Let Govt offices of hill areas function at their respective districts: ICHAM
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 22 2014:
Information Center for Hills Area Manipur (ICHAM) has in a press release condemned the officers of Hills District of Manipur who are not stationed at their respective hill office.
The Government of Manipur allowed the District officers to operate their offices in their residence instead of decentralizing and upgrading the Government Department in the Hills district of Manipur.
Owing to non operation of the District departments, the various hill organizations have demanded for the same in many years back.
Even though compact Mini Secretariats are constructed at each District Headquarters, it has failed to operate the offices.
The department likes PWD, Tribal and Hills dept, Minor irrigation, Statistics, Sericulture, Horticulture, Agriculture, Social welfare, Education dept, DIC, Fishery, Forest, Youth and Sports etc, Manipur hill districts are functioning only by the deputy commissioners and some SDO's and BDO's with 90 percent of the officials and staff away from the offices.
For instance, the Kasom Khullen sub-division office is operating from New Checkon in the conveniences of the SDO.
Integrity without action will do more harm than good.
Education sector is another most neglected sector in the hill district of the state.
The Govt.has done nothing serious to regularize the contract lecturers who are running schools at a pitiable condition for the last so many decades.
It is time to regularize their services.
It seems sarcastic to assert that sports personalities are offered top post.
Manipur being a state where various ethnic communities exist, the Govt.should timely and regularly assess that opportunity and development takes place in the State to avoid any future divide.
ICHAM further appealed to the House for strong resolution on the issue in the larger interest of the people of Manipur.