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The Thirst Integrity For The Quenched Unity

By Mamta Lukram Little did I know what he was sharing, except for the few funny Meiteilon suffixes he mixed with his pure Rongmei dialect, “…..kanagi Deben-Nungben…internet-nungternet…media-nungdia…..(everyone laugh… look at each other meaningfully)……stops for a while…..continue again….(with his hands clasping tight together with a clapping sound…shut his eyes tightly with frowning eyebrows…distorting facial expression in […]

By Mamta Lukram Little did I know what he was sharing, except for the few funny Meiteilon suffixes he mixed with his pure Rongmei dialect, “…..kanagi Deben-Nungben…internet-nungternet…media-nungdia…..(everyone laugh… look at each other meaningfully)……stops for a while…..continue again….(with his hands clasping tight together with a clapping sound…shut his eyes tightly with frowning eyebrows…distorting facial expression in […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/12/the-thirst-integrity-for-the-quenched-unity/

Why hurry Mapithel dam commissioning plan ?

The state’s development discourse in the recent era dwelt around the paradigm of mobilising the huge untapped natural resources bestowed by Nature’s bounty. The numerous proposed, planned and commissioned multipurpose projects in the state is the economic framework for advancement, as mandated by the national policy framers. Consequently, the‘mega dam syndrome’ clutching the fists of the meandering free flow rivers in the state is the Pandora box, unsealing whose lid followed by concentric circles of impacts upon the lives of many thousand innocent villagers; testified by the concomitant performance review of the multipurpose projects that ever failed to adhere the targeted objectives.

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The state’s development discourse in the recent era dwelt around the paradigm of mobilising the huge untapped natural resources bestowed by Nature’s bounty. The numerous proposed, planned and commissioned multipurpose projects in the state is the economic framework for advancement, as mandated by the national policy framers. Consequently, the‘mega dam syndrome’ clutching the fists of the meandering free flow rivers in the state is the Pandora box, unsealing whose lid followed by concentric circles of impacts upon the lives of many thousand innocent villagers; testified by the concomitant performance review of the multipurpose projects that ever failed to adhere the targeted objectives.

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NHPC’s Ithai Barrage for Loktak Lift Irrigation: Beautiful Promise?

Mamta Lukram The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Government of Manipur, published the report, ‘Brief Report on Major Development Projects taken up by Irrigation and Flood Control Department’ (IFCD), on Wednesday, 28th June, 2017, highlighting the IFCD’s commitment for development of i) Assured irrigation in the state by construction of Major & Medium […]

Mamta Lukram The Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR), Government of Manipur, published the report, ‘Brief Report on Major Development Projects taken up by Irrigation and Flood Control Department’ (IFCD), on Wednesday, 28th June, 2017, highlighting the IFCD’s commitment for development of i) Assured irrigation in the state by construction of Major & Medium […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/10/nhpcs-ithai-barrage-for-loktak-lift-irrigation-beautiful-promise/

Ithai Barrage: Root to vanishing pottery craft and diminishing livelihood in Chairen of Manipur

Manipur Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd, Paona Bazar, Imphal West, organised a 5-Days Workshop-Cum-Exhibition of Pottery Crafts, from 8th to 12th September, 2017 at Nupi Lal Complex, Imphal, sponsored by Directorate of Handlooms & Textiles, Government of Manipur. It was a magnificent step encouraging and exploring the talented pottery resource of Manipur.

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Manipur Handloom & Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd, Paona Bazar, Imphal West, organised a 5-Days Workshop-Cum-Exhibition of Pottery Crafts, from 8th to 12th September, 2017 at Nupi Lal Complex, Imphal, sponsored by Directorate of Handlooms & Textiles, Government of Manipur. It was a magnificent step encouraging and exploring the talented pottery resource of Manipur.

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Mapithel Dam: The sorrow of Tumukhong village

The told and untold miseries engrossed in the construction of the Mapithel Dam over the Thoubal River in Manipur has attracted much of the international attention. In last visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing and Land Rights, Miloon Kothari, in his meeting with the affected community at Thoyee Community Hall, on 25th September 2016, remarked that the history of Mapithel Dam serves as the glaring example of the government’s failure to respect the people’s right, a fallacy of the government to take into account what it should.

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The told and untold miseries engrossed in the construction of the Mapithel Dam over the Thoubal River in Manipur has attracted much of the international attention. In last visit of UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing and Land Rights, Miloon Kothari, in his meeting with the affected community at Thoyee Community Hall, on 25th September 2016, remarked that the history of Mapithel Dam serves as the glaring example of the government’s failure to respect the people’s right, a fallacy of the government to take into account what it should.

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Flood and Ithai Barrage: A brief reflection of the convergent and divergent views

Mamta Lukram The villagers around the Ithai and other surrounding villages, seems to possess little knowledge like we did, about the official records of the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) ’s Ithai Barrage, for the 105MW Loktak Multipurpose Hydro Electric Project (LMHEP), except for the physical realities of the mega structure. One village elder who […]

Mamta Lukram The villagers around the Ithai and other surrounding villages, seems to possess little knowledge like we did, about the official records of the National Hydro Power Corporation (NHPC) ’s Ithai Barrage, for the 105MW Loktak Multipurpose Hydro Electric Project (LMHEP), except for the physical realities of the mega structure. One village elder who […]

Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2017/09/flood-and-ithai-barrage-a-brief-reflection-of-the-convergent-and-divergent-views/