Aizawl -Kolkata BSNL direct connection in 2 months

Aizawl, April 23: A meeting was held under the leadership of Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla at his office yesterday over bettering Telecom Service in Mizoram.

D.P.Singh, CGM, NE-I Circle, BSNL, Shillong, Lalram Thanga, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, R.K.Gupta, Secretary (Power & Electricity) and C. Lalhmachhuana, Secretary (Information & Communication Technology), and other important officials attended the meeting.

Chief Minister Lal Thanhawla said that Mizoram can be the most progressing among the North East state in the field of IT and asked BSNL leaders to work for providing good mobile service in peripheral areas and Border Area.

IT helps a lot in the fight against Corruption for which various e-Governance projects are being carried out in the fastest possible manner, CM Hawla said. He mentioned how after tax collection has increased after Taxation Department introduced Online Tax Payment.
BSNL leader D.P. Singh on his part said that Aizawl -Kolkata BSNL direct connection, 10 Gbps, shall be ready within 2 months.

This will besides BSNL mobile service enhance Internet broadband service, he said.
A discussion on OPGW (Optical Fibre Ground Wire) Power line connection was also held to enhance better telecom service in all the districts of the state.

Central YMA to keep Aizawl free from drug addicts and prostitutes

Aizawl: In a bid to keep Aizawl city clean from Drug addicts and Prostitutes, largest NGO in the state, Central Young Mizo Association (CYMA) has carried out a massive drive of cleaning up people with immoral behaviour such as drug addicts and prostitutes living in Aizawl city and so far 143 have been caught, CYMA report said. 

CYMA SRS has carried out the clean-up drive since 11 April, 2015 (5:30 a.m.). As of 20 April, 2015 today, 104 No.4 (drugs) addicts, 7 prostitutes (KS) and 31 immoral persons because of intoxicants and others, in total 143, have been nabbed.

These 143 people include 86 men and 57 women and 3 gay prostitutes, CYMA report mentioned. Except 8 of them who were taken to Homes- 6 to New Life Home Society Jeriko, Durtlang and 2 to Protective Home Hunthar Veng, Aizawl, all were taken back to their respective family after informing YMA branch leaders of their locality. 

 

Those taken to New Life Home Society Jeriko, Durtlang and Protective Home Hunthar Veng, Aizawl are given Counselling by the Counsellors from IKO. CYMA acknowledged Presbyterian Kohhran Dawrpui Hmeichhia Committee and College Veng Branch YMA who have donated Rs. 5,000.00 and Rs. 2,000.00 respectively towards the SRS initiative.  

Hmar leaders meet BJP president over long standing political issue

Aizawl, April 17: The Hmar leaders on Thursday met visiting BJP president Amit Shah at Aijal Club and apprised him of political grievances of the Hmar living in Mizoram.

The delegation of Hmar leaders that included leader of Mizoram Hmar Welfare Committee (MHWC), HPC party and Hmar Student Organisation (HSA) submitted representations to Shah regarding the long standing political problems of the Hmars in North East especially in Mizoram. The leaders told BJP president that the minority Hmar were being neglected and denied political rights by the government of Mizoram since the Mizo union movement (1946) and MNF movement (1966) despite the former being actively participated in the movement to include all Hmar dominated area in Manipur and Assam within the then Mizo district which was cherished as the main slogan by both Mizo Union movement and MNF movement. The Hmar people were however neglected and their aspiration for inclusion of Hmar dominated area within Mizoram was dashed to the ground when Mizo district came into form and the state of Mizoram was created in 1987.

The leaders said that not to speak the Hmars living in Manipur and Assam, even the Hmar community living in north Mizoram were denied political rights and were deprived of developments enjoyed by their brother like Lai and Mara in south Mizoram. Moved by political frustration during Mizo Union and MNF movement the Hmar who had once offered Regional Council by Manipur premier PB Singh provided they alienate and secede from Mizo Union movement, formed political organisation called HPC and later entered to underground demanding ADC in Hmar dominated area in northern Mizoram. 

In 1994 the erstwhile HPC rebel signed peace accord with the government of Mizoram which resulted in the creation of Sinlung Hills Development Council (SHDC) with 2 years interim period. The provision of the peace accord envisages the upgradation of SHDC to a full fledged district council under sixth schedule of Indian constitution. The government of Mizoram however, did not commit to its promise even after the lapse of more than 20 years since the signing of peace accord, Hmar leaders told Shah.

The Hmar leaders told Shah that they have great faith in the BJP government and asked him to find solution to the Hmar political problems. While Shah on his part told the leaders that he will go through the representation and look into the grievances of the Hmar people.