Manipur News

IMPHAL, January 7: The Yourabung High School Ground which has remained useless for long has been repaired today by social worker Mongjam Poreihanba of Lamlai assembly constituency who is also a state executive member of the BJP Manipur Pradesh today.

The ground was newly laid in view of a State level nine-a-side open football tournament beginning from January 17. Unable to organise such tournaments in the play ground for the last 20 years due to its abysmal condition, the local club formed a committee along with members of the North Eastern Young Star Association and requested the social worker to initiate the ground repair works.

Mongjam Poreihanba provided tractors and trucks for levelling and repairing the ground to transform it into a standard football play ground, said North Eastern Young Star Association, Yourabung president Punsiba Laitonjam.

The playground has now been developed with the help of the social worker who also happens to be an executive member of the State BJP. The locals of Yourabung especially the young players expressed their gratitude to Poreihanba. The development committee will support him in any social works initiated by him in the future, he stressed.

Meanwhile, Poreihanba said many state level football tournaments were organised till 1995 in the playground but due to some unavoidable circumstances the tournaments stopped. Later, a land dispute occurred which has impaired the talent of our local football players and sportspersons, he said, adding local players were deprived of a proper playground and so they started performing poorly in sports. Recently, our local people formed a committee for the sporting future of the young generations, he informed.

This year, he said, he got the opportunity to develop the playground to a proper football field which can produce young sporting talents who can represent the state or the nation in the future. So, he has taken the decision of repairing the ground after being advised by the committee, the social worker added.

He also informed that the last date of form submissions for the tourney has been extended to January 10 as CC Meet is going on.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/poreilhanba-pitches-in-to-develop-yourabung-high-school-ground/

IMPHAL, January 7: Top government officials have confirmed today that a joint team of Indian and Myanmar officials will be conducting a road alignment survey for the cross border bus service between the two countries from January 11 to 15.

According to highly placed sources, the State government has been informed by the border maintenance division of the Ministry of External Affairs, Myanmar that it will be sending a delegation to Imphal on January 11 for the proposed joint survey.

It further mentioned that the delegation from Myanmar would be led by Director General of Rail Transportation, Myanmar, U San Aung who would be accompanied by a team of superintending engineers from Sagaing Region Public Works, Ministry of Construction.

An official from the Ministry of External Affairs who will be accompanied by two superintending engineers from the Union Ministry of Road and Transport will lead the Indian team for the proposed road survey.

The State government which has been asked to nominate its representative and send its confirmation to the Union government has been requested to warmly receive the Myanmar delegates and members of the Indian delegation during their stay in Manipur.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has presented its compliments to the Embassy of India and has informed to the Embassy on December 2, 2014 regarding the joint survey by the Indo-Myanmar team to survey the road alignment for the Passenger Bus Service between Imphal and Mandalay in the first week of January 2015, said the highly placed source.

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/indomyanmar-joint-team-to-survey-road-alignment-for-cross-border-bus-service/

IMPHAL, January 7: A bridge at Makui Golai of Makhui village over the Irang Turel which connects the areas of Leimakhong, Kangpokpi, Tadubi and Tamei is in a pitiable condition and to make matters worse the side-road off the IT Road that leads to Makui village is going to be cut off whenever Irang Turel is in spate due to lack of retaining walls.

The problems faced by the hapless villagers came to light during an inspection tour made by Tamei A/C MLA, Z Kikhonbou Newmai today. Speaking to media persons, the chairman of Makui village, R Luikamang said the villagers will be in trouble if the bridge and the retaining walls along the river bank are not constructed.

The villagers have highlighted their inconveniences twice or thrice to the Kangpokpi A/C MLA, Namcha Kipgen, appealing him to redress their problems but till now their pleas remain unheeded, Luikamang added.

`During the rainy session, the surrounding fields and the road are inundated when the water level of Irang Turel increases adversely affecting the movement of villagers as well as their agricultural activities. The width of the river is increasing annually in this area but the villagers cannot stem its widening`, he said

`If nothing is done, as a result of this erosion process, some years down the line the road will cease to exist,` he cautioned.

The chairman further stated that if the retaining walls are constructed then the water level during rainy sessions can be kept under control.

He appealed the government and concerned authorities to look into the problems faced by the villagers and to act at the earliest to relieve the villagers from their woes

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/01/makui-village-road-disappearing-on-account-of-irang-river-erosion-problem/