Students’ unions demand deployment of officers in Tobu area

Dimapur, Sep. 5 (EMN): Two students’ unions – Mopong Hongkong Students’ Union (MHSU) and Tobu Area Students’ Union (TASU), on Wednesday said that the people of the area are undergoing immense hardship due to non-posting of government officers and demanded the state government to deploy the administrative officers at the two areas.

In a joint representation appended by the MHSU president, L Khole and TASU President Sangti Konyak, while seeking immediate intervention into the grievances faced by the citizens of the two areas, said that latest state govt. order on reshuffling and transferring of administrative officers as well as the current natural calamities have left the public of these two areas to face untold hardships especially with regard with to dealing with government office works and shortage of essential commodities.

“It is genuine fact to note that the two areas have been completely cut-off from rest of the state by massive landslide and floods in several places following the heavy downpour of incessant rains in the region,” the two students’ unions stated.

The unions said that the public, mostly passengers, had to travel 8-12 kms by foot from the village till the blocked zone to catch taxis. Saying that the roads are pathetic and lives are miserable beyond imagination, the representation stated that the journey is rocky in the muddy highway.

“We are anxiously waiting for a change to arrive in the region as we are concern of the herald “Change is coming,”” the representation stated.

It also stated that the absence of administrative officers in all the administrative circles viz. EAC Tobu, EAC and SDO Monyakshu and EAC Mopong have adversely affected the areas in all spheres.

The two students’ bodies, termed the recent government order as “Prank risqué” towards the people of these areas because the incumbent has been extracted out from their respective postings in terms of general reshuffle vacating the later without reliever. They stated that “if such is the matter of ‘change,’ it is the terrifying fact of the Govt that enhance corruption in contrary to lust for luxury city-life”.

Saying that the public of the area are left in ‘chaos having no options whom to address their grievances at times of law and order situation’ due to the absence of the administrative officers, it stated that students too are gravely affected in delaying to get the indigenous, schedule tribe and PRC and that many of the students have failed to produce the required documents for necessary purposes within the stipulated date and time.

It said that 45 govt. run schools have been established under Tobu sub-division, and even though DEO Mon was assigned to take in-charge for SDEO Tobu, delay in posting of separate SDEO at Tobu sub-division for last seven months starting from Feb. have badly affected the academic session as the number of teachers, which are very minimum compared to schools of other districts, have to travel as far as 140 kms taking at least two days to reach the Mon HQ because of the pathetic road condition.

“Under the stated grave grievances, the two students body in the larger interest of the public seek the Govt for immediate redress and intervention by deploying the administrative officers at the anticipated head quarters,” the two students’ union stated in the representation.