Imphal, May 8 : Observing World AIDS Orphans Day, a number of children took out a rally at Singjamei today besides offering light to the souls of children killed by AIDS.
After the main rally, the main function of the observance was held at the office of the FXB India Suraksha, Manipur Branch at Singjamei.
The function was graced by Singjamei Ward No 16 Councillor Meisnam Subash, MACS joint director Abhiram Mongjam, secretary general of Organisation for Salvation of Man Prem Konsam and executive director of Human Rights Law Network Manipur Meihoubam Rakesh as presidium members.
Speaking at the occasion, Abhiram Mongjam said till March this year 1914 children living with HIV have been registered in ART centres.
However, a large percentage of these children who have the benefits of ART suffer from irregular consumption of ART drugs.
Saying that children are future pillars of a nation, he asserted that it was the responsibility of every section of the society to take care for the health of children.
As such, no one should harbour any thought of discrimination against children living with HIV.
He further observed that the problem of HIV/AIDS was not exclusively medical but rather it was a political and economic issue.
Efforts were being made to open link ART centres in Manipur under the third phase of NACO's programme Abhiram said Once these link ART centres were opened, the problem of people requiring ART would be certainly mitigated.
Rakesh Meihoubam observed that Juvenile Justice Boards opened at district level under Juvenile Justice Care and Protection Act have not been functioning properly.
In addition to appointing members with little concern for the welfare of children, these boards lack fundamental supports, he noted.
Prem Konsam exhorted the people to strive towards providing required nutrition and education to "AIDS orphan" of Manipur without waiting for external funding.
Prizes were also distributed to the winners of the spot painting competition for children held under the theme "My Dream" yesterday.
Today's function of World AIDS Orphans Day was organised by FXB India Suraksha, Manipur Branch.
Tangkhul scholar UA Shimray no more
Imphal, May 8 : One of the rising intellectuals and erudite writers, UA Shimray (36) passed away at Wockhardt Hospital Bangalore after suffering a stroke on May 6 .
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Son of former Minister A Aza, UA Shimray was working as an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Social and Economic Change, Bangalore University at the time of his death.
He did his schooling from Manipur Public School and graduated in Geography honours from Delhi University.
The late young man then did his Masters and PhD from JNU.
A condolence service will be held at Tangkhul Baptist Church tomorrow at 3 pm after the body arrives.
UA Shimray also contributed regularly to The Sangai Express and other newspapers in Manipur.
His articles were incisive and questioned the prevailing socio-political issues, particularly pertaining to the Nagas.
The Tangkhul Katamnao Long, Delhi has expressed shock and anguish over the untimely demise of UA Shimray the initials standing for Ungshungmi.
In a statement issued to the press, the student body said that he was its convenor during the term 1995-96 .
He was also the first Chairman in drafting the Constitution of the TKLD in 2003 .
The Naga Peoples' Movement for Human Rights has also expressed deep shock over the sudden demise of the young man.
In a statement, NPMHR paid homage to him as a man who held 'firm belief in human values, rights and dignity.
He was an excellent and a sincere researcher whose work is unmatched.
His numerous publications during a short span of his academic life is proof to that'.
Tekcham Polo Club clinches winner's trophy
Imphal, May 7 : As the 26th N Hazari State Polo Tournament organised by the Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association concluded today at Pologround Imphal, the Tekcham Polo Club clinched the winner's trophy after defeating its rival MPSC in the final match played today.
The final match today was played between Manipur Police Sports Club (MPSC) - A and Tekcham Polo Club - A.Both teams played the match with full determination to win.
Every individual players played their part very well as the fate depends on each and every actions of all the players.
Although lost the match to Tekcham Polo Club, MPSC scored the first goal of the match which upset the players of Tekcham Polo Club a little bit.
The goal was scored in the 5.30 minute of the first chukkar after both teams played a competitive match from the very beginning.
The goal was scored by S Boby of MPSC.
Whereas no players of MPSC could not scored any goal in the chukkar.
S Bimol of MPSC too scored a goal against Tekcham Polo Club in the 0.01 minute of the second chukkar and lead his team by two goals ahead of his opponent team.
Although a little bit disappointed with two goals ahead of them, players of Tekcham Polo Club did not lose their heart and played the match more substantially.
As a result of their hard efforts, P Ojit of Tekcham Polo Club scored his team's first goal against MPSC of the match in the 3.08 minute of the second chukkar.
He was followed by another goal from M Doren in the 5.35 minute of the same chukkar which equalise the score position for both teams.
As both teams have equal score positions, they played the match more substantially with better coordination than before.
As they played the match with almost equal skills and tactics, the third chukkar concluded without a single goal by both teams.
In the fourth chukkar, S Bimol of MPSC scored one goal in the 0.50 minute while it was equalise by a goal of P Ojit of Tekcham Polo Club in the 5.35 minute of the same chukkar and the match concluded tie.
In extra chukkar P Ojit of Tekcham Polo Club scored the first goal against MPSC in the 2.27 minute of the extra chukkar and defeated MPSC by one goal which lead them to the podium to be honoured with the champion's trophy.
Meanwhile, after losing the match, MPSC won the runner up's title.
S Budhachandra, IAS, Commissioner, DCAPDS, President, Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association graced the closing function as chief guest.
President, Manipur Equestrian Association and Vice President, Manipur Olympic Association, Dr S Joykumar was the president of the function.
Director, Veterinary and Animal Husbandary Services, Manipur, Dr Th Jeevan and Naorem Ongbi Sanatombi were also present in the closing function as guest of honours.
The final match today was played between Manipur Police Sports Club (MPSC) - A and Tekcham Polo Club - A.Both teams played the match with full determination to win.
Every individual players played their part very well as the fate depends on each and every actions of all the players.
Although lost the match to Tekcham Polo Club, MPSC scored the first goal of the match which upset the players of Tekcham Polo Club a little bit.
The goal was scored in the 5.30 minute of the first chukkar after both teams played a competitive match from the very beginning.
The goal was scored by S Boby of MPSC.
Whereas no players of MPSC could not scored any goal in the chukkar.
S Bimol of MPSC too scored a goal against Tekcham Polo Club in the 0.01 minute of the second chukkar and lead his team by two goals ahead of his opponent team.
Although a little bit disappointed with two goals ahead of them, players of Tekcham Polo Club did not lose their heart and played the match more substantially.
As a result of their hard efforts, P Ojit of Tekcham Polo Club scored his team's first goal against MPSC of the match in the 3.08 minute of the second chukkar.
He was followed by another goal from M Doren in the 5.35 minute of the same chukkar which equalise the score position for both teams.
As both teams have equal score positions, they played the match more substantially with better coordination than before.
As they played the match with almost equal skills and tactics, the third chukkar concluded without a single goal by both teams.
In the fourth chukkar, S Bimol of MPSC scored one goal in the 0.50 minute while it was equalise by a goal of P Ojit of Tekcham Polo Club in the 5.35 minute of the same chukkar and the match concluded tie.
In extra chukkar P Ojit of Tekcham Polo Club scored the first goal against MPSC in the 2.27 minute of the extra chukkar and defeated MPSC by one goal which lead them to the podium to be honoured with the champion's trophy.
Meanwhile, after losing the match, MPSC won the runner up's title.
S Budhachandra, IAS, Commissioner, DCAPDS, President, Manipur Horse Riding and Polo Association graced the closing function as chief guest.
President, Manipur Equestrian Association and Vice President, Manipur Olympic Association, Dr S Joykumar was the president of the function.
Director, Veterinary and Animal Husbandary Services, Manipur, Dr Th Jeevan and Naorem Ongbi Sanatombi were also present in the closing function as guest of honours.
Nagaland is landslide-prone
Kohima, May 7 : Nagaland state where the life line of Manipur, NH-39 passes through is a landslide-prone area with as much as 88% of the total area falling under potential of and susceptible to short- to long-term stability problems.
Experts from allied departments from all over the country at a two-day programme on management of landslides in North East India which commenced at Hotel Japfu yesterday at Kohima also said that due to excessive monsoon rain in the region, states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Nagaland suffer extensively due to landslides.
They pointed out that the precarious condition of Nagaland is greatly affecting normal life in the state, causing loss of lives, damage to property, infrastructure, communication, forestland, modified landscape, and is causing the ecosystem to be fragile.
Also, it is incurring losses in terms of human settlement, compensation, relief and rehabilitation, realignment and costly repair of communication, thus critically hampering the state's policies and programmes, said the experts who disapproved the landslide hazard control policy of the Nagaland government describing it as unregulated and haphazard without any coordination.
The problem needs to be tackled from the grassroots level, they observed.
Also sharing his views, Professor Glenn T Thong, from the department of Geology, Nagaland University said that it has become imperative to sit across the table in order to evolve strategies and tackle the problem due to the fact that during monsoon seasons, states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Nagaland suffer extensively due to landslides.
The brainstorming session mainly focused on the issue of landslides occurring within the North East region due to adverse geomorphic and geological conditions, heavy and prolonged rainfall, indiscriminate cutting of slopes, unplanned developmental activities, and deforestation.
The programme was organised by the department of Geology, NU Kohima, and sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India, New Delhi.
The main resource persons were Dr.
Trilochan Singh of DCS Ltd.
New Delhi, Prof.
T N Singh from IIT Bombay, Dr.
S Ibotombi of Manipur University, Imphal, Dr.
A Kar from CGWB Itanagar, K A Lotha, DGM Nagaland, and Dr.
P P Nageswara Rao, Director at NESAC Shillong.
Meanwhile, it was learnt that the participants of the programme would be visiting two important landslide areas within Kohima town on Wednesday.
Experts from allied departments from all over the country at a two-day programme on management of landslides in North East India which commenced at Hotel Japfu yesterday at Kohima also said that due to excessive monsoon rain in the region, states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Nagaland suffer extensively due to landslides.
They pointed out that the precarious condition of Nagaland is greatly affecting normal life in the state, causing loss of lives, damage to property, infrastructure, communication, forestland, modified landscape, and is causing the ecosystem to be fragile.
Also, it is incurring losses in terms of human settlement, compensation, relief and rehabilitation, realignment and costly repair of communication, thus critically hampering the state's policies and programmes, said the experts who disapproved the landslide hazard control policy of the Nagaland government describing it as unregulated and haphazard without any coordination.
The problem needs to be tackled from the grassroots level, they observed.
Also sharing his views, Professor Glenn T Thong, from the department of Geology, Nagaland University said that it has become imperative to sit across the table in order to evolve strategies and tackle the problem due to the fact that during monsoon seasons, states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Sikkim, and Nagaland suffer extensively due to landslides.
The brainstorming session mainly focused on the issue of landslides occurring within the North East region due to adverse geomorphic and geological conditions, heavy and prolonged rainfall, indiscriminate cutting of slopes, unplanned developmental activities, and deforestation.
The programme was organised by the department of Geology, NU Kohima, and sponsored by the Ministry of Science and Technology, government of India, New Delhi.
The main resource persons were Dr.
Trilochan Singh of DCS Ltd.
New Delhi, Prof.
T N Singh from IIT Bombay, Dr.
S Ibotombi of Manipur University, Imphal, Dr.
A Kar from CGWB Itanagar, K A Lotha, DGM Nagaland, and Dr.
P P Nageswara Rao, Director at NESAC Shillong.
Meanwhile, it was learnt that the participants of the programme would be visiting two important landslide areas within Kohima town on Wednesday.
11 killed as bus overturns in Manipur
Tamenglong(Manipur), May 7 : Eleven persons, including seven women, were killed and 48 others injured when a bus carrying them overturned at a village near the district headquarters town this morning.
The accident occurred when the bus driver was negotiating a hilly curve at Sangrungpang village, about 20 km from the district headquarters, police said, adding the bus was coming from Tamenglong district headquarters to state capital Imphal.
While eleven persons, including seven women, and a one-year-old child died on the spot, 48 others sustained injuries, the sources said. Twenty of total injured persons were referred to Regional Institute of Medical Science and Hospital here where their condition was stated to be serious, sources said.
Police and other forces rushed to the spot to rescue other passengers in the bus. There were a total of 70 passengers in the bus.
The accident occurred when the bus driver was negotiating a hilly curve at Sangrungpang village, about 20 km from the district headquarters, police said, adding the bus was coming from Tamenglong district headquarters to state capital Imphal.
While eleven persons, including seven women, and a one-year-old child died on the spot, 48 others sustained injuries, the sources said. Twenty of total injured persons were referred to Regional Institute of Medical Science and Hospital here where their condition was stated to be serious, sources said.
Police and other forces rushed to the spot to rescue other passengers in the bus. There were a total of 70 passengers in the bus.
Awareness campaign against swine flu near India-Myanmar border
Kamjong (Manipur), May 7 : Veterinary doctors and other authorities have geared up to combat swine flu outbreak by launching awareness campaign among residents and by organising massive vaccination for pigs in villages near India-Myanmar border in Manipur.
Doctors recently organized an awareness campaign in Awongtang Kamjong border village of Ukhrul District, around 120 kilometers away from Imphal.
As preventive measures, department workers and officials have started awareness programme in border areas such as Kamjong and Poi in Ukhrul district, by visiting and conducting public meetings with the representatives of different civil organizations of the Kamjong Village.
Doctors are highlighting the probable threats of transmitting the disease from the livestock animals that are illegally imported from Myanmar to the village.
"Especially here people of this place are doing business of livestock trade especially pig or avian’s and other livestock. As this place is important place for transportation of animals from international border area, so we like to give message to people for taking precautionary measures of the dreaded disease of swine flu," said Dr. K. Gopal Singh, a disease specialists.
Authorities are also appealing other civil bodies and church representatives to check and prevent any kind of import of livestocks from Myanmar, as the State Government has already banned such imports of livestocks.
Residents involved in the livestock trade are happy with the awareness progaramme as they believe it would really help in dealing with deadly disease to great extent.
"The Veterinary Department has already announced the disease as deadly and dangerous disease. We are grateful and happy that the efforts taken by the department to educate and make us aware of the disease," said S. D Lowin Singh, a resident.
Although the Central Government has only issued an advisory to all states in the remote northeastern region and not sounded any particular directives, the State Government has initiated preventive measures against swine fever.
Doctors recently organized an awareness campaign in Awongtang Kamjong border village of Ukhrul District, around 120 kilometers away from Imphal.
As preventive measures, department workers and officials have started awareness programme in border areas such as Kamjong and Poi in Ukhrul district, by visiting and conducting public meetings with the representatives of different civil organizations of the Kamjong Village.
Doctors are highlighting the probable threats of transmitting the disease from the livestock animals that are illegally imported from Myanmar to the village.
"Especially here people of this place are doing business of livestock trade especially pig or avian’s and other livestock. As this place is important place for transportation of animals from international border area, so we like to give message to people for taking precautionary measures of the dreaded disease of swine flu," said Dr. K. Gopal Singh, a disease specialists.
Authorities are also appealing other civil bodies and church representatives to check and prevent any kind of import of livestocks from Myanmar, as the State Government has already banned such imports of livestocks.
Residents involved in the livestock trade are happy with the awareness progaramme as they believe it would really help in dealing with deadly disease to great extent.
"The Veterinary Department has already announced the disease as deadly and dangerous disease. We are grateful and happy that the efforts taken by the department to educate and make us aware of the disease," said S. D Lowin Singh, a resident.
Although the Central Government has only issued an advisory to all states in the remote northeastern region and not sounded any particular directives, the State Government has initiated preventive measures against swine fever.
No dirth of writers, but publication work slow, says Governor
Imphal, May 7 : A two-day national seminar on `Challenges of Publishing in the North East` was inaugurated by the Governor of Manipur, Gurbachan Jagat this afternoon around 3 pm at the conference hall of the State Guest House in Imphal. The seminar is being jointly organised by the Federation of Indian Publishers, New Delhi and Writers` Forum Imphal.
During his inaugural speech the Governor expressed his satisfaction and noted that the Writers` Forum, Imphal, founded in 1988 by a group of like minded writers and literary men with the main objective of taking up the task of book publishing in Manipur, had so far published more than 70 books written by eminent authors.
He said that for developing countries like India and particularly the state of Manipur, the role of book publishers was very important as through them all branches of knowledge were being spread in society. They deserve every encouragement, he added.
India has advanced increasingly in the trade of book publishing with the development of printing technology. It is estimated that around 70,000 new books are published in India every year. This figure, though impressive, is rather small in view of per capita terms. Therefore, India has to raise the numbers of the actual production and sales of books. Oxford University Press, Cambridge University, Orient Longmans, Macmillan and a few other foreign publishers had set up branches in this country and many Indian publishing firms, on the other hand, had started capturing a big portion of the global market place, he said.
The international firms and many other publishers dealing with regional languages were doing good business in book publication, but the north east states are still lagging behind the other states of the country for two main reasons - small population and lack of infrastructure. Assam is somewhat better as compared to the other states of the region. As for Manipur, the situation is not good as professional publishers are not coming in this direction, he said.
The Governor observed that Manipur was a very beautiful state where many talented poets, writers, artistes had been and are born. It was famous for its games and sports, dances, theatre, cinema, etc and its beautiful and unique cultural heritage contributed to the enrichment of the glorious and age-old cultural mosaic of the country.
Such attributes of Manipur inspire the poets and writers, in their creativity, he said but wondered why inspite of the good number of poets and writers the publication of books in Manipur was not upto expectations. The most important factor could be the small market, he said while also lauding the Writers` Forum, Imphal which stood steadfast in order to develop book publishing in Manipur.
He was confident that the efforts of the seminar would help in creating awareness on the short and long term strategic and policy implications for the challenges and prospects of publishing in the state of Manipur. He also complimented the Federation of Indian Publishers and the Writers` Forum, Imphal for organising the seminar and exhorted them to contribute their best in promoting the trade of book publication.
The seminar was also attended by Prof N Tombi Singh, a scholar, Ratan Thiyam, theater director and Shakti Malik, official of the FIP, New Delhi.
During his inaugural speech the Governor expressed his satisfaction and noted that the Writers` Forum, Imphal, founded in 1988 by a group of like minded writers and literary men with the main objective of taking up the task of book publishing in Manipur, had so far published more than 70 books written by eminent authors.
He said that for developing countries like India and particularly the state of Manipur, the role of book publishers was very important as through them all branches of knowledge were being spread in society. They deserve every encouragement, he added.
India has advanced increasingly in the trade of book publishing with the development of printing technology. It is estimated that around 70,000 new books are published in India every year. This figure, though impressive, is rather small in view of per capita terms. Therefore, India has to raise the numbers of the actual production and sales of books. Oxford University Press, Cambridge University, Orient Longmans, Macmillan and a few other foreign publishers had set up branches in this country and many Indian publishing firms, on the other hand, had started capturing a big portion of the global market place, he said.
The international firms and many other publishers dealing with regional languages were doing good business in book publication, but the north east states are still lagging behind the other states of the country for two main reasons - small population and lack of infrastructure. Assam is somewhat better as compared to the other states of the region. As for Manipur, the situation is not good as professional publishers are not coming in this direction, he said.
The Governor observed that Manipur was a very beautiful state where many talented poets, writers, artistes had been and are born. It was famous for its games and sports, dances, theatre, cinema, etc and its beautiful and unique cultural heritage contributed to the enrichment of the glorious and age-old cultural mosaic of the country.
Such attributes of Manipur inspire the poets and writers, in their creativity, he said but wondered why inspite of the good number of poets and writers the publication of books in Manipur was not upto expectations. The most important factor could be the small market, he said while also lauding the Writers` Forum, Imphal which stood steadfast in order to develop book publishing in Manipur.
He was confident that the efforts of the seminar would help in creating awareness on the short and long term strategic and policy implications for the challenges and prospects of publishing in the state of Manipur. He also complimented the Federation of Indian Publishers and the Writers` Forum, Imphal for organising the seminar and exhorted them to contribute their best in promoting the trade of book publication.
The seminar was also attended by Prof N Tombi Singh, a scholar, Ratan Thiyam, theater director and Shakti Malik, official of the FIP, New Delhi.
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