Development / Manipur

ITANAGAR, April 17 ? The Centre has not yet given green signal for introduction of mobile telephone in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur due to security reasons, reports PTI. The chief general manager of BSNL, North East II, Krishna Kumar told reporters here Tuesday that BSNL would not introduce mobile phones in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland and Manipur as it has not received green signal from the Centre on this issue. However, the internet facilities in the three States would be given further extension in due course of time, he said. Kumar said his department was doing its best to bring...

Imphal, April 16: All dressed up and nowhere to go. This is the situation of the prestigious Leimakhong power plant, which seems to be as far away from commissioning as ever despite its completion months back. According to reliable sources, the single main hurdle in the way of getting the 100% Centrally sponsored power station on line is the failure of the state power department to install the 3 KV high tension line from Leimakhong to Iroishemba that would connect the power station to the state electricity network. The sources said the six engines at the Leimakhong power station have been...

Imphal, March 11: Governor Ved Marwah has stated that the Union Ministry of Power is holding back its decision on the proposed Tipaimukh High Dam for a temporary period as the Ministry if facing funding problems. The Governor gave the assurance when environmentalist Salam Rajesh called on him and submitted a representation signed by 26 environmentalists of the NE region today. Marwah also informed that NEEPCO is presently not willing to sign the memorandum of understanding on the dam due to lack of funding support. The representation was prepared during the 6th Consultation on Wild Life...

Imphal, February 06: A State delegation comprising Advisor K Kipgen, Chief Secretary Rakesh and Principal Secretary (Finance) V Chhibber signed an agreement for the Solid Waste Project and also held detailed discussion with representatives of the French Finance Ministry on funding of the Solid Waste as also the Imphal Sewerage Project, a source from the Principal Secretary (Finance) said. The tentative schedule of launching the project has been fixed for March 4 and a French delegation led by M Louis Oliver, Minister (Economic) in the French Embassy, New Delhi and MF Colson of M/S Aqua...

IMPHAL, Jan 31 — In a significant development, the French Government has agreed to sponsor a solid waste management project at Imphal at the initiative of the State Governor, Ved Marwah, sources said. It may be mentioned here that the rehabilitation programme of the old Kangchup water treatment plant having a capacity of 14.53 MLD has been completely implemented in the State with the help of the French government. The water treatment plant which is supplying drinking water to over 5,00,000 imphalites since its implementation was formally inaugurated by the State Governor, Ved Marwah, on...

ITANAGAR, Jan 13– Dr Suraj Bhan, Commissioner, Union Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operation has assured the State governments of the Northeast to extend all possible help in effectively arresting the menace of jhum cultivation in the region. State Government must come forward with a mega project to tackle this Herculean problem for which the Union Ministry would extend bilateral support,” Dr Bhan said. Dr Bhan was speaking at a workshop on ‘watershed management’ jointly organised by State agriculture department and the Union Ministry of Agriculture here on Saturday. He, however, insisted...

IMPHAL, Jan 9 — Apart from frequent road blockades and other forms of strike, the National Highway-39, the lifeline of Manipur, is still suffering from lack of proper repairing works. Though the national highway is giving life to more than 100 trucks and buses everyday, the signs of neglect on the highway are obvious. The present Advisor to Governor, EN Rammohan, had recently inspected the road along with the higher officials of the State Public Works Departments. However, no visible repairing work has been taken up so far. The travellers are put in an unviable position whenever they have to...

IMPHAL, Jan 1 — The survey work for laying the proposed 96-km Jiribam-Imphal railway lines will be taken up by the Tata Energy research Institute soon. Developmental work of the railway lines from Jiribam to Imphal is likely to be initiated at the earliest in order to remove the transport bottlenecks of Manipur. Earlier, the Union Railway Ministry planned to construct a railway line from Diphu (Assam) to Karong (Manipur) and then to Imphal which would have been about 210 km long and would have pass through difficult parts of Nagaland and Karbi Anglong in Assam. General Manager (Construction)...

IMPHAL, April 27: The French aided Kangchup water supply scheme will be inaugurated on July 9 next, the public health engineering minister, O Joy Singh, announced today. The PHED minister, along with Chief Minister Radhabinod Koijam toured the water supply scheme today to take stock .of the progress of work. The PHED minister, addressing mediapersons, noted that the present water demand for Imphal city was 9.84 million liters per day (mld). He said the installed capacity of the old Kangchup water supply plant was 14.52 mld while the capacity of the new water treatment plant being constructed...

IMPHAL, April 27: Admitting that the state government has been virtually reduced to the status of a beggar and has no other alternative but to drastically curtail development works due to the present financial crisis, the Chief minister Radhabinod Koijam today announced that the Government has constituted a resource mobilization committee. Speaking to reporters today after inspecting the Kangchup water supply scheme, which is being taken up with the assistance from French Government with Law and Public Health Engineering Minister O Joy Singh, the Chief Minister said that the resource...