Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 19:
Amidst the persisting demand of the Sadar Hills District Demand Committee to upgrade Sadar Hills to a full-fledged revenue district, people of the area have started impressing 'Sadar Hills district' over the words Senapati district.
Even as the Government is yet to grant district status to Sadar Hills, the people are preparing to proclaim the area a full-fledged revenue district after a referendum.
The people of Sadar Hills area, particularly those residing at Kangpokpi have started replacing 'Senapati district' with 'Sadar Hills district' on all the sign-boards put up in front of shops and offices located in Kangpokpi town, informed secretary of Kangpokpi Town Committee Chonkan Kipgen.
The new initiative is aimed at demonstrating to the Government that the people wish fulfilment of their demand which has been standing since 2972."What we want is separate Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police for Sadar Hills", said Chonkan Kipgen.
After the shops, the drive to replace 'Senapati district' with 'Sadar Hills district' will be taken to schools and then to each village within Sadar Hills, he conveyed.
Given the fact that the Government is refusing to grant district status to Sadar Hills, the people has made necessary preparations to proclaim Sadar Hills a full-fledged revenue district after a referendum, claimed Kangpokpi Youth Club secretary Khuplien Lhouvum.
The Kangpokpi Town Committee also urged upon the Government to repair the dilapidated sections of NH 39 at the earliest.