Manipur Assembly demands fresh census
Imphal, August 2 :The Manipur Legislative Assembly has passed a resolution demanding fresh census for the state, cancelling Census 2001.
The resolution was passed late yesterday after a day-long deliberations on the issue. Cutting across party lines the members were unanimous that the 2001 census was incorrect and full of flaws.
Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh said Census 2001 was full of discrepancies as abnormal growth rates were found in some sub divisions like Paomata, Purul, Maram of Senapati district.
Most members felt that the census was done at the table without going to the ground.
The House further resolved that a moratorium should be imposed on all the delimitation exercises until fresh census was published. It also resolved that pending publication of the fresh census, a status quo of the existing Assembly constituencies be maintained and they be exempted from Delimitation ( Amendment) Act 2003.
Thursday, August 2, 2007
Manipur bird flu outbreak, Finger points to Burma(Myanmar)
New Delhi July 31: With close to two lakh birds culled in the northeast State of Manipur, fingers are now being pointed to Myanmar from where the affected birds may have entered India through the 1600-km long porous border. The Centre has already alerted neighbouring Mizoram to check illegal smuggling of hens from across Myanmar where incidents of bird flu outbreak have been more often. Manipur, along with Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, shares border with Myanmar. "Government of India has issued an advisory to the northeast States to restrain from imposing any restriction on the Inter-State movement of poultry and poultry product and intensify surveillance especially vigilance on the border with the countries that have reported outbreak of avian influenza," a release from the ministry of Agriculture stated. A day before India confirmed the outbreak of bird flu on July 25 after samples sent by Chingmeirong Ira poultry farm in Manipur's East Imphal district tested positive, there were reports of its outbreak in south Myanmar. There were also reports of bird flu outbreak in Myanmar during February, April and June this year, and the latest outbreak is reported as recent as Monday in southeast Myanmar. Meanwhile, the Centre on Tuesday, confirmed the culling of 1.85 lakhs of poultry birds with operations of control and containment operations continuing on Tuesday. Culling and disposal will cover all 86 sectors in the 0 to 5 kms zone followed by mopping, clean up and disinfections, the government release stated. The government has also refuted the reports of 'unusual' deaths of birds from East and West Imphal districts of Manipur or in any part of the country.
New Delhi July 31: With close to two lakh birds culled in the northeast State of Manipur, fingers are now being pointed to Myanmar from where the affected birds may have entered India through the 1600-km long porous border. The Centre has already alerted neighbouring Mizoram to check illegal smuggling of hens from across Myanmar where incidents of bird flu outbreak have been more often. Manipur, along with Mizoram, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh, shares border with Myanmar. "Government of India has issued an advisory to the northeast States to restrain from imposing any restriction on the Inter-State movement of poultry and poultry product and intensify surveillance especially vigilance on the border with the countries that have reported outbreak of avian influenza," a release from the ministry of Agriculture stated. A day before India confirmed the outbreak of bird flu on July 25 after samples sent by Chingmeirong Ira poultry farm in Manipur's East Imphal district tested positive, there were reports of its outbreak in south Myanmar. There were also reports of bird flu outbreak in Myanmar during February, April and June this year, and the latest outbreak is reported as recent as Monday in southeast Myanmar. Meanwhile, the Centre on Tuesday, confirmed the culling of 1.85 lakhs of poultry birds with operations of control and containment operations continuing on Tuesday. Culling and disposal will cover all 86 sectors in the 0 to 5 kms zone followed by mopping, clean up and disinfections, the government release stated. The government has also refuted the reports of 'unusual' deaths of birds from East and West Imphal districts of Manipur or in any part of the country.
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