Newmai News Network
Imphal | August 30
The Manipur government is likely to declare Manipur as drought affected State on Saturday. In this regard, a meeting will be held on Saturday, August 31, where ministers and MLAs have been invited.
According to Chief Minister N Biren Singh, a "special" meeting has been convened to discuss the drought like situation in Manipur at the Chief Minister's Secretariat with ministers, MLAs, the Chief Secretary and other concerned officials on Saturday. He maintained that the Deputy Commissioners have already submitted their reports on the present situation. The government will announce Manipur as drought affected State after the discussion, he added.
Meanwhile, hundreds of people turned up to highlight their grievances to the Chief Minister on the combined Meeyamgi Numit and Hill Leaders’ Day, also known as People's Day, held at the Durbar Hall of Chief Minister’s Secretariat on Friday.
The Chief Minister personally attended to around 450 complaints and met nearly 1500 people from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
Unlike previous People's Day, the Chief Minister personally distributed tree saplings to the people who turned up to highlight their grievances.
A total of 1400 plant saplings including Indian Olive (Chorphon), Yellow Myrobalan (Manahi), Arjuna (Mayokpha), Indian Gooseberry (Heikru), Tree Bean (Yongchak) and others were distributed to the people.
The Chief Minister appealed the people to plant more trees and nurture them in their vicinity. People expressed their happiness over the initiative and consciousness of the Chief Minister towards achieving 'Green Manipur' and promised to nurture properly till maturity.
Regarding the Rs309 crores sanctioned under Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) fund for afforestation efforts and activities to preserve the environment in the State, the Chief Minister appreciated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Minister for Forest Prakash Javadekar for acknowledging the conservation and protection activities of environment by the government of Manipur.
Officials of Health Department and Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS) were there to attend to the people, who seek medical assistance, reimbursement and health care in Government medical hospitals.
Other Departments including Minority, other Backward Classes and Scheduled Castes, Social Welfare, Education (S), Manipur State Co-operative Bank Ltd and Police were also present to help.
Many differently-abled persons, widows and people belonging to poor families were instantly enrolled under Government’s schemes like Chief Minister-gi Hakshel-gi Tengbang (CMHT) and Chief Minister-gi Sotharabashing-gi Tengbang (CMST) etc. Many educated and skilled youth were also identified to provide soft loans from different banks.
