse that third class materials have been used during construction of the bridge.

The materials tested and recommended by the authorities were not used by the BRO, he claimed.

The BRO which has the sole responsibility of this route has reduced it to be its money earning project, he claimed.

The BRO has also never mentioned the weighing capacity of the bridge or the total estimated cost of the new Barak Bridge construction, he said.

Since, the Central government and the Ministry of Surface Road transport and Highways are not looking, the BRO is having a free-hand, he claimed.

He said in such an instance, the Chief Vigilance Officer or the CBI should conduct an enquiry on the working of the BRO.

The BRO, he said wants minimum numbers of vehicles plying on the road to extend its life.

The BRO has imposed a weight restriction of 24 tonnes while crossing the Barak Bridge, he said, questioning further in which national highway of the country such a practice is allowed.

The inefficiency of the BRO is affecting only the people of Manipur, he said.

Elaborating further he said, the Imphal-Dimapur highway has been disconnected for only a 4/5 days and the State is already facing the pinch. There is scarcity of petroleum products in the State already, he added.

He said heavy loaded trucks passed through the route once in a long period of time, then how come the bridge gets damaged so often.

He further appealed to both the Chief Minister and the State Works minister to intervene and repair the bridge at the earliest.

If the government can make an initiative, the MTOWA is ready to provide financial and physical support to repair the bridge, he continued.

Damaged bridge blocking traffic along Tipaimukh Road

By Alex Guite LAMKA, August 25: A team of Churachandpur based media persons accompanied representatives of the Tipaimukh Road Area Transport Development Association to inspect a damaged bailey bridge along

By Alex Guite

LAMKA, August 25: A team of Churachandpur based media persons accompanied representatives of the Tipaimukh Road Area Transport Development Association to inspect a damaged bailey bridge along the Tipaimukh Road at Sabual Village in Churachandpur district.

The team was led by the association`™s chairman G Lalpi.

The condition of the bridge is blocking commuting along the route bringing hardship to many villages which are virtually cut off from the main Lamka Town.

The bridge acts as a major bridge for the people of Henglep, Thanlon and Tipaimukh sub divisions of the district.

However, due to its deplorable condition, road communication along the route has been totally blocked since the past three days.

According to Lalpi, other than the private vehicles, around 50 commercial vehicles under the association also ply to and fro along this route everyday.

The condition of the bridge is due to the negligence of the concern authorities, he claimed.

A team of the 80 Road Construction Company of the BRTF had come with a JCB to start work on the bridge but failed to.

Residents of the surrounding areas also tried to block the road diversions from the route today citing that until a stronger agitation is launched, the BRTF will again take it for granted and further delay construction of the important bridge as they did in Tuilumzang Village.

In Tuilumzang, the residents claimed that, the BRTF had delayed or rather discontinued construction of a bridge after a diversion was identified and only providing assurance to complete the bridge construction in time.

It may be mentioned that the National Highway 150 also known as the Tipaimukh Road is under the jurisdiction of the BRTF`™s 80 RCC.

A team of the 80 RCC came today to check the Sabual Bridge. An official on conditions of anonymity claimed that the problem of the villagers is their own; however, construction of the new bridge will take atleast a week`™s time.

Meanwhile, the villagers are facing problems in transportation of the sick, children, and transportation of essential commodities even as the construction work is going to take some more time.

A mother of three, Lhingboi who is from a nearby village affected by the bridge damage said the authorities concern have time and again made promises to repair the road at the earliest, but has failed to turn the assurances to work which is only hurting the people.

Mention may be made that there are three Road construction Company (RCC) under BRTF in Ccpur and this road and bridge construction at Tipaimuk Road /NH -150 falls under the jurisdiction of the BRTF `s 80th RCC.

Japanese Encephalitis case detected, official confirmation awaited

IMPHAL, August 25: Close on the heels of the recent devastating flood which had affected both the hill and valley districts of the State, a 12-year-old has been confirmed positive

IMPHAL, August 25: Close on the heels of the recent devastating flood which had affected both the hill and valley districts of the State, a 12-year-old has been confirmed positive for Japanese Encephalitis today.

According to reliable sources, a young girl from Tamenglong and presently staying in a boarding school at Irom Meijrao has been diagonised positive with Japanese Encephalitis, informed the source.

On August 23, after three individuals including the girl showed symptoms of Japanese Encephalitis, their blood samples were collected and tested at the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences, according to the source.

The test results came out today and of the three, two samples were found to be negative, while the third turned out to be positive, informed the source.

It is also learnt that the official medical records of the girl is with the Imphal West District Medical Officer.

When contacted over the phone by the IFP, a high ranking official of the Manipur Health Services asked to get the official report from the office during office hour tomorrow.

Meanwhile, during a telephonic conversation, Tamenglong CMO Dr Chambo said as of now his office has not received any report of Japanese Encephalitis from his district.

He further expressed his desire to know the locality of the girl whose blood samples came in positive.

KAMA appreciates CM for gesture seeking inclusion of Rani Gaidinliu in syllabus

IMPHAL, August 25: The Kabui Mothers`™ Association (KAMA), Manipur has thanked Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh for insisting upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include the study of the life

IMPHAL, August 25: The Kabui Mothers`™ Association (KAMA), Manipur has thanked Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh for insisting upon Prime Minister Narendra Modi to include the study of the life history of Haipei Rani Gaidinliu in NCERT from class I to Class X on the occasion of 100th birth anniversary observance of Haipei Rani Gaidinliu in Delhi.

In a statement, KAMA said Haipei Rani Gaidinliu was a true daughter of this land who was born and brought in the lap of our motherland and breathed her last in the soil of our motherland. The mothers`™ association elaborated on how she fought against the British for our motherland by wielding gun in her hands. Throughout her life, she worked and sacrificed for the wellbeing of the people. She was denied entry to Manipur by British because the British knew that she will start revolution against them if she entered Manipur, it added.

The statement further said that she was put in different jails where she spent her life in the dark ambience of dungeon. After India`™s independence, the first Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru released her from prison. Then she came back to Manipur where breathed her last in her birth place Longkao (Nungkao), said a press release of KAMA, Manipur.

‘Distinctive press’ jacket for Manipur journos – Nagaland Post

‘Distinctive press’ jacket for Manipur journos
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Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam has formally launched ‘distinctive press jackets’ at a simple function held at Manipur Press Club on Tuesday. The jackets were introduced by All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) for easy classification …

'Distinctive press' jacket for Manipur journos
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Manipur Deputy Chief Minister Gaikhangam has formally launched 'distinctive press jackets' at a simple function held at Manipur Press Club on Tuesday. The jackets were introduced by All Manipur Working Journalists' Union (AMWJU) for easy classification …

Arms, ammunition found in Manipur – Business Standard

Arms, ammunition found in Manipur
Business Standard
Security forces have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from Uchiwa village in Manipur’s Imphal West district, an Assam Rifles release said today. Following a tip off, a joint team of Assam Rifles and police searched the village and found a white …

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Arms, ammunition found in Manipur
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Security forces have recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from Uchiwa village in Manipur's Imphal West district, an Assam Rifles release said today. Following a tip off, a joint team of Assam Rifles and police searched the village and found a white …

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KYKL militant arrested in Manipur – Zee News

KYKL militant arrested in Manipur
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The arrested militant was identified as Ksh Brojen alias Momocha (26) of Leishangthem Khongmanung Mayai Leikai of Manipur’s Thoubal district, the release said adding he was an active worker of the outlawed militant organisation Kanglei Yayol Kannaa …

KYKL militant arrested in Manipur
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The arrested militant was identified as Ksh Brojen alias Momocha (26) of Leishangthem Khongmanung Mayai Leikai of Manipur's Thoubal district, the release said adding he was an active worker of the outlawed militant organisation Kanglei Yayol Kannaa …

Frontiers to boundaries

It is often said with a touch of sarcasm that when the British inherited Kashmir in 1846 after defeating the Sikhs in the First Sikh War, they also inherited a

It is often said with a touch of sarcasm that when the British inherited Kashmir in 1846 after defeating the Sikhs in the First Sikh War, they also inherited a boundary problem. Kashmir`™s Dogra rulers were under the Sikhs at the time, and defeating the Sikhs meant the gift of Kashmir to the victors. And the British inherited a boundary problem precisely because there was no boundary. Explaining why this was so half a century later, Lord Curzon, two years after he retired as Viceroy of India, in his famous Romanes Lecture 1907, titled `Frontiers` had this to say: `In Asiatic countries it would be true to say that demarcation has never taken place except under European pressure and by the intervention of European agents.` Explaining this further he said: `In the first place the idea of a demarcated Frontier is itself an essentially modern conception, and finds little or no place in the ancient world. In Asia, the oldest inhabited continent, there has always been a strong instinctive aversion to the acceptance of fixed boundaries, arising partly from the nomadic habits of the people, partly from the dislike of precise arrangements that is typical of the oriental mind, but more still from the idea that in the vicissitudes of fortune more is to be expected from an unsettled than from a settled Frontier.`

Quite in tune with Curzon`™s insight, if Asiatic societies were not too concerned with exactly demarcated and administered boundaries, the British, as also all Europeans, find themselves extremely uneasy in situation where they find themselves with the prospect of governing territories with no exact boundaries. After inheriting Kashmir in 1846, they immediately began taking up measures to draw Kashmir`™s boundaries. This involved, among others, sending out expeditions into the mountainous territories to decide where the most defensible position for the British would be, together with setting up boundary commissions after commissions. One of these exploratory missions was led by Capt. Francis Younghusband, the same officer who much later as a colonel would lead the infamous Younghusband Expedition in 1904 to Tibet. The recommendations from these explorations were that India`™s natural and most defensible boundary should be the Karakoram watershed. However, politics of the time determined that this recommendation was not totally accepted. If militarily, the Karakoram ridge was the most logical boundary for India, on a larger geopolitical consideration prompted by Britain`™s cold war with Russia at the time, generally referred to as the Great Game, another lobby in the British establishment wanted to extend the Indian border right up to the Kuenlun mountain watershed, a mountain range that ran parallel to the Karakoram, and in the process incorporate the Yarkand river basin and the forbidding white desert of Aksai Chin, so that Russia cannot have a passage to Tibet. The British ultimately left this border ambiguous, coming up with three different alignments, one which incorporates the Aksai Chin totally, another partially, and yet a third which left out the Aksai Chin altogether and made the Karakoram ridge the Indian boundary, leaving room for intractable dispute between India and China over it which continues to this day.

This longish account of Kashmir boundary history was meant as a pointer to what would have been a similar scenario in the Northeast. Before the British arrived, although there were several established `Paddy States` as James Scott called them, they too would not have had the exactly demarcated and administered borders. When the British annexed Assam in 1826, this was indeed what it was, and as in Kashmir, the British, began immediately to fix boundaries. The first boundary they established formally was with Manipur by a treaty in 1833. This treaty also made it obligatory for Manipur to extend military support to the British in its expeditions in the region. But not satisfied with this, the British also wanted to establish Manipur`™s eastern boundary, quite in keeping with the European mindset of creating buffers that Curzon also talked of in his Romanes Lecture. In 1826, after the defeat of the Burmese in the 1st Anglo Burmese War, the Manipur boundary was fixed at the Chindwin River, thereby awarding Kabaw Valley to Manipur. In 1834, one year after fixing Assam`™s boundary with Manipur, the British decided to concede the Kabaw Valley to the Burmese who had been protesting all along, on the plea it can be better administered by Mandalay. This is not an argument about who deserved which territory, but the point we want to raise is, from what were once very fluid frontiers between various kingdoms and principalities before the British arrived, hard boundaries were being drawn, therefore would have meant considerable readjustments amongst frontier tribes. This was indeed the case when Chassad Kukis began to be restive attacking Tangkhul village in Manipur territory. They claimed they were in Burmese jurisdiction when pursued by Manipur authorities and that they were Manipur subjects when chastised by the Burmese. To take care of this administrative problem, at the behest of British Political Agent in Manipur, James Johnstone, Manipur`™s eastern boundary was readjusted in 1881 incorporating the Chassad settlements completely within Manipur. These outlooks to frontiers and boundaries should not be forgotten in dealing and resolving the issue of migration currently gripping Manipur.

Leader Writer: Pradip Phanjoubam

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Student hunger strikers escape from Observation Home, pledge to continue with agitation

IMPHAL, August 25: Altogether 13 students amongst the 14, who were picked up from their hunger strike venues at Keishampat and Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy and kept under observation

The students who escaped from the Observation Home continuing their hunger strike.

IMPHAL, August 25: Altogether 13 students amongst the 14, who were picked up from their hunger strike venues at Keishampat and Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy and kept under observation at the Juvenile Observation Home, Takyelpat escaped this morning around 9.

The 13 escaped students include nine from Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System (JCILPS) Students`™ Wing and four from Democratic Students`™ Alliance of Manipur (DESAM).

They are identified as Kh Jonshon Singh of Ramlal Paul Higher Secondary School; Dayananda Lairikyengbam of Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy; Oinam Suresh of Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy; Malemnganba Thounaojam of Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy; Toijam Robinson of CC Higher Secondary; Arambam Bopendro of Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy; Yumnam Luwanganba of Ram Lal Paul Higher Secondary; Leishangkhong Fajal of Lamlong Higher Secondary School and Thoudam Mukhesh of Lamlong Higher Secondary School.

Immediately after they ran out of the Home, the students joined their colleagues in launching fast unto death agitations at the places from where they were pulled up earlier.

Speaking to media persons at Ananda Singh Higher Secondary Academy following their escape, Kh Johson said that they jointly decided to escape from the Home in condemnation of the apparent government`™s failure to pass the proposed bill to safeguard the indigenous people in the Assembly on or before August 25.

The government had assured the people to pass an acceptable bill in the Assembly on or before August 25 that also after witnessing mass agitation from many sections.

This time also the government has utterly failed to keep its promises like in the past, he fumed.

He recounted that they were admitted to the RIMS Eye Ward soon after they were pulled up by police from the places where they launched fast unto death stirs.

But after few minutes, we were rushed to Juvenile Observation Home, Takyelpat not giving time to take rest in the hospital, he claimed.

Contending that they were treated like criminals in the observation home, Johnson pointed out that there is no nurse or doctor in the Home to give treatment to those who are staying in it.

He further narrated that the 13 students including him amongst the 14 managed to escape from the observation home through its front gate after much struggle as there are security personnel deployed in the Home.

Unfortunately, the remaining colleague failed to escape from the Home, he said.

He pledged that they will continue with the hunger strike till the introduction of ILPS or similar law in the State which is the collective wishes of the people.

Amongst the escapers, health condition of Yumnam Luwanganba is said to be critical. His mother reportedly collapsed on seeing his condition.

Meanwhile, yet another student has launched fast unto death agitation at Singjamei Wangma Kshetri Leikai starting this early morning around 3.50 replacing her colleague namely Beishmayum Puja Devi 18, daughter of B Jadhumani Sharma of Singjamei Wangma Torban Kshetri Leikai, who was arrested by police on August 24 for doing the same.

The new student hunger striker is identified as Yumlembam Enaobi 17, daughter of Y Ranbir of Singjamei Wangma Torban Kshetri Leikai.

Extend existing ILPS in State: ATSUM tells government

KANGPOKPI, August 25: Deeply concerning the grave tension prevailing in the state the All Tribal Students` Union Manipur (ATSUM) today rendered two chains of commands to Chief Minister O. Ibobi

KANGPOKPI, August 25: Deeply concerning the grave tension prevailing in the state the All Tribal Students` Union Manipur (ATSUM) today rendered two chains of commands to Chief Minister O. Ibobi Singh in an open memorandum in order to effectively address the grievances of the JCILPS and maintains public tranquility and return to normalcy.

The memorandum is signed by its acting president Joseph R Hmar.

ATSUM`™s two steps are, firstly, the Government of Manipur should extend the existing ILPS Act to stop further entry of non-natives/non-locals.

Secondly, the State government should form fully represented committee to examine the demographic impact of existing non-natives/non-locals in the state.

As this exercise would take time, the involvement of local public in the form of agitation would paralyze for months and years which would have serious adverse impact on the state socially and economically, the open memorandum of ATSUM added.

It further said that, Hill Area Committee would have to be involved if the tribal areas are covered.

ATSUM also appealed Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh to ensure suitable legislation to extend the ILP Act to Manipur at the earliest in the interest of the suffering local masses and only after such extension of the Act, to seriously as well as cautiously take up the second step to redress any adverse demographic impact due to the entry of non-natives/non-locals.

However, ATSUM cautioned that the second step given by them cannot and should not be taken up before or together with the first step under any circumstances.

Include Gaidinliu in NCERT books: Manipur CM to Centre – Times of India

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ICHAM wants all communities to resolve issues together

Information Centre for Hill Area Manipur ICHAM has expressed the need for sitting together by representatives of all communities of the State to delve on the current issues confronting Manipur Source Hueiyen News Service

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ICHAM wants all communities to resolve issues together

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Birth centenary celebrations of Rani Gaidinliu launched Manipur CM requests PM Modi to include texts on the life of Rani Gaidinilu in NCERT Text Books

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday emphasized that India must remember the glorious heritage of the freedom struggle and ensure that the legacy of the struggles and achievements of our freedom fighters is passed on to succeeding generations Sourc…

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Birth centenary celebrations of Rani Gaidinliu launched Manipur CM requests PM Modi to include texts on the life of Rani Gaidinilu in NCERT Text Books

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Month: August 2015

Angered by frequent Barak bridge collapses, transporters` body charges BRO of underperforming

Damaged bridge blocking traffic along Tipaimukh Road

Japanese Encephalitis case detected, official confirmation awaited

KAMA appreciates CM for gesture seeking inclusion of Rani Gaidinliu in syllabus

‘Distinctive press’ jacket for Manipur journos – Nagaland Post

Arms, ammunition found in Manipur – Business Standard

KYKL militant arrested in Manipur – Zee News

Frontiers to boundaries

Student hunger strikers escape from Observation Home, pledge to continue with agitation

Extend existing ILPS in State: ATSUM tells government

Include Gaidinliu in NCERT books: Manipur CM to Centre – Times of India

ICHAM wants all communities to resolve issues together

ICHAM wants all communities to resolve issues together

ICHAM wants all communities to resolve issues together

Birth centenary celebrations of Rani Gaidinliu launched Manipur CM requests PM Modi to include texts on the life of Rani Gaidinilu in NCERT Text Books

Birth centenary celebrations of Rani Gaidinliu launched Manipur CM requests PM Modi to include texts on the life of Rani Gaidinilu in NCERT Text Books

Birth centenary celebrations of Rani Gaidinliu launched Manipur CM requests PM Modi to include texts on the life of Rani Gaidinilu in NCERT Text Books

AIAmeen Dr Mumtaz Educational Welfare Trust, Manipur

AIAmeen Dr Mumtaz Educational Welfare Trust, Manipur

AIAmeen Dr Mumtaz Educational Welfare Trust, Manipur