Chief Minister O. Ibobi’s mission is unending. Somebody has started saying if it was not by him who else would be able to do all that had been done successfully in Manipur in the past one decade. Fly over, nupee keithel, capitol complex, city convention centre, more and more, which are taken up in almost all the districts of the state. Too many developmental programmes had been taken up by the previous two terms of which Ibobi was the Chief Minister. AFSPA too was lifted from seven assembly segments of the state. Seeing him is enjoyable one feels secured on seeing him, some other also said. He has missions, when translated into action Manipur will be on the path of development. He knows he will be able to do more for the state. Without his ministerial colleagues he has started visiting the site, where he wants to focus. This will keep his ministerial colleagues on their toe. His action will encourage other ministers to make similar visit to the areas or places where they want to do something. Unfortunately one or two of his ministers have openly admitted the inability to follow up the works done by their predecessor. What they do not know is that the past Government too was a Congress led Government. The difference is CPI is now out of power having opted to keep distance from the Congress party. It happens in Manipur nothing moves unless the initiative comes directly from the Chief Minister. The Chief Minister understands that. Therefore he took the initiative to keep the palace compound free from dust. One memory that haunts when we talk of Sangai festival held at Palace Compound last year is the smouldering dust that engulfed the entire stretch of the festival ground. It is good that the Chief Minister remembered that episode though others had forgotten it. He inspected the site of the proposed festival with concerned officials of the department and asked them to plant grasses and also to impose ban on trespassing by all including cattle into the ground until the onset of the festival. There is a saying those, who think more do more do more. His late afternoon visit to the palace compound together with some officials indicates he wants to do more. If green grasses cover the entire stretch of the area there will be no dust. Such a vast area cannot be left unattended and uncared. This year visitors to the festival will feel the amusement of seeing the festival. Last year too many people restrained from visiting the festival site as those, who had seen the festival, talked nothing more than about the dust that engulfed the area. A lesson had been learnt from the mistake committed in the past. Foreigners participating in this year festival may also talk of greenery patches. They may even say Manipur has Oxygen Park. That will be soothing to hear. Similar venture should be made by the Chief Minister to other areas, which are kept neglected by the concerned authority. People of the state have started reaping the fruits of the plants that had been sown by the Government. Proverbial phrase, a stable Government can do a lot, has been proved to be correct in Manipur.
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