Engineers Day celebrated
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 15 2012:
Deliberation on maladies caused or likely to be caused by drastic changes in the climatic conditions marked the Engineers' Day celebration held today at the Takyelpat hall of Institutions of Engineers (India), Manipur state Centre.
The celebration held on the theme "Appropriate Climate-Responsive Technologies for Inclusive Growth and Sustainable Development" was attended by Lok Sabha MP Dr T Meinya and IEI chairman Kh Angou as the chief guest and functional president respectively.
speaking at the occasion, Dr Meinya conceded that 'our nation is lagging far behind in terms of development compared to other nations' and described climate change as one of the most serious challenges faced by mankind.
As a chief guest of the event, PWD chief Engineer M Lokendro Singh mooted that awareness programmes need to be organised on a regular basis to educate the masses on the threat posed to man due to random dumping of wastes materials at public places including roadsides.
He also confirmed newspaper reports about the Government plan to develop an artificial lake of 40-50 acre size in Lamphelpat.
Controller of Technical Education, Kh Rajchandra Singh in his address stressed on the need to work out an effective mechanism whereby economic growth and development activities could be sustained with minimal impact on ecological balance.
While conceding that development activities would certainly amount to affecting the environmental condition, Rajchandra explained that as development is inevitable for the well-being of mankind the only means of ensuring development and avoiding drastic climatic change in through sustainable development.
PWD Chief Engineer (Retd) Th Joykumar, who also addressed the gathering as a guest of honour, informed that Engineers' Day is being held to commemorate the birth anniversary of engineer Visveswarya, regarded as the wizard of engineer.
He also strongly advocated constant deliberation among subject experts to ensure development works continue without much disturbance caused to
the environment.