Our Correspondent
Imphal,August 16 (EMN): Manipur Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh hosted the first ever joint Hill Leaders’ Day and Meeyamgi Numit (People’s Day) at CM’s Secretariat here on Wednesday wherein he attended to as many as about 350 complaints and personally met nearly 1500 people from 9 am to 2.30 pm.
Chief Minister Biren is compelled to host the first ever joint meeting with both valley and hills people as he couldn’t meet them on August 10 and 15 last which were the actual dates of Hill Leader’s Day and Meeyamgi Numit respectively report added.
Speaking to media persons on the sideline of the meeting, Biren assured that his government would build new houses for those victims whose houses had been torched in violence at Nungei some time back. He said that he felt upset when he was informed about the sufferings faced by the people. He also directed the concerned DC to resolve the issue and rehabilitate the affected people as soon as possible.
Contending that that it gave him intense pain when he came to know about the condition of widows, differently-abled and poor people of the State, he said the government would introduce new welfare schemes at the earliest so that poor and needy people could be benefited.
He said that with the successful completion of 100 days’ programme, the Government is set to announce the list of tasks, which are to be accomplished during the first year of the Government in power. In a week or so, special meetings would be convened for each and every Department so that the Departments could identify the thrust areas and set a target under the one year action plan, he asserted.
Replying to a query about the Special Investigation Teams’ report on the mass recruitment drive conducted by the previous Government, the Chief Minister said that after a thorough screening, an official order would be issued soon to make available the investigation reports in the public domain.
