Manipur: Will execute every promise says CM Biren Singh

IMPHAL, March 26, 2018: Chief Minister of Manipur, Biren Singh today said that the government is committed to execute every promise it has made so far and will not give any false promises to the people. Biren said this at the inauguration of the Marjing Polo Complex at Heingang, Imphal East today.

"We politicians have the bounden duty to provide quality of life to the citizens of the State. We should not do politics which would hamper the developmental process in the State," he stated. Singh continued that the only reason for the underdevelopment of Manipur was the non-transparency in the governance system in the state.

The Chief Minister stressed that since the installation of the new government in the State, the government has given its priority to improve the lives of the people of the State by initiating new human oriented schemes such as CMHT, CMST etc.

He claimed that within such short period, the new government has minimized the hill-valley divide and ethnic tensions in the State. Law and order situation of the State has improved drastically in the last one year, he mentioned. Thus we are heading towards a better Manipur, he added.

Mentioning that the game of 'Modern Polo' originated from Manipur, the Chief Minister said that a 120-ft. high statue of a pony would be erected at the top of the Marjing Hill under the integrated Mega Tourist Circuit. A ropeway would be constructed from Marjing Hills to Langol Hills. A Polo ground would be constructed at the hillock of Marjing, he added.

The CM mentioned that a sum of Rs 15 crores has already been sanctioned for the construction of 'Imphal View' tower at Langol Hills. Cable car service would be made available from Marjing Hill to Kangla to attract more tourists in the region. Such initiatives of the new government would provide employment opportunities to the unemployed youths and people of the State, he further added.

Chairperson of Tourism Corporation of Manipur Limited Dr. Sapam Ranjan said that Heingang area has great opportunity to become a prominent tourist destination in the State. Maintaining that the entire stakeholders such as government, people and media have a role to play to boost the tourism sector in the State, he added, among these, media will play a pivotal role to promote the positive image of the State to the outside world.

He appealed to the people to develop Manipur into a prominent tourist destination in the country.

Later, the Chief Minister inspected the construction site at top of Marjing hill where the statue of the pony would be erected. He directed the officials to complete the construction by August this year.

It may be mentioned that the development of Marjing Polo Complex at Heingang was taken up with the fund from the Ministry of Tourism, Government of India under Central Financial Asistance in 2009. The total sanctioned amount was Rs. 263.19 lakhs.

Source: The Morung Express

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