CM urged to post local as DFO Chandel
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 22 2021:
Dingpi Area Kuki Truck Owners' Association (DAKTOA), Chandel district has appealed to chief minister N Biren Singh to post/appoint a local as the district forest officer (DFO) in the larger interest of the general public of Chandel.
In a release, DAKTOA chairman Tonispao Haokip stated that most of the people of Chandel are engaged in forest related activities for their livelihood, are illiterate and belong to poorest of the poor.
Since they are directly engaged in forest related activities, they need an officer who understands their basic needs for their day-to-day activities.
For that, a local person is most likely to be well aware of the problems of the people of Chandel.
It will bring prosperity and development in all aspects, it observed.
DAKTOA maintained that when officers who are outsiders are posted in Chandel there might be language problems, miscommunication between the public and the officer, which will again bring more trouble to the public.
That is the reason why a local person is sought for the post of the DFO, it reasoned.
On behalf of the Chandel people, the Association urged the CM to consider their appeal.