IMPHAL, May 28: People of Sugunu constituency have been facing banking problems due to lack of banks in the area for the past many years, and so there are plans afoot to bring a branch of the State Bank of India at Sugunu and Kakchig Khunou after the June 1 ADC election.
This was said by local MLA K Ranjit today during a formal function inaugurating a market shed at Kakching Khunou.
He said there are no banks in his constituency afer the rural bank at Sugunu was shifted to another place owing to security problem.
Sugunu is the tri-junction of three districts, Thoubal, Chandel and Churachandpur, he said.
Now the situation in the area is quite good and so after the ADC election, we will bring a branch of the SBI in the area, he said.
We will open the bank on the first floor of a building in the market area, he said adding that if the bank authority agree, another branch would be open at Kakching Khunou.
He said he will work for the people and the blacktopping of the road from Sugunu to Chakpikarong was done by him.
He said in four terms as the local MLA, he is unable to reach even 20 percent of development in his constituency and so he has to work on the 80 percent.
Ranjit, however, acknowledged that the promise made to the farmers of Umathel to provide irrigation water from his local area development fund throughout the year has failed technically.
He said on a trial basis a water pump was used with the help of electric motors to pump water 24×7, however, the motor couldn`™t run for 24×7.
Now, we are looking for another means to avail water to the farmers, he said.
He said vegetable production from Kakching Khunou area is good but people have marketing problems.
The market shed inaugurated today was constructed at an estimated cost of around Rs 14.5 lakhs from his MLA local Area Development Fund and another Rs 90,000 from the municipal council.
The market shed is 200 feet long and 25 feet wide with a 20 feet height.
He said he is unable to materialize the demand for a Boys and Girls common room at the Kakching Khunou College, because Rs 10 lakhs had been recently sanctioned to the Governing body of the college to maintain the laboratory, equipment.
As for the construction of the common room, he said he will seek help from the higher education directorate.
In the 2017 election, please elect the right person who has been working for the people for long and not on the basis of the candidate`™s party, he said.
The function was also attended by Block Congres Committee, Sugunu president Khaidem Nimaichandra, DTO Imphal West Mutum Mani Singh, Kakching Khunou Municipal Council chairman Mayanglambam Raghu Meitei and aast director SAI Leishangthem Ibomcha Singh.
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