Senapati district becoming 2nd capital of Manipur in terms of sports, says Biren Singh

SENAPATI — Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Thursday said Senapati district is on its path to become the 2nd capital of Manipur in terms of sports with certain infrastructure development in the field of Sports.

Biren Singh was speaking at the 1st anniversary celebration of the BJP 2.0 Government in the state at Senapati Public Ground, 60 km north of Imphal wherein a full-fledged, an artificial football turf, first of its kind in hill districts was inaugurated.

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He expressed that the district would see a considerable change in the sports infrastructure development once the indigenous wrestling stadium, football field at Karong are completed, adding that Thangal Memorial Football Stadium would also be constructed soon at Thangal village.

He further informed that a Critical Care Block with 10 ICU beds will be constructed at Senapati District Hospital with an estimated cost of INR 28 Crore where specialist doctors will be stationed at the block to check seriously ill patients. He also spoke on various development works taken up during the last one year of his government.

Prior to the 1st anniversary celebration, he informed that the cabinet had approved to implement the ‘One family one livelihood’ initiative. The government had earlier announced to give livelihood to each and every household.

He further informed that anyone from a family with no source of livelihood can apply for a loan of INR 10 lakh with 30 percent grant from an amount of INR 100 crore allocated in the budget for the same.

During the programme, the chief minister handed over an appointment order to Pangambam Romita Devi, wife of VDF late N. Premananda, as cook in the Police Department. Late Premananda went missing while attending duty to destroy illegal poppy plantations and was later found dead in an area under Chakpikarong Police Station in Chandel district.

A booklet and a short film on the achievement of the first year of government were released by Biren Singh while a short film on ‘War on Drugs 2.0’ was screened during the programme.