Samulamlal should be upgraded to Sub Division: Demand Committee
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 11, 2014:
The Samulamlal Tribal Development Block of Churchandpur district is demanded to be upgraded to sub division.
While briefing the media persons held on Monday at Samulamlal village, the advisor of the Samulamlal Sub Division Demand Committee M Lairamjao communicated that there is displeasures among the people of the block for not upgrading TB Block to Sub Division as the Samulamlal TD block was established 26 years ago.
Moreover, he continued, the TD Block had been rendering its administrative services from a rented house since its inauguration by the then Chief Minister Rishang Keishing on January 24, 1988.However, other TD Blocks, which were simultaneously established with Samulamlal TD Block, have been upgraded to Sub Division, informing that Bungte Chiru TD Block in Senapati district, Thangtin TD Block in Churchandpur district are new two sub divisions approved by the State Cabinet along the upgradation of three TD Blocks recently.
There is no objection to the creation of new five Sub Division, but the demand for upgrading the existing Samulamlal TD Block is logical and has merits, Lairamjao justified, adding that the people of the area have tolerated the burden of visiting Churchandpur for the last two decades and the students of the Samulamlal took maximum load of the burden.
Many memorandum have been submitted to the successive Chief Ministers from time to time demanding to upgrade Samulamlal TD Block to Sub Division, continuing that he is now 75 years old but associate with the young generation for the demand and added that he did see no blacktopping in the TD Block.
Narrating the present situation, infrastructure and other development works have been going on at the TD Block office but its officials are sitting it the Churchandpur head quarters.
It is noteworthy that Samulamlal TD Block has 8 circles, 120 villages and its population is nearing fifty thousand.
The nearest market is Sagang.
Another member of the Sub Division Demand Committee Rekhupsong mentioned that upgradation of sub division and smooth functioning of the TD Block is rightful demand.
The media team along with the Demand Committee has visited office complex of the TD Block and scanned the condition of the office.