Singngat, a beautiful town in south-west of Manipur, todays lays a moldering ruin. It is around 30 kms down south of Lamka, the district headquarter of Churachandpur, around 115 kms from Sinzawl village bordering Mizoram and approximately 25 kms from the Indo-Myanmar border. It had been a prosperous town with different ethnic people living together harmoniously. Sadly, it now turns into a seemingly small hamlet - quiet, dark, desolate, empty, neglected, abandoned. The Government machinery has completely collapsed and there is little, or no, sign that this place is part of the Indian state.
It happens to be one of the most devastated arenas where political gladiators – using ethnicity as a political tool to mobilize support and gain power – are engaged in real political combats. The poor people have been bogged down by deprivation and hopelessness over the years. And the breaking of a new dawn seems a far cry for them.
Countless volumes have been written on the subject. Innumerable voices have been raised. But these seem to be read by blind eyes and heard by deaf ears.
It's time for the pictures to do the talking now.
It happens to be one of the most devastated arenas where political gladiators – using ethnicity as a political tool to mobilize support and gain power – are engaged in real political combats. The poor people have been bogged down by deprivation and hopelessness over the years. And the breaking of a new dawn seems a far cry for them.
Countless volumes have been written on the subject. Innumerable voices have been raised. But these seem to be read by blind eyes and heard by deaf ears.
It's time for the pictures to do the talking now.
Singngat Veterinary HospitalIt becomes a safe haven for pigs, cows and dogs. But they ain't find a single vety. to take care of them.
Community HallWonder what the hell is this? Seems like a colossal wreck, eh?
Power HouseIt was in April 23, 2005 that Chief Minister Ibobi Singh laid the foundation for a 33 kV sub-station in Singngat. And everybody's damn sure that the project wouldn't just be completed till the foundation stone withers away.
Sub-Divisional Officer's office
Yes, the office building is functional. But where are the office guys? No wonders, they have been working somewhere in New Bazar, the heart of the district headquarters. Reason is: security.
Singngat Hospital buildingGone are the days when well-equipped doctors and nurses attended to patients under the sprawling expanse of the hospital building in downtown Singngat. The building is now stands in a forgotten corner, slowly wasting away as time goes by.
Treading the dreaded Tedim RoadA whopping Rs. 112.04 lacs has been spent in Lamka to Singngat road construction for the last three years. That's what the then Works Minister, His Highness Shri Devendra Singh said in the Assembly house last year. The CM also said a sum of Rs. 2.5 crores has been sanctioned on Singngat-Lamka and Lamka-Sugnu roads combined. Where the hell have these moneys gone?
But this is not the end of the story. A new dawn seems to be emerging from the beautiful hills of Lentang...
Community Information CenterIt first came in January 2003. Thus began a new chapter of IT here, in this part of a forgotten world. But poor electricity continues to impede its proper functioning.
Singngat: Border Model Town?General JJ Singh, Chief of Army Staff laid the foundation for the Model Town project on September 9, 2006. The completion dateline for this 3-crore project is 2008. Singngat will hopefully serve as a springboard for empowering the untouched, but unquiet hills beyond.
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6 comments:
Nice post keep it up!!!
Nice post...Koi hiam khat ah chu ka gelh khin ta na a ka hon gelh thak nawn deh hiai ah.. "Shillong a ka om lai in..Innlam ngai lua a innlam pai chih chianga... Imphal i hong tung bang chu ka gam uh nuam na tel e..chi(shillong a lampi neu chikchik kawi ngetngot a om.. imphal tun chianga zang dim dem... lampi lianpi.. airport road khong .. Sap gam tuk himai chizezen ni)Lamka tun ding kal ngak lah na inge..chi a ngaihsut na hong pai... chih chianga lamka zuan a i hong pai Talpak te tenna chiang tan lampi hong hoih deuh.(moirang tan khong) huai khit chianga.. Tollen i hong tung a bus hong khawl bang chu tukverh leng hon ngam ding hilo.. leivui ngen in hon bawm maimah..Tuibuang i hong tung tou a.. i khopi uh i gal muh chiangin a tung ah Leivui khu san ngem ngom zaam maimah..chih chiang bang a chu kik mai ut huai.. Lamka khomui zul in i hong tung zomah a..New bazar lak ah lah.. siatna bukim dim..kuamah leng auto service ngam taktak leng om nawn lo sim mawk.. huai kha i mu a auto i hon laa a lah chu.. i lamlian te uh hoihlo ding a leng nasa diak.. Earthquake om na khit phet mah a bang a lamlian lang khenkhat khawng pawng pe paw.. auto a gim sim van hau zomah i hong tuang a alang a lang a hon sep mai zaw aw.. ka pianna gam hikei leh zaw aw.. ka hoh vaang mah di chih ut huai phial.. I hong tung a sung te toh i hongki mu chu nuam mahmah .. hileleng a zingchianga van hawm ding neuhneuh nei.. i hong pawt khia chih chiangin leivui khu thuak zo lo diak ka diam ah ka hitang suk pah zel mawk hi.... 2004 summer in lamka ka phak zual in.. Vuah tam in hong tam a, kou veng chu a khokhung lam deuh chih mah tak a siang deuh hi. Lamka ah i hoh suk a... lampi teng a tui dim vom ngoingoi pal ngam a ngam huai lo maimah.. Gari a leng tai ngam huai ding hia chih phial a om.. Government nei lo mah i bang uh hi. Namdang ngoh dek na hanga zaw namdang i chih chianga amau omna tan ana dan om deuh hia.. ei lawi gam i chipih mahmah contract te nuai a i gam lamlian uh maimai bang leng bawl hoih zo lo tel hi hanga maw.. lungkham huai e lungkham huai....
gelh hoihlua! huchi lotel!
eimah ve, lungkham huailua. eibang a gelh a gelh di daan le theixou nawnlou kihita. a lemlaak a taak a taakkhiat thoh ta mai i hi. a mu di tak ten zaw mukha kei unteh.
huaichiah, a hehhuai kha hiai a contractors te eimi ngen hizomah ua, a tamzaw, lungliap huai lawdeuh ahi. eimi-leh-eimi hichi kibawl tel i hi u maw, chih in a om aka!!
Huai chu hizel mah e.. ei vei tek a gelh zuzu hang a, a mu ding tak ten lah mu kha ban lo.. a midang teng in na sa vil vel a thuak(kuapeuh in thuak chi zaw ni).. a mu ding tak ten leng mu uh hileh leng.. khemkhem.. Nou hun hong tung hial leh nou kou sangin na hong uang zaw ding uam maw??? hon chih san zomah ding hilai.. Eilawi a ding in zaw.. Mahni tek a ding a khosak a I gam i gam chih chih loh a, ka pumpi, ka taksa, ka zi, ka ta, keimah.. nuamsa a ka om nak leh chi a nam buaipihpih se se loh a.. sep ding ngai ta mawk a bang hi. (nekguk lam hilo in chih tak na mah tawh ei a ding chiat sep khiak taktak a ki zon tuah a, manipur a hilo in gamdang state dang ah ki mu tuah zaw le houh a hoih diam maw?? chih khong ka ngaihtuah ve.. bang ngaihdan na nei diam ah.. LOL)
miteng in huai ngaihdan kinei sim chiat leng a bangta a... a khasiat huai lam chu ahita ve. ahithei liai teng in i gam loihsan hang a, nuutsiat a om mi te'n bangchin amau khosuahna diing lampi ana kisial thei mahmah diing ua?
selung mawlte' iitna vaang in i Zolei a bitlai. selung mawlte' iitna vaang in Zolei iit in a omlai. selung mawlte' iitna vaang in nikhat ni chiang Zogam miallak, khawvaak hongsuak ngei diing hi... selung mawlte' iitna vaang in..
A mu d te muh deih huai na e maw....I gam uh jo angaih na om lou deuh eive maw....nahpateh (Leaves) te nasan hing lou a san gemgom leivui a...lungkham huai jo hina eive....Bang chik chia I khang khe diam maw...a om te lah ki hi ta phen phan lai...tak sa hoih deuh a chei in hun sa mah2 lenlan mai...Ei lamte ki selfish deuh a de aw ka chih na om a hi.
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