The underperforming Ministers were at the receiving end at the cabinet meeting, a report said. Who are these underperforming ministers, who cannot perform the duties allotted to them? The performance of the ministers needs to be reviewed every now and then. Many of them, a report has it were also very corrupt. Percentage cut demanded by them for the work order issued or bill passed shoots as high as 20 percent. Family members of the Ministers are active in doing the percentage cut. At the centre Pawankumar Bansal former Railways Minister resigned when his nephew took money for appointment of member of Railways Board. If the same yard stick is applied here too ministers may roll the heads. But Manipur is different. There has to be a different yardstick for measuring the performance of the ministers. The most corrupt ministers always get elected. Those who pretend to be clean suffer rejection by ministers. What the voters want is performance. Almost all these roads passing through different areas of the state capital need to be widened. Vehicles cannot ply on these tiny and narrow roads. Plans are afoot for widening of the roads connecting main roads but these roads cannot be touched. At Uripok for instance Khwairakselung Leirak connecting Uripok road and RIMS road, which is used by large number of vehicles has seen frequent occurrence of traffic jam. The state Government decision to widen Nagamapal road is welcome. When the road is widened frequently occurring traffic congestion at the national highway near Kangla will be eased out. Minuthong Hapta road is also too narrow. Driving on this road is a night mare. Road electrification can come later. The focus should be on maintaining roads and nullahs. Then there is a portion of road at Uripok, which sees occurrence of artificial flood as when there is a few minutes’ drizzle. The portion of the road near Sorobon Thingel needs to be raised by one or two feet. Though it will appear like a hump on the body it will not only save road but also solve the problems facing the users of the road. Then there is drinking water scarcity problem. All the household families in Imphal are connected by pipeline and they use water pump to drain out water from pipe. But only of a few of them pay taxes. Almost all of them are illegal consumers. But nothing is done to disconnect the pipeline or legalise the connection. A survey must be carried out to understand how these illegal consumers without paying tax resort to thieving water meant for legalised consumers. Then there are other sectors which do not get the required attention from the concerned departments. But these non performing ministers having received flak from colleagues at the cabinet will start doing something good for the society.
Read more / Original news source: http://manipur-mail.com/the-focus-of-attention/
