Newmai News Network
Imphal | February 17
Manipur government is set to bring out a "legislation to penalise those who do not bother to look after and give care to their elderly parents".
Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said this at the launch of Senior Citizens' Welfare Forum at Khabam Lamkhai in Imphal East district on Sunday.
Speaking at the function, N. Biren Singh said that the State Government would try to bring out a "legislation to penalise those who do not bother to look after and give care to their elderly parents". Stating that Manipur is a State which has a tradition of giving high respect to senior citizens, the Chief Minister observed that every person ought to put aside at least a little part of their total earning as maintenance amount of their elderly parents.
Regarding people's apprehension of bringing an ordinance by the Central Government on the backdrop of not tabling Citizenship Amendment Bill in the Rajya Sabha, the Chief Minister urged the public not to worry stating that Centre would never take any decision concerning the North East region or Manipur without consulting or taking consent from these States.
The Chief Minister then said that people should always think twice and restrain themselves as far as possible from selling their valued ancestral lands. To conserve diminishing paddy fields and wetlands, the State Government has taken up steps to effectively enforce the Manipur Conservation of Paddy Land and Wetland Act, 2014, he added. N. Biren Singh also said that construction of public parks having outdoor gym in 17 wards of Imphal Municipal Corporation had already begun. He also said that outdoor gyms would be installed in two places each of all the Assembly Constituencies of the State.
