Source: The Sangai Express / Addie Chiphang
Ukhrul, September 23 2009:
Irked with the lackadaisical attitude of the SPF Government, Tangkhul Katamnao Shaklong (TKS) and Raphei Katamnao Long (RKL) have indefinitely closed down the Electricity Department of the district from today.
According to the students body, closing down of the Department was necessitated in sync with earlier demands made by the two students' bodies repeatedly for the last 13 to 14 months which is yet to comply by the State Government.
Talking to The Sangai Express, RKL president Tennoson P alleged that the Ibobi led SPF Government has miserably failed in many developmental works particularly in the hill areas.
Electricity which is one of most important components of modern living is too erratic in Ukhrul testifying State Government's negligence towards the development of the district, he added.
The president informed that monthly electric bills are regularly deducted from the salaries of all the Government employees and no employee is allowed to encash their salary without producing 'no due certificate' from the Electricity Department.
It may be mentioned that TKS and RKL launched their agitation from September 19 by initiating poster campaign in the interior parts of the district in this regard.
The students' bodies demanded for regular and interrupted electric power supply in the district and commissioning of 11/33 KV power sub-station at Namrei at the earliest.
The bodies warned that intense agitation would be initiated against the State Government if it fails to comply with their demands within one week's time.