Day: September 9, 2017

IMPHAL | Sept 9

Social Welfare and Cooperation minister Nemcha Kipgen today expressed that under ‘Accessible India Campaign’, the State government is in the process of making 30 government office buildings to be easily accessible for the Persons with Disabilities.

The minister stated this during her speech as chief guest at the 44th foundation day celebration of Ideal Blind School, Takyel.

For the welfare of persons with disabilities, the department is implementing various social security schemes under State plan like scholarship for the students with disabilities, unemployment allowance to the educated unemployed persons with disabilities, financial assistance to the PWDs, marriage incentive award, grant-in-aid to the organisations formed by the persons with disabilities or parents of severe disabilities, Nemcha added.

As a part of the celebration, the minister felicitated the students of this school who excelled in their academic and in the field of sports at various state and national level competitions.

The authority of the school lauded the assistance extended earlier by the minister for renovating the toilets and for installing water reservoir in the school campus.

Director social welfare, Jacintha Lazarus, state commissioner for Persons with Disabilities, Manipur Dr. R.K. Kumarjit Singh and joint director social welfare, Surrender A Shishak attended the occasion as the president, guest of honour and special guest, respectively.  

IMPHAL | Sept 9

The Rongmei Naga Youth Organization has demanded a clean sheet regarding the suspension order of one F. Gonglin (IPS) SP Senapati and other two officers who also have been kept under suspension and their pensions blocked.

A release signed by president of the organisation, G. Gwangphun said that the article published under the caption, “Sub- Standard belt supply to police, 2 cops suspended…” on September 2 in a local newspaper is a matter of serious public concern demanding prompt and remedial measure.

The government had made the disciplinary penalty order without making a proper enquiry and appears that the matter is politically motivated and influenced, it alleged. The order was issued without considering the stage in which the parties concerned, tender committee and the purchaser had already established terms of agreement and verification made on numbers and quality of the belts at the first stage of negotiation and agreement made between the responsible agents of the firm and police department, it further said.

The matter calls for through enquiry to unravel the action or omissions that had taken place at various stages and processes of the procurement, it continued. The organisations expressed disappointment over the act of character assassination or defamation made towards a respected and abled officer in such a manner before establishing his fault, continued.

 Such acts committed must be remedied and the prestige of the officer restored all in the interest of upholding the reputation of the government and the nation, it added.