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Imphal TimesRegd.No. MANENG /2013/51092 Volume 6, Issue 476 Thursday, June 20, 2019 Maliyapham Palcha kumsing 3416 Rs. 2/-

IT NewsImphal, June 20,

Mutum Sonarjit Singh s/oMutumJugidro S ingh&Mutum (Ongbi) BedabatiDevi o f Khoijuma WardNo:2, Bishnupur District,cracked JEE Advance andqualified to study in Indianpremier TechnicalInstitutions IIT in his firstattempt at 5446 all Indiarank. Sonarjit S ingh had hisschool ing from classnursery to class V at one ofthe local School, then fromClass VI to XII a tJNV,Bishnupur. He passedhis Class X exam from JNVBishnupur with CGPA 9.8and XII Science Exam fromthe same school with87.6%.Not l ike o therstudents he did not had thechance to go for ext ratuition as his family is inacute poverty. His fatherwas a diploma in ElectricalEngineering but did not getany chance to be a

The Manipuri boy who crackedIIT in his First attempt

government employeebecause of poor. His motheris a simple house wife thougha graduate in Arts. His fatherwas plying an Auto but dueto BP stroke few years agohe stopped that also ,thoughrecovered from his il lnessstill cannot do hard work.His mother generally worksat the fields as laborer justto main ta in the family.Whenever Sonarjit go thol iday /vacation, he will

help her mother in doingthe works at the fields.Sonarjithas one eldersister, one younger brotherand one younger sister.Though he cracked JEEAdvance and got a chanceto study in IITs but he is ina sta te of d il emma anddisappointment whether hecan continues to study inIITs or not because of thehuge amount to be incurredin IITs.

IT NewsImphal, June 20,

Community MedicineDepartment, RIMS led by Prof.Brogen Singh Akoijam, helddemonstration cum interactionon Hand Hygiene: EmpoweringChildren to Control Infection atLittle Millennium, Thoubal and

Awareness prog on HandHygiene held

Children’s Home for Boys,Charangpat on June 20, 2019.The team interacted with 100small children anddemonstrated proper handwashing. The sessions wereconducted as a par t ofoutreach program of RIMSCommunity MedicineDepartment.

IT NewsThoubal, June.20

Thoubal Distr ictSuperintendent of Police Dr.Ibomcha while expressingstrong concern to the rise ofdrug abuse in the district saidthat almost every family in thedistrict have either one or twodrug abusers.The SP was talk ing toreporters in connection withthe “Meeyamgi Numit”(Peoples’ Day) at his officeroom.“Its alarming and the districtpolice in hands with thepeople of the district will bringa major shift to counter drugabusers in the coming 3months”, Dr. Ibomcha assuresthe reporters.For that Dr. Ibomcha soughtcooperation from the generalpublic in fighting the menaceof drug.“Please feel free to get in touchwith the police personnel, wewill bu ild good relationbetween the police and thepublic in two months”, thedistrict SP said.In today’s Meeyamgi Numit ,elected representatives oflocal bodies, members of cluband other organizations in thedistr ict brought up issuesabout the r ise in v iolenceagainst women and childrenand problem of drug abuseamong youths of the state.Dr. Ibomcha assures to do theneedful in tackling the varioussocial lacunae.

War onDrugs : SP

Ibomchaassuresmajor

change in 3Months

IT NewsImphal, June 20,

Lutembacher Syndrome is avery rare disease entity in whicha large hole in the heart calledAtrial Septal Defect (ASD)present from birth andRheumatic Mitral Stenosis(blocked mitral valve of theheart) which develops afterbirth are present in the sameheart . The condition was firstdescribed in 1916 byLutembacher.For the first time in Manipur ,such complex heart conditionwas successfully operated atSKY Hospital on 19th May, 2019.Mr. T. Yuithing, 52 years oldresident of Kashung Village,Ukhrul District having the rareheart problem had been

For the first time in Manipur,Lutembacher Syndrome treated at

SKY Hospital

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suffering from breathlessness,cough, chest pain, palpitationetc for many years. At last theaccurate diagnosis was madefor him at his first visit to SKYHospital on 6/3/2019. His cathstudy revealed that hisPulmonary Arterial (PA)pressure was severely high at78 mmHg with high PVRI of 5 (>6 not operable) putting him athigh risk category of open heartsurgery for two operations –mitral valve replacement (MVR)and closure of the large ASD.However, without surgery hewas not going to survive. SKYHeart Team performed thedouble operation on him. Theoperation started at 7:00 pmand finished at 11:50 pm. Notunexpectedly he had to be onlife support including

ventilator, pacemaker for thefirst 48 hours post-operatively.Subsequent post-operativerecovery was smooth thoughslow. Another majorachievement of this operationis the reversion of his AtrialFibr illation ( ir regularpalpitation). He started eating,drinking, mobilizing graduallyand was discharged home. Dr.L Shyamkishore expresses hishappiness and satisfaction onthe success of such high riskoperation for Mr. T. Yuithingand appeals to the people ofstate to be aware of thesophisticated equipments,infrastructure and highlyexper ienced specialistsavailable at SKY Hospital totreat various high risk andcomplex heart diseases.

DIPRImphal, June 20,

Chief Minister N. Biren Singhhas said that the Reserve Bankof India (RBI) is likely to liftthe ban imposed on thefinancial transactions of theState Government due tooverdraft within a few days.He was speaking to mediapersons on the sidelines of thejoint Meeyamgi Numit and HillLeaders’ Day held at theDurbar Hall of Chief Minister’sSecretariat today.The Chief Minister said thatduring his recent visit to NewDelhi, he had apprised PrimeMinister Narendra Modi andUnion Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman of thecurrent financial position ofthe State. N. Biren furtherinformed that he requestedthe Finance Minister torelease open marketborrowings to overcome thecurrent situation .Subsequently, the UnionMinistry of Finance issuedpermission directing the RBIto raise open marketborrowings of the State up toRs. 795 crores. For the timebeing, the State Governmentis borrowing Rs. 400 croresfrom the open market throughRBI to neutralise the currentoverdraft, he said while addingthat the State Government isalso expecting to receive Rs.305 crores as State share ofCentral Taxes in a day or so.In another positivedevelopment, the ChiefMinister said, he could secure

RBI ban likely to be lifted soon: Chief Ministerapproval of different projectsworth Rs. 176.43 crores fromthe Ministry of Developmentof North Eastern Region(DoNER) during the visit.Out of the total Rs. 176.43crores, Rs. 59.06 crores is forthree projects to be taken upunder North East SpecialInfrastructure DevelopmentScheme (NESIDS), the ChiefMinister said and added thatRs. 90 crores for 38 projectsunder Hill Area DevelopmentProgramme (HADP)particularly for Tamenglongdistr ict has also beenapproved. Rs. 27.37 crores for16 projects under Flood ReliefWorks for 2017 damage due tofloods in the State have alsoreceived approval, he added. The three projects under theNorth East SpecialInfrastructure DevelopmentScheme (NESIDS) areupgradation of MoirangSendra Road upto Sendra

Hillock, Moirang Sendra Roadto Omba Hillock and KeinaBazaar to Thanga KeibulRoad for promoting tourismamounting 21.65 crores,augmentation of Moreh WaterSupply Scheme amounting22.84 crores and provision ofspecial ward in JNIMSamounting 14.57 crores. The projects under Hill AreaDevelopment Programme(HADP) includedconstruction of water supplyschemes at Tamei, Nungba,Haochong etc. , transitquarters/hostels for doctors,teachers and Governmentemployees at Nungba, Noney,Haochong and sub-divisionalheadquarters in Noney andTamenglong Distr ict,development and promotionof eco-tourism centre at Zeliadlake and Tharon cave etc. Thescheme also covers projectsrelated to employmentgeneration for the local public

by taking up various foodprocessing units for fruits,vegetables, tea, bamboo,spices etc. with forward andbackward linkages leading tooverall increase in income. Outof the to tal Rs. 90 croresapproved under HADP, Rs.24.22 crores, which is 26.91%,has been earmarked forprojects related to welfare ofwomen and children. Flood relief works approvedby DoNER includedconstruction of irrigation canaland intake stair for RLI schemeat Chingarel and Keibi AwangLeikai, Imphal East andconstruction of pick-up weiracross d ifferent r ivers inImphal East, Imphal West,Bishnupur and KangpokpiDistricts. The Chief Minister said thatPrime Minister Narendra Modiin the 5th Governing Councilmeeting of NITI Aayogmooted the need for rain water

harvesting to curb waterscarcity. The Prime Ministerdirected the States to impartawareness regarding rainwater harvesting projects atdistrict and village levels. Assuch, he would convene ajoint meeting of Zilla ParishadMembers, Pradhans and ADCMembers soon, the ChiefMinister added. Meeyamgi Numit and HillLeaders’ Day could not beheld for the months of March,April and May due to electionmodel code of conduct for LokSabha elections. In today’sjoint Meeyamgi Numit and HillLeaders’ Day, the ChiefMinister attended to around510 complaints and personallymet around 1500 people from 9am to 2 pm. Chief Secretary Dr.J. Suresh Babu, Pr incipalSecretary (Health) and NodalOfficer of Meeyamgi NumitVumlunmang Vualnam,Secretary to CM N. Geoffrey,DIG (Adm) I.K. Muivah andother senior Governmentofficials assisted the ChiefMinister in assessing people’scomplaints.HoDs and officials of differentGovernment Departments werealso present at the CM’sSecretariat complex to assistthe Chief Minister in resolvingpeople’s grievances.

IT NewsImphal June 20,

“Bad politics is the root of allthe financial crisis of today’sManipur”, said EconomistsChinglen Maisnam. Speaking in a public discourseon Financial Crisis in Manipurheld today at Manipur PressClub Chinglen Maisnam saidthat the only solution to thoseis good politics taken up forthe welfare of the people. Hesaid that a movement is theneed of the hour for goodpolitics to strive in the landand added that the economyof the land is not decided byeconomist but by the politicsof the land. Highlighting the reasonbehind the present financialcrisis of the state ChinglenMaisnam said that the reasonbehind it was because of theIndian governmentderecognising Planningcommission and omittingSpecial status of the state andthe misappropriation ,Financial ind iscipline andmismanagement of the publicfunds. He also stressed that if thereis any financial crisis than theauthority should look into thearea of non planned revenueexpenditures where thelegislature can manage inwhatever way they can.He added that the financialcrisis of the state is aprolonged one and the recentbanned by RBI simply addmore stress to the financialinstability.He also highlighted that thefinancial budget of Manipur islower than Nagaland,Arunachal Pradesh and manyother state. “Under theBJ P regime , gov ern mentemployees should neverdream of implementing 7th PayCommission”, said CPI StateSecretary Sotinkumar in a

“Bad politics is the rootof all the financial crisisof today’s Manipur”,

said EconomistsChinglen Maisnam.

public discourse on FinancialCrisis in Manipur.Speaking in keynote addressSotinkumar further said thatthe f inancial crisis whichoccurred this year where evenRBI banned in transactions ofmoney due to overdraft hasnever occurred in the historyof Manipur.He said that they believed thatmore than 274 crores weretransacted during the times ofElection Code of Conduct. Itis the need of the hour that awhite paper should bebrought and discuss in thelime light, he added.Sotinkumar further said thatmany believed that the recentLok Sabha Election wasmisappropriated by money,power or even through EVMor by any other unfair means.He questioned whether is itnecessary to withdraw moneyin times of election code ofconduct and whether themoney can’t be withdrawnafter the election. He addedthat they believed that all themoney was dispersed duringthe election times for theirparty which is the BJP party. He concluded that thepoliticians who hold powerloots the public money andadded that their is a diseasewhere such politicians andlegislators were neverchecked by the people of theland.Sotinkumar said that all thepeople of the landcongregated towards BJPduring election times eventhough BJP assured thecontentious CAB to pass ifthey came to power. He addedthat the people were all swayedusing money power whichfinally led to today’s financialcrisis. “Never in the h istory ofManipur such crisis has everhappened and to check themthoroughly is the need of thehour”, Sotinkumar concluded.

TreePlantation at

ChingoiBaruni

DIPRImphal June 20,

As a part of the ‘GreenManipur, Clean Manipur’campaign , Forest andEnvironment MinisterT h o u n a o j a mShyamkumar today led amass tree p lan tationprogramme at theChingoi Baruni, ImphalEast. The programme wasjointly organised by theForest Department andDirectorate ofEnvironment incollaboration with theGreen Volunteers andlocals of Andro.Addressing themediapersons, MinisterShyamkumar said that themass tree p lan tationprogramme is an initiativeto combat the climatechange which is aburning issue at present.Informing that theplantation programme willcontinue at thepilgrimage site, he saidthe target is to plant 1lakh saplings in thesurroundings areas of theChingoi Baruni. He saidvarious departments likeTourism, Art and Culturewill be consulted forpossible work which canbe implemented in thearea to make the place atour ist hotspotmain tain ing theecosystem.