Kongba river
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 28 2015 :
With an aim to fight scarcity of water, locals of Kongpal Ningthoubung Leikai dredged Kongba river at their locality.
The locals used the earth, dug up from the river, in the ground levelling work of a playground.
Kongpal Ningthoubung Leikai Ground Committee president RK Shanta said that the said work was taken up as people of the locality have been facing the problem of acute water scarcity.
BJP Manipur Pradesh general secretary, who supervised the dredging exercise, said that it is encouraging to keep the river clean and to construct a playground.
He said that political leaders must step down from their respective positions if they are unable to work for the welfare of the common people.