The competition that was initiated about a month back on the block level was organized by the district administration in collaboration with the zonal education officer.
Its culmination, dubbed as district level literary competition, began yesterday at the Churachandpur College premises and winded up today with a prize distribution and valediction ceremony.
T Phungzathang and TN Haokip, the two local Ministers have brave CoPTAM’s social boycott of representatives from the hills to attend the ceremony, which was attended as well by the State’s Education Commissioner Vivek Kumar Dewagan, Chairman of ADC Churachandpur Langkhanpau Guite, a sizeable number of MDCs and other top district officials.
Competition organizers have sponsored the entire trip of students, who top the block level competition to ensure their participation in the district level competition that began yesterday, said Jacintha Lazarus, the Deputy Commissioner.
According to her, 32 schools and four-hundred-and-fifty students have participated in the district level event on two sections – schools and colleges. Choreography, Skits, Rhyme, Recitation, Elocution, Debate, Painting and Science model making are the fields of competition.
Talking about the event, she said it was intended to extract the wide-ranging talents in the district.
‘We have the best talents in Manipur and we proclaim it proudly,’ she said as a matter of fact.
Rayburn High School was adjudged the overall champion in the school section, and Vision Academy in the College section.
CoPTAM Stirs
IMPHAL, Oct 22: Peeved over Churachandpur College hosting a felicitation programme of the elected representatives who have been boycotted by it for sometime now, CoPTAM burnt the college furniture that were left on the basketball ground after the programme at around 6.30 pm today, reports our CCpur correspondent.
PDS rice of CCpur, Tml land in open market of Jiri
IMPHAL, Oct 22: Rice allocated for public distribution under various schemes like APL, BPL and AAY in respect of Tamenglong and Churachandpur districts are finding their way into the open market of Jiribam without ever reaching the people of the two hill districts.
It has been discovered that the rice quota lifted for the two districts from FCI godown of Jiribam are being sold openly in Jiri market and the shopkeepers are reaping the maximum benefit of the rice they bought relatively at a cheaper rate.
One can notice the shopkeepers of Jiribam getting excited at the sight of rice loaded trucks meant for the two said districts as they would get the chance of purchasing the rice at a lower price.
According to information received from the FCI godown at Jiribam, at least 272 quintal of rice are lifted for Vangai Range and Shibapurikhal of Churachandpur and around 1200 to 2500 quintal for Tamenglong every month.
Unfortunately, the whole quota of rice meant for distribution among the people of these two districts are unfailingly falling into the wrong hands.
One shopkeeper in Jiribam market disclosed, on condition of anonymity that he has been buying the rice from the agents of Churachandpur and Tamenglong district for the past few months at a price ranging from Rs 1500 to Rs 1800 per quintal.
‘‘I am very pleased to buy the rice from these agents as the stuff come at a very cheap rate in comparison to the market rate’’, the shopkeeper added.
Echoing the same, another shopkeeper admitted that these rice agents from Churachandpur and Tamenglong district have helped him to grow his business to a great extent.
Commenting on the matter, a social activist in Jiribam suggested that the common people and civil organisations of Churachandpur and Tamenglong should not remain mute spectators when their due share is being siphoned off but be alert and exert pressure on the authorities concerned so that the guilty persons are punished. - TSE
