Railway Tunnel No 12 located at S Saheibung: VA
Source: Chronicle News Service
Kangpokpi, August 31 2021:
Expressing strong resentment over false designation of Railway Tunnel No 12 at Sangaithel village, Imphal West; S Saheibung Village Authority and Youth Club have clarified that the actual location of the said tunnel is at S Saheibung village in Kangpokpi district.
S Saheibung VA and Youth Club strongly denounced the media reports as false and misleading, while pointing out that there is no existing/planned railway tunnel project at Sangaithel as claimed by media.
The bodies stated that union minister of state for railway Raosaheb Patil Danve pn Monday inspected the railway tunnel drilling work at Tunnel No 12 at S Saheibung village, which is about 3 km away from Sangaithel village in Imphal West district.
While appreciating the visit of the Union MoS to the village, S Saheibung VA and Youth Club stated that it is rather surprising that the villagers were not even informed about the visit.
It is unfortunate that some media outlets reported name of the tunnel as Sangaithel Tunnel, they said and informed that S Saheibung villagers had apprised authorities concerned to name Tunnel No 12 as 'Saheibung Tunnel' since it passes through the village's land.
S Saheibung VA and Youth Club also appealed to the authorities concerned to name Tunnel No 12 as 'Saheibung Tunnel' in the larger interest of peace and development as well as doing justiceto the people of S Saheibung village.
The two bodies also urged all media houses to report facts.
It is also suspicious that certain vested parties might have orchestrated such misleading reporting, which often relies upon unnamed sources and presents a lopsided picture of the facts which is very unfortunate, the two bodies said.