Month: January 2018

From Our Correspondent

KANGPOKPI | Jan 12

The Kuki National Front (KNF), an entity of the tripartite political dialogue with the centre and state government under UPF vehemently condemned the firing incident at Kangpokpi district yesterday evening in the alleged aftermath of attack on 38 AR Post Kangpokpi by some unknown miscreants.

The information and publicity secretary of the outfit, Lh. Stephen said that the firing incident at in the aftermath of the alleged attack on Assam Rifles Post Kangpokpi disrupted the prevailing peaceful environment in the district headquarters apart from composing fear and panic among the innocent civilians.

He continued that KNF highly condemned the incident which disturbed the peaceful environment in its operational area as the outfit keenly promote and maintain peace and harmony in the area.

The outfit also consoled the innocent civilians of Kangpokpi and its adjoining areas not to panic while maintaining the earned peaceful environment.

It also asked that whoever responsible in the alleged attack on the AR camp to declare publicly with their motive at the earliest in the larger interest of peace and harmony. The outfit also appealed not to repeat the disturbing incident in future.

Toilets poorly maintained

By A Staff Reporter

IMPHAL | Jan 12

Despite state government’s efforts to excel in the Swaschhta competition for ranking in cleanliness under Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), toilets of some of the premier colleges and schools in the capital city are in a sorry state of affair.

Currently an independent team is surveying the level of cleanliness in towns of the state under Swachh Survekshan (leanliness contest) of towns of the country under the SBM. Imphal city is yet to be surveyed.

Imphal city is among 500 cities across the country selected for the SBM (SBM) in the category one. In the category two 164 towns of the Northeast including 26 towns in Manipur will vie for the top positions.

The survey is currently on in small towns of the state.

Manipur ranked 15 th in the Swachh Survekshan 2015. It came down to the rank of 122 nd in 2017.

 It is during this crucial period that toilets of some of the government’s premier institutions, which are regarded as place of enlightenment, present disheartening pictures.

Though these toilets are well constructed there is no sign of proper maintenance.

A one day survey conducted by The Imphal Free Pres on Wednesday in some of the government institutions located in Imphal city found that the toilets are dirty and stinky.

At one of the toilets huge amounts of mud are accumulated on the corridor of the toilet and sanitary napkins are being thrown carelessly on the flasket of the toilet. The buckets are really dirty.

In one of the college toilets vines wwere seen entering the toilet through the ventilator. Water was not flowing from the tap on the day of the survey.

In a boys’ school wrappers of tobacco products were found dumped in the urine toilet.

CCPUR | Jan 12

Under the supervision of Churachandpur SP, Rakesh Balwal, a combine team of Churachandpur police, 25 AR, NAB and NCB destroyed opium plantation field of 51 acres in total area.

The opium plantation’s destroying in the field was ere back up by personnels from the Police and 25 AR numbering 100 where at the Patlien village

The team led by additional SP (Ops), Binod Ranjan, along with Major Radha of 25 AR and other police and AR personnel destroyed the opium field of 21 acres at Lanva village and 30 acres in Churachandpur district.

The action was taken up since yesterday by the police against opium plantation and continued till today.

As per reports from the police, drugs worth Rs. 12.99 lakhs had been seized so far under the supervision of Churachandpur SP, which included huge quantity of heroin, WY and SP tablets and liquors.

From Our Correspondent

KANGPOKPI | Jan 12

Personnel of 38 Assam Rifles blank fired for an hour over the alleged attacked to its post at Kangpokpi by unknown miscreants yesterday evening.

Since more than six years, there has been a peaceful environment in the town. However, the firing incident yesterday evening created an extreme fearful atmosphere among the innocent civilians of the town and its surrounding areas.

The 38 Assam Rifles post at the heart of Kangpokpi district was allegedly attacked with Chinese hand grenades followed by firing from two different directions in an alleged attempt to hurt the security personnel compelling the AR personnel to reiterate by opening blank fire at around 8:50 pm.

Grenades explosion and gun fire were heard by the locals, which were immediately followed by continuous gun shots till 10:10 pm creating extremely panic situation in the entire district. Many church goers for learning gospel hymns were reportedly struck at their respective churches till midnight while some spent the night in their friend’s house.

The AR post located in the heart of the town under the jurisdiction of Ward No.11 is surrounded by many government establishments including DC Complex and many other department offices in the west, District Hospital Complex in the north, Orthopedic Hospital, Orphanage Home, KT School and others in the south and national Highway-2 in the east. Many residential houses were also located near to the fencing of the AR post along the DC road where the alleged unknown miscreants suspected to have attacked and hurled the grenades.

Later in the morning, it was discovered that one domestic pig belonging to Lhingpi Khongsai, a resident of Ward No. 11 residing near to the fencing of the AR camp was killed during the blank fire while most of the houses on the same direction bore multiple bullet marks. However, no human casualty has been reported on the part of the security forces and civilian as well. Two crater of grenade explosion also found inside the AR Camp while another unexploded grenade was found inside the camp, which the AR personnel with bomb expert exploded safely at around 3 pm this afternoon. Multiple splinter marks and bullet marks were also seen in some structure inside the AR camp while a water tank (Sintex) near the barrack of the AR also bore one bullet mark.

Meanwhile, the local civil bodies under the aegis of Kangpokpi Town Committee including Kangpokpi Women Welfare Organisation and Kanggui Youth Union held an emergency meeting today afternoon at Kanggui Youth Union office chaired by chairman of the town committee, Chonkam Kipgen. The meeting vehemently condemned the alleged attacked of the 38 AR Kangpokpi post and demanded whoever the culprits to come up openly with their motive at the earliest for the larger welfare of people of the district.

It also condemned in strongest term the alleged provoked firing of the Assam Rifles personnel in the aftermath of the alleged attack creating an extreme unease atmosphere in the town rendering innocent children, women and the general populace.

It further resolved that the local civil bodies will not tolerate if any innocent civilian was harassed by the security forces in the aftermath of yesterday’s incident.