Chandel, February 26 (MExN): The Committee on Protection of Tribal Rights (CoPoTR) today sealed the office of the Chandel Autonomous District Council after finding all the office staffs absent.
According to a press release from the CoPoTR, the Committee had convened a meeting at the ADC Office and put an agenda on the progress and Development of ADC, Chandel so far. However, it stated that it was “compelled” to seal the Office and added that the closure of the office would continue indefinitely until an “amicable solution is brought through”.
In this regard, the committee appealed to the “higher authority” to take appropriate action against the Office staff for not discharging their duty.
Hitting out at the State Government for “step motherly treatment” to Chandel District, the Committee claimed that the office of the ADC Chandel has been functioning at Imphal instead of functioning from the District Head Quarter. Terming it an “insult” to the public of Chandel District, the Committee stated, “The Public have been suffering and have been finding difficult to travel to Imphal just for silly reasons like taking signature of the Officer and inquiry about certain schemes they have to keep travelling to Imphal.”
Maintaining that it will not tolerate “any disrespect” to the people of Chandel, the Committee demanded “immediate functioning of ADC Office in its District Head Quarter i.e., Monsang Pantha, Chandel District”.
