Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, October 12 2010:
The persisting Zeliangrong imbroglio on nomenclature has prompted one of its tribes to distance itself from either group of the Zeliangrong apex bodies.
Zeliangrong Union (ZU) and Zeliangrong Baudi (ZB) have been engaged in a tussle for sometime now each claiming to be the apex organisation of the Zeliangrong community.
The three tribes-Zeme, Liangmai and Rongmei as a whole is known as Zeliangrong.
On Tuesday, Liangmai Naga Council-Manipur (LNC-M) has said that it cannot be part of either Zeliangrong Union (ZU) or Zeliangrong Baudi (ZB) as long as the impasse prevails over the nomenclature.
"We have no objection to any nomenclature but we do not want to be a part of any controversy either, which is detrimental to the Zeliangrong community," asserted Ch.
Dithinbou, president of Liangmai Naga Council, Manipur on Tuesday.
The LNC chief went on to state that the Liangmai tribe wants the unity of the Zeliangrong community and supporting one group and discarding the other amounts to furthering the process of disharmony in the Zeliangrong community.
The LNC also said that it condemns the act of, creating disunity among the Zeliangrong people, adding, "LNC will never endorse any move or finalisation of things if the decision is to be taken without intimation or consultation with the Liangmai body by the concerned authority of the Zeliangrong community" .
Meanwhile, citing the October 6 Tamei bus mishap where four persons got killed, the LNC rues that due to poor facilities at the Tamei Primary Health Centre (PHC) those people who had chances of survival lost their precious lives on that fateful day.
Four people including three from Imphal and one from Tamei area died when a vehicle they were onboard fell into a gorge near Tamei on October 6 afternoon as it failed to negotiate the deplorable road condition.
The Liangmai apex body highlighted that a single doctor with the barest of equipments is 'manning' the Tamei PHC.
The LNC opined that had there been oxygen available on that fateful day of October 6, the story could have been otherwise.
The Liangmai body said that the I.T Road is one of the oldest roads in Manipur but the State Government continues to show an indifferent attitude towards this important road.
"Every year landslides have been occurring along the I.T Road and numerous accidents have resulted in the loss of several lives but the State Government remains callous towards the plight of the people who are dependent on the road," fumed the Liangmai Naga Council, Manipur.
It lauded the 10th Dogra Regiment stationed at Tamei for carrying out Good Samaritan works by clearing land slides to make the life of the people a lot easier.