Source: The Sangai Express
IMPHAL, Sep 11: A meeting is being convened at New Delhi on September 18 wherein the main agenda would be obtaining environmental clearance to commence construction work for the 1500 megawatt Tipaimukh Multi-purpose Project.
The meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee will be represented by officials of the State’s Power Department, said a source and added that the crucial meeting would be held under the chairmanship of the Expert Appraisal Committee P Abraham, who is also the Power secretary in the Union Ministry.
In order to convince the Central Government authorities to approve the environmental clearance, it is said that along with sufficient deployment of State security forces all relevant scientific information have already been collected and documented from the project site.
Overshadowed by controversies commencement of Project works had repeatedly suffered setbacks due to certain section of the society strongly opposing the mega project with the contention that environmental damage caused by it would be irreparable in addition to the armed Hmar People’s Convention (D) setting aflame drilling machines at the Project site some months back to demonstrate its opposition to the project.
In the backdrop of the security concerns for the Project, whose foundation stone was laid by the Union Power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, and consequent upon the Union Home Ministry’s directive that no less than four battalion of security force to shield the Dam from destructive elements, State police authorities had assessed the ground reality and submitted its findings to the Union Ministry.
The Project is to be constructed by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO).
The source also said that among others, the meeting would be attended by State’s Power Secretary, Principal Chief conservator of Forest, member Secretary of State Pollution Control Board (Churachandpur) and Deputy Commissioner of Tamenglong district.
It may be mentioned that officials of the Union Power Ministry-constituted Expert Appraisal Committee had already visited the Dam site and interacted with the local populace.
On the other hand, a review meeting with regard to the Loktak Conservation Project is being convened at New Delhi on September 17 by the Union Planning Commission which will be attended by State officials.
Ahead of the said meeting the Chief Secretary today held discussions on the Project with the Principal Secretary (Planning) DS Poonia and LDA Project Director Gojen.
Apart from the three officials, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest will attend the Meeting.
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Leave Mizoram, says YMA to UGs
Aizawl, Sept 11: The Central Coordination Committee (CCC) of the powerful Central Young Mizo Association (C-YMA), the biggest non-Governmental organization in Mizoram, has issued a warning to all insurgent groups, telling them to leave Mizoram before the upcoming State Assembly elections.
The Young Mizo Association's CCC, which held a meeting at the CYMA main office in Aizawl, strongly condemned the killing of four Indian Reserve (IR) police personnel by Hmar People's Convention (HPC-D) cadres on September 3 in Mizoram and sent out its deepest condolences to families of the deceased soldiers.
“We urge all Hmar tribal groups not to resort to guns as means of finding solutions as this could harm the communal harmony in Mizoram. We also ask the Mizoram Government to take firm action and to keep a strict vigil on insurgents as they pose a threat to our communal harmony,” a statement from the Young Mizo Association's CCC said.
The CCC also warned political parties in Mizoram not to maintain nexus with insurgent groups in the upcoming Mizoram Assembly elections as this is against democracy and will only lead to disturbances and rise of insurgency.
The statement then said that the Central Young Mizo Association (C-YMA) will not have a yearly objective as it had done so in the past but will continue its fight against drugs and intoxicants. The CCC also urged the State Government to take complete the new airport in Saitluk.
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KNO appeals
IMPHAL, Sep 11: Kuki National Organisation (KNO) has entreated all the people, the Kukis in particular, to solemnise September 13 ( Kuki Black) Day) as a day of prayer for peace and forgiveness and no ill-will towards others.
In a statement, information and publicity secretary of the outfit Lenin H Kuki said that though some critics may speak against the observance of Kuki Black Day, it is customary practice of the Kuki people to pay homage and tribute to those beloved departed souls and such an occasion is called Sahnit Nikho. At the same time, it is also not against the beliefs and tenets of Christianity to mourn and pray for the bereaved family.
Recalling the Zoupi/Zanglenphai massacre in which many innocent Kukis were killed and their houses destroyed by NSCN (IM) cadres after serving a quit notice, Lenin described it as one of the most gruesome event ever recorded in the history of Christians in Manipur.
KNO was also decried the alleged discriminatory attitude of the Government of Manipur and the Manipuris over the death of hundreds of innocent Kukis in ‘the blood-stained hands of NSCN (IM) in compare to the hue and cry over the death of 18 persons in the hands of the State security forces’.
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Kuki Inpi urges public
IMPHAL, Sep 11: The Kuki Inpi Manipur urged to each and every Kuki to observe the Black Day on September 13. According to a press release of the Kuki Inpi, the black September is being observed by the Kukis as a day of mourning and as a mark of paying respect to those people killed during the alleged ethnic cleansing of NSCN-IM over the Kuki people. Over 900 Kukis including women and children were killed and 360 villages were burnt down during the conflict. Maintaining that killing of the Kukis were continued from 1992 to 1995, Kuki Inpi accused that the Central and State Government failed to protect the Kukis. As a mark of observance of the Black Day, every Kuki household should raise black flag in half mast in front of their houses and a prayer for reconciliation, peace and solidarity will be held in every village church, added the press release.
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Monetary demands from UGs, Many schools forced to shut
IMPHAL, Sep 11: In sharp contrast to students and civil society organisations having declared education a free zone, monetary demands by different armed outfits have forced shut-down of educational institutions in the State.
The institutes reeling under the impact of the UG demands include prestigious schools such as three Don Bosco schools and A Jalil High School in Kshetrigao.
According to informed sources, Don Bosco schools located at Ching-meirong, Langjing and Phayeng have received demand notes of Rs 4 lakh each from the proscribed KCP-MC.
As the deadline served to these institutes to cough up the money lapsed school authorities had decided to cancel all classes with effect from yesterday’s assembly sessions.
A Jalil High School is informed to have received Rs 7 lakh from a faction of the PULF organisation on August 30 with September 7 as the deadline.
In connection with the shut-down of the Kshe-trigao institution, DESAM and AMSU today co-hosted a media briefing wherein the latter’s joint secretary Paotinthang Mate expressed strong desire that conducts/activities of UGs should not affect academic atmosphere.
He appealed to the PULF organisation to reconsider its activities in order to facilitate resumption of normal classes.
The AMSU functionary also highlighted the reso-lution to make education free zone at the July 5 joint meeting of DESAM-AM-SU, students and teachers.
Education secretary of DESAM A Thoithoi fervently appealed to all UG groups to refrain from demanding percentage cuts from educational institutions.
While urging authorities of A Jalil High School to reopen the school from tomorrow, Thoithoi also asserted that PULF will be held responsible for any ugly development.
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KNF (MC)
The KNF (MC) which is a constituent unit of the KNO has claimed that it shot three drug peddlers in the leg, reports our CCpur correspondent. The three were paraded before the media along with 1200 RP tablets seized from them.
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Manipur Assembly
The 4th session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly would be convened from October 1 to 6. There would be in all three sittings. A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee presided by Assembly Speaker Dr S Budhichandra today afternoon decided that the 4th session of the Assembly would be held from October 1 to 6. On the first day of the session on October 1, the report of the Select Committee on the Manipur Compulsory Registration of Marriage Bill, 2008 would be introduced along with the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council (Third Amendment) Bill, 2008; Manipur Municipality Disclosure Bill, 2008 and Manipur Panchayati Raj (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2008. On October 2, Government business and private members’ business would be discussed and on the last sitting on October 6, the Bills introduced on the first day of the session would be discussed for passing along with discussion on the Government business.
IMPHAL, Sep 11: A meeting is being convened at New Delhi on September 18 wherein the main agenda would be obtaining environmental clearance to commence construction work for the 1500 megawatt Tipaimukh Multi-purpose Project.
The meeting of the Expert Appraisal Committee will be represented by officials of the State’s Power Department, said a source and added that the crucial meeting would be held under the chairmanship of the Expert Appraisal Committee P Abraham, who is also the Power secretary in the Union Ministry.
In order to convince the Central Government authorities to approve the environmental clearance, it is said that along with sufficient deployment of State security forces all relevant scientific information have already been collected and documented from the project site.
Overshadowed by controversies commencement of Project works had repeatedly suffered setbacks due to certain section of the society strongly opposing the mega project with the contention that environmental damage caused by it would be irreparable in addition to the armed Hmar People’s Convention (D) setting aflame drilling machines at the Project site some months back to demonstrate its opposition to the project.
In the backdrop of the security concerns for the Project, whose foundation stone was laid by the Union Power minister Sushil Kumar Shinde, and consequent upon the Union Home Ministry’s directive that no less than four battalion of security force to shield the Dam from destructive elements, State police authorities had assessed the ground reality and submitted its findings to the Union Ministry.
The Project is to be constructed by the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO).
The source also said that among others, the meeting would be attended by State’s Power Secretary, Principal Chief conservator of Forest, member Secretary of State Pollution Control Board (Churachandpur) and Deputy Commissioner of Tamenglong district.
It may be mentioned that officials of the Union Power Ministry-constituted Expert Appraisal Committee had already visited the Dam site and interacted with the local populace.
On the other hand, a review meeting with regard to the Loktak Conservation Project is being convened at New Delhi on September 17 by the Union Planning Commission which will be attended by State officials.
Ahead of the said meeting the Chief Secretary today held discussions on the Project with the Principal Secretary (Planning) DS Poonia and LDA Project Director Gojen.
Apart from the three officials, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest will attend the Meeting.
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Leave Mizoram, says YMA to UGs
Aizawl, Sept 11: The Central Coordination Committee (CCC) of the powerful Central Young Mizo Association (C-YMA), the biggest non-Governmental organization in Mizoram, has issued a warning to all insurgent groups, telling them to leave Mizoram before the upcoming State Assembly elections.
The Young Mizo Association's CCC, which held a meeting at the CYMA main office in Aizawl, strongly condemned the killing of four Indian Reserve (IR) police personnel by Hmar People's Convention (HPC-D) cadres on September 3 in Mizoram and sent out its deepest condolences to families of the deceased soldiers.
“We urge all Hmar tribal groups not to resort to guns as means of finding solutions as this could harm the communal harmony in Mizoram. We also ask the Mizoram Government to take firm action and to keep a strict vigil on insurgents as they pose a threat to our communal harmony,” a statement from the Young Mizo Association's CCC said.
The CCC also warned political parties in Mizoram not to maintain nexus with insurgent groups in the upcoming Mizoram Assembly elections as this is against democracy and will only lead to disturbances and rise of insurgency.
The statement then said that the Central Young Mizo Association (C-YMA) will not have a yearly objective as it had done so in the past but will continue its fight against drugs and intoxicants. The CCC also urged the State Government to take complete the new airport in Saitluk.
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KNO appeals
IMPHAL, Sep 11: Kuki National Organisation (KNO) has entreated all the people, the Kukis in particular, to solemnise September 13 ( Kuki Black) Day) as a day of prayer for peace and forgiveness and no ill-will towards others.
In a statement, information and publicity secretary of the outfit Lenin H Kuki said that though some critics may speak against the observance of Kuki Black Day, it is customary practice of the Kuki people to pay homage and tribute to those beloved departed souls and such an occasion is called Sahnit Nikho. At the same time, it is also not against the beliefs and tenets of Christianity to mourn and pray for the bereaved family.
Recalling the Zoupi/Zanglenphai massacre in which many innocent Kukis were killed and their houses destroyed by NSCN (IM) cadres after serving a quit notice, Lenin described it as one of the most gruesome event ever recorded in the history of Christians in Manipur.
KNO was also decried the alleged discriminatory attitude of the Government of Manipur and the Manipuris over the death of hundreds of innocent Kukis in ‘the blood-stained hands of NSCN (IM) in compare to the hue and cry over the death of 18 persons in the hands of the State security forces’.
-------------------
Kuki Inpi urges public
IMPHAL, Sep 11: The Kuki Inpi Manipur urged to each and every Kuki to observe the Black Day on September 13. According to a press release of the Kuki Inpi, the black September is being observed by the Kukis as a day of mourning and as a mark of paying respect to those people killed during the alleged ethnic cleansing of NSCN-IM over the Kuki people. Over 900 Kukis including women and children were killed and 360 villages were burnt down during the conflict. Maintaining that killing of the Kukis were continued from 1992 to 1995, Kuki Inpi accused that the Central and State Government failed to protect the Kukis. As a mark of observance of the Black Day, every Kuki household should raise black flag in half mast in front of their houses and a prayer for reconciliation, peace and solidarity will be held in every village church, added the press release.
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Monetary demands from UGs, Many schools forced to shut
IMPHAL, Sep 11: In sharp contrast to students and civil society organisations having declared education a free zone, monetary demands by different armed outfits have forced shut-down of educational institutions in the State.
The institutes reeling under the impact of the UG demands include prestigious schools such as three Don Bosco schools and A Jalil High School in Kshetrigao.
According to informed sources, Don Bosco schools located at Ching-meirong, Langjing and Phayeng have received demand notes of Rs 4 lakh each from the proscribed KCP-MC.
As the deadline served to these institutes to cough up the money lapsed school authorities had decided to cancel all classes with effect from yesterday’s assembly sessions.
A Jalil High School is informed to have received Rs 7 lakh from a faction of the PULF organisation on August 30 with September 7 as the deadline.
In connection with the shut-down of the Kshe-trigao institution, DESAM and AMSU today co-hosted a media briefing wherein the latter’s joint secretary Paotinthang Mate expressed strong desire that conducts/activities of UGs should not affect academic atmosphere.
He appealed to the PULF organisation to reconsider its activities in order to facilitate resumption of normal classes.
The AMSU functionary also highlighted the reso-lution to make education free zone at the July 5 joint meeting of DESAM-AM-SU, students and teachers.
Education secretary of DESAM A Thoithoi fervently appealed to all UG groups to refrain from demanding percentage cuts from educational institutions.
While urging authorities of A Jalil High School to reopen the school from tomorrow, Thoithoi also asserted that PULF will be held responsible for any ugly development.
--------------
KNF (MC)
The KNF (MC) which is a constituent unit of the KNO has claimed that it shot three drug peddlers in the leg, reports our CCpur correspondent. The three were paraded before the media along with 1200 RP tablets seized from them.
----------------
Manipur Assembly
The 4th session of the Manipur Legislative Assembly would be convened from October 1 to 6. There would be in all three sittings. A meeting of the Business Advisory Committee presided by Assembly Speaker Dr S Budhichandra today afternoon decided that the 4th session of the Assembly would be held from October 1 to 6. On the first day of the session on October 1, the report of the Select Committee on the Manipur Compulsory Registration of Marriage Bill, 2008 would be introduced along with the Manipur (Hill Areas) District Council (Third Amendment) Bill, 2008; Manipur Municipality Disclosure Bill, 2008 and Manipur Panchayati Raj (Fifth Amendment) Bill, 2008. On October 2, Government business and private members’ business would be discussed and on the last sitting on October 6, the Bills introduced on the first day of the session would be discussed for passing along with discussion on the Government business.
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