Locals at Mayang Imphal stage sit-in against plan to move DIET centre
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 21 2021:
Locals of Mayang Imphal staged a sit-in protest demanding construction of the DIET (District Institute of Education & Training) centre at Mayang Imphal Thana Maning Khunou at the earliest.
The foundation stone of the centre was laid in 2016 by then Education Minister Dr Kh Ratankumar.
The protest was organised by the DIET Imphal West Construction Demand Committee.
Members of several clubs and locals took part in the protest.
During the protest, convenor of the demand committee, Dijendro Mangang said the people of the region are against the plan to move the centre to Lamshang Constituency.
He said Education Minister S Rajen had announced the plan to move the DIET centre while attending a function there.
Stating that the DIET centre shouldn't be moved to other places in the district, he also appealed to the Education Minister to expedite the construction work at the earliest and complete the centre before the term of the present Government ends.
If the Government disregards the aspiration of the people of the region and proceeds to move the centre to some other place, people of Mayang Imphal may be forced to launch stringent agitations, he said.