Education essential, vital for dev. of the state — Manipur minister

Our Correspondent
Imphal, Dec. 30 (EMN): Education is essential and vital for the development of the state therefore focus should be given at imparting education to the students at the grassroots level, said Thounaojam Shyamkumar,
Forest & Environment, Horticulture & Soil Conservation, Municipal Administration, Housing & Urban Development and Town Planning minister was addressing the inauguration programme of the new building of Nongbrang Primary School on Sunday.
The school was constructed under the joint funding of the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan and MLA Local Area Development Fund.
The minister urged the local residents to get their children admitted to the school. To generate more income, the minister advised the community of Nongbrang to utilise their paddy fields after the harvest by planting vegetables and other crops.

In an another development, the minister also inaugurated a rural market shed constructed under the central scheme Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) by the Horticulture and Soil Conservation department at Kongpal Kongkham Leikai in Imphal East district on the same day.

Opening the new market shed, Shyamkumar appealed the residents to maintain cleanliness and to preserve the environment besides conserving the local pond located near the market.

Hoping that the rural market shed will help the women of the area to generate income, the minister announced that another market shed will be constructed to accommodate the women vendors who have been shifted from in and around the Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences at Porompat area in Imphal East.

He further assured the people of the area that the pond located near the rural market shed at Kongpal Kongkham Leikai will be protected and cleaned under the scheme of the Environment Directorate.