Senior citizens thank BSF for helping relief camp
IFP Bureau6 Jun 2023
The BSF provided drinking water to the relief camp opened at Noarem Birahari College, Imphal.
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The BSF provided drinking water to the relief camp opened at Noarem Birahari College, Imphal.
The water supplied by PHED in Tamenglong, Manipur is reportedly not fit for consumption.
Destruction of poppy cultivation will be one of the most effective solutions to restore the degrading ecological imbalance in Manipur, said the social welfare minister.
IFP Editorial: The mandate of the Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) is to supply safe drinking water to the general public besides sanitation and other things. But, are we getting safe drinking water from pipes?
IFP EDITORIAL: Many parts of Imphal and other outlying areas are at present facing acute scarcity of water. The first question is, cessation of water supply is only for the common people and general public or does it include the VVIPs.
Raising the starred question during question hour of the ongoing third session of 12th Manipur Legislative Assembly on Monday, MLA Ranjit sought information from the water resource minister whether Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) has provided drinking tap water to 75 per cent of the state.
IFP Editorial: Imphal city has been facing a drinking water crisis for the last six/seven months or so. Water is not flowing in the PHED pipes anymore since the last six/seven months and people are buying water from private water tankers at exorbitant rates and no one seems to bother.
Cutting of forest for jhum and poppy plantation impacts the environment, allowing top soil erosion, etc but threatening to stop all forest fires is not justified, especially for jhum which has been in practice for centuries and is a lifestyle of our tribal brethren.
IFP Editorial: PHED minister Sushildro has no business to go looking for poppy fields in the state in a helicopter, instead of deliberating on the serious problem of water scarcity in Imphal.
A dime for your thoughts: Who will ensure drinking water supply to the people of Manipur's capital city Imphal who have been facing acute water scarcity with the rivers all running dry.
IFP Editorial: The VVIPs and VIPs, to whose homes and quarters water is delivered by government water tankers on a regular basis, might have been blind to the acute water scarcity facing Imphal city now.
IFP Editorial: The department concerned cannot get away saying it would no longer be able to supply drinking water to the people as the rivers had gone dry. The department must plan ahead for the lean season.
How long must the people suffer? The push is not enough for water to reach every home. The Manipur government needs to frame a comprehensive water policy to deal with non-stop supply of potable water in urban and rural areas throughout the year.
IFP Editorial: The Opposition needs to bring the problem of water scarcity and other associated issues to the government’s attention.
IFP Editorial: Manipur needs to frame a comprehensive Water policy to deal with non-stop supply of potable water to every home both in urban and rural areas throughout the year with special emphasis on adequate supply during the lean season.
The MLA told the PHED officials to implement the scheme diligently and warned of stringent action to corrupt contractors to the tune of termination or removal from contractorship.
The minister said that experts from Mumbai are doing the estimate for the utilisation of the dam water for drinking and irrigation purposes.
"Industry being the mother of all-around development and prosperity, I want the youths to embark on entrepreneurship instead of solely depending on the government jobs," minister Nemcha Kipgen said.
Dikiuram village is located 22 km away from sub-division headquarters, Tamei where 44 Assam Rifles outpost is staying with the village.
IFP Editorial: So much for the hype of ‘Har Ghar Jal’ project, Imphal city is now facing acute scarcity of potable drinking water.