The CDSU took the move as the State Government failed to respond positively to the demands of the students’ body despite its assurances made earlier.
Defending their act, the CDSU in a press statement issued late in the evening today said that their move of confiscating all Census documents in the district was in protest against the Government’s imposition of fixed population growth rate and attempt to cut the natural growth rate on the argument that the population growth rate in the hill/tribal areas cannot cross the population growth rate in the valley district. “The Government’s differential treatments crossed the limit of our tolerance and understanding,” it asserted even as it sought to clarify their act as a part of the larger COPTAM movement.
House listing documents, a huge cache of files, about 36 cartoons of NPR forms were among the documents confiscated by the CDSU.
Council teachers rally for pay
Lamka | Sep 18: Teachers of Churachandpur District Council today took their demand for payment of salaries on the streets and submitted a memorandum in this regard to the Chief Secretary through the Deputy Commissioner.
Rallying along the street with placards illustrating their demand for payment of six months salaries; immediate completion of MGEL or the District Council Employees list based on sanctioned post; release of 14 percent dearness arrears for the period 2001-2005; and implementation of pension benefit scheme, the teachers began their rally from Lamka public ground and concluded at the Deputy Commissioner’s office where they handed over a memorandum detailing their demands to the Chief Minister.
Man drowned in CCpur
Lamka | Sep 18: A 30-year-old man identified as Lunminlien Singson of S Bualjang village of Churachandpur district was drowned at Tuilang River in Henglep sub-division yesterday while he attempted to swim across along with his father, said family sources.
Efforts have been made to fish out his body since yesterday. However, the corpse could not be traced even though a large number of locals were engaged in the search operation.
His family has requested people along the river course to inform them if they come across any body in the river.
~ TSE
