April 05, 2010

Aw nang Siktui, na lalgam hongtung heen

Khovel a vuahtui tamna pen ana kichi sek, Cherrapunji apan km 291 lel a nai himahleh, hun kipat tung apan Singngat vangkhua in tui haksatna ana thuaktou ngiitngeet hi.

Tuuk lai a adan om deuh. Huchilou, kum khotawn a tui haksatna mun ahi tel hi. Huaiziak tak ahi, khualzinmi te’n hiaikhua a zintun a lit ngoih-ngoih sek uh. Huaiziak tak ahi, hiaikhua loihsan a a-om. Kho nuam leh etlawm takmai himahleh.

Ziingkal dak 3.30 vel di khawng apan tangval te’n baaltiin a kuah khia ua, numei te’n beel tawi in khosung a tuikainaSaptawnnu' Lui mun te leh khogei a luita neu chikchik te a zuan uhi. Khua a hongvaak a, inn nupi te leh skul naupang te a hong kipan ta ua. Huchiin, khosung awng hial in luikhuuk te ah, tui taak telhtelh ngaak in, aneu-alian a tu khepkhup mai uhi. Hiai luita te ahihleh ataangpi in kilometer kimkhat apan kilometer khat-leh-a-kim tan khawng a gamla ngen ahi uh. Sawtkhop a ngak nung ua, a tanzoh haamhaam uh tui te a honpua ua, kho-ul kai puappuap in lamtou ngen ah a hongkal traihtraih uhi. Agim ua, genthei a kisa uh. Himahleh, phunlou-paulou in a thuak ngiitngeet ua. Zaan dak 9-10 tan bang a tawizeel uhi.

Hiai Singngat tui haksatna hi, kum nga hal a MLA elekson a om dek chiang teng in ngaikhawk taktak dan a gen in ana om gige hi. Himahleh, tutan sukven ahi naikei lailai.

Khovel mun tuamtuam ah March 22, 2010 in World Water Day zat in ana om hi. Tukum a thupi, “Clean Water for a Healthy World,” chih ahi. I tenna leitung hi tui in dim mahleh, 97 percent te a al ahi. 2 percent te lah vuuk khal a om ahihchiang ua, mihing te’ neek di’n percent 1 chouh a om chihna ahi. 2025 chiang in, milip 1.8 billion te’n tui haksatna a tuak diing uh, chih UN in a suikhiat dan ahi.

India solkal in rural water supply programme a din kum nga paisa sung in Rs.100 billion veel seng mahleh a gah muhsuah diing thupi lua a om kei hial. Hiai scheme in khota 30 percent lel a huap a, sawtlou nung in pipeline and hand pump te a kisia a, tui niin ngen a dim hi. Huai in natna tampi piangsak zomah.

Central Ground Water Authority in kumteng a leinuai a tui piang khezah sang in i neek khiat uh tamzaw gige chi hi. India in leinuai ah tui 43 million cubic metres (mcm) nei a, huailak ah, 7 mcm kha mipi te dawndia koih ahi a, adang 36 mcm te loulam tuipiakna dia koihkhol ahi, chi. Avek a leinuai tui i poimoh zah ahihleh 64 mcm ahi. Kumteng in tui level kiam hiaihiai, chi zomah uh. 2008 in Manipur in vuah tui 739.50 mm ngah a, 2009 in 475 mm lel ngah hi.

Pan kilasa te
Hun paisa ah Singngat tui bawlna di’n pan bangzah hiam ana kila saam ta. 1980 vel in Pu T Gougin, MLA in Paldai lui ah tui a hon chingsak a, himahleh earthen dam ahih ziak in kum nih sung in a kichim sia a, bawlnawn ahikei. 1990 vel in UN agency panpihna in leinuai ah tui pamsuah ahi. Huai in tui kiningching simtak in kum bangzah hiam ahon pethei hi. Himahleh, 1997 gaalbuai a inn a kihaal in, a van poimoh teng a mangkhawm vekta. 2000 nung in lui hoihtak khaallai a leng kanglou Singngat apat km 5 vel ding apat tui lawng khungsuak in khosung ah bangtan hiam tui kaizou a, ahihziakin vuah zuklouh hun in a zat theih tuankei.

Military Civic Action Programme (2005-2009) nuai ah Singngat khua hi, “model village” dan a bawlkhiat sawm in ana om hi. Huai din Rs. 2,78,50,000 – human resource development, educational enhancement, women empowerment leh infrastructure development a din – piakkhiat in a om. Hiai te lak ah, Singngat khua tui piakna di’n Rs 16 lakhs seh in a om hi. Hiai Rs 16 lakhs hithet zang in Paldai naak apan tui a kizawl a, khosung ah a kikaisak hi. Himahleh, a poimoh hun laitak, vuah zuklouh hun in a zat theih tuankei.

Mipi te’ haksat dan
Tomchik sung adia pan i na laaksa te phattuam taktak omlou ahihziak in, hiai Singngat tui buaina, kum sawttak hisaap adia sukven poimoh ta hi. “Project thupi tak nuai ah Tuivai leh Tuitha khawng apan tuilaak louh a lampi dang a om nawnkei,” chiin khomi Tualhau in geen hi.

“Luipi, Saptawnnu lui, Mawngluikawi, Sihpheng, Leisan lui, Hai lui, Kul lui te tangpi adia kingakna taak nawnlou,” Lalkhanmang in chi. Tu in khosung a hand-pump teng a segai ta zomah. Sangi in, “Kumdang a chu haksa leh le kilei ngeilou pi. Tukum haksa uang lua ahihchia, nei leh neihlouh omlou a lei ngai eivoi,” chi hi.

Gari nei te’n Tuivai leh Tuivel khawng ah va pua ua, khosung ah zuak uhi. 500 litres dan a hisap sintex te Rs 200/250 khawng hi tangpi. Puak toh te tiin khat a Rs 8/10.

“Kar khat a khat vei khawng kisil ngai aka!” Thanlian in chi. “Kisil mun i utleh gamlak a lui va naih vengveng di himai,” chiin Goubiak in gen. “Huaile, i kiiklam chiang a i kho-ul teng a kiniin nawn thouthou.”

Khokiim apan skul kaidia, nu-le-pa omlou a amau kia a hong khosa, naupang te a genthei diak uhi. Tui kholching na diing hoih a neikei ua, ann huan hun toh tui tawi hun toh laisim hun a kituah ziak in buaithei mahmah uhi. Pawl sawm simlel, Hohoih in, “Zingkal toh nitaklam a Kullui ah tui va kitawi gige inchin, lai le ki sim man ngeilou,” chiin geen hi.

Luita a tui tawi i chih, a luang ziahziah dip ahi laizang kei a, a taak telhtelh ngaak ahi hi. Nu Thangngaih bang in Sihpheng lui ah, tui a ngak kawm a, zanah zial inchin, seer lang – seer khat chih khawng azial khit chiang a le tui tang nailou lai, chidan eihchu. Chunga in, “Lui a tuikang ngak, thallup zenzen zeen a i hon ngaihtuah taktak leh tangval tung apat ngaihzawng te tan (kum 20 bang paita) a te i tuntan a le beelkhat le ana dimzou nailou lai eivoi,” chi zeih.

Inn nupi, ta thum nei, Kikim in, “Tui tawina a nitha kiseng hiilheel. Vial nih i tun leh i ni khat nnasep di teng ki taan,” chiin phun namnam. Minthang in lah, “Tanky lian deuhmai om henla, huai ah khol veemvuum maile zaw,” chi vungvung mai.

DoNER Project
2009 kumbul apan SSPPNet ah, hiai Singngat tuihak thu nasatak a kikupkhawmna ana kipan hi. State Govt. in Detailed Project Report (DPR) a bawlkhit peuhpeuh chiang a sanction theih din DoNER in NLCPR Scheme nuai ah “Augmentation of Water Supply” chih project Singngat (Rs.2.79 cr) leh Thanlon (Rs.2.24 cr) 2008-09 adia koih khin ahihdan Kamkhenthang Guite, IES, Director, M/o DoNER in SSPPNet ah nikum in ana taaklang ta hi.Lui a tui dim keuhkeuh

Aman hiai project a hong pichin khiat daan hichiin geen: “DoNER in 2008-09 in hiai project finance didan in ana retain a, state govt kiang ah hiai project DPR submit diing in ngen hi. State govt in a submit khit in, line department (drinking water) te kiang ah DoNER in a comment uh ngiat nawn. Huchiin, department te’n a project hoih ahi chih dawnna honpia uh.”

Kamkhenthang in, “State govt in concept note hon gelh inchin, huai a indicative cost dungzui a DoNER in hiai project 2009-10 a di’n a la ta,” chi hi.

Ministry of DoNER website apan kimu dan in, 2009-2010 sung adia Manipur a “Augmentation of Water Supply” project guan-galh a omna munteng hiaibang ahi: Saikot (Rs 2.97 cr), Komlathabi, Chandel (3.79), Thanlon (2.13) Liyai Khullen, Senapati (3.43), Motbung, Senapati (2.56), Singngat (2.05), Shangshak, Ukhrul (6.91),Langthabal Phuramkhong, Imphal West (7.64), Sangaikot (1.25), Changpikot (1.05).

Thanlon project pen July 16, 2009 in ki sanction a, approved cost Rs 213.26 lakhs (2.13 cr) lak ah Rs 67.18 lkhs kipekhe ta, kichi. Singngat a pen July 20, 2009 in ki sanction a, Rs Rs 204.64 lkhs (2.05 cr) lak ah Rs 64.45 lkhs kipekhe ta.

Kamkhenthang in, “Thanlon a diing first installment Rs Rs 67.18 lkhs, July 21, 2009 a khahkhiat hita a, Singngat a diing Rs. Rs 64.45 lkhs, July 22, 2009 a piakkhiat ahita,” chi hi.

DoNER in nikum masa a rough cost a hisaap toh Manipur govt in project report a piak nung a sanction cost dia bikhiah a om zah kibang nawnlou hi. Ama a Singngat a dia Rs 2.79 cr kichi pen tu in Rs 2.05 cr in ke niam vok a, Thanlon a diing Rs 2.24 cr pen Rs 2.13 cr in pungtou thethup hi. Ah, hiai pen zaw thutuam in koihta le.

Ministry of DoNER a seem mah, H Chinzason, SO in, “Hiai Manipur a tui project te kha kum masa vel apat ana kipan ta ahi a, Chandel, Senapati, Churachandpur te a di alom a hong paikhawm ahi,” chi hi. “Kum khat leh akim khawng luut ahi a, kin mahmah chih di ahi.”

Kamkhenthang in, “Hiai augmentation project ahihleh scheme ana omsa behlapna dan maimai ahi a, huaiziak in asum tamthei taktak lou,” chiin gen.

SSPPNet kikupkhawmna
Tulai in SSPPNet ah hiai thu kikupkhawmna paitou zeel. Ministry of Water Resources a Under Secretary, K Ginkhanthang in, “Singngat kumteng a tuihak kha, solkal in athei a, a palai te un le atheih luat tai dimdem sa uh ahi. Poimoh sa taktak uh hileh tui lakna scheme hoihdeuh a kibawlna sawtta ding in umlel ing,” chi heuh lel. “Tuivai hiam, Tuitha naak hiam ah water supply scheme khat guan-galh theih bang hileh zaw nekpiang deuh kha na ve. Khopi chei a chei a, tuilakna scheme lian kuamtak bang pankhe ta ngal le zaw, i Zogam khopi poimoh mahmah khat ahihna toh,” chi in geen. “Committee khat hong kibawl henla, MLA te leh makai te khawng toh kikum in, project liandeuh bawl didan ngaihtuah le a hoih di,” chi hi.

Mizoram a CE (Power & Elect.), Khamkhokam Guite in nidang a Pu T Gougin lawi’ hihdan a, Paldai lui a scientific tak a earthen dam bawl a, tui chinsak, ahihkei leh, vuahtui kholching bang hoih mahmah diing in geen hi. Aman, “Rainwater harvesting bang bawl di chile earthen dam bawl ngai ding ahi a. A bawldan di ahihleh, roller a feet 2 dan khawng a (layer) a roll ding, a dam tung a tui a letlouh ding, tui tam lam chiang a tuileet na’ng spillway bawl ding ahi a. A dam body vuah leh tui in a suksiatlouh na’ng a suang a tuam di (rip-rap) ahi,” chi hi.

Valte Vungzamuan, IRS in long-term policy ngai petmah ahihdan gen. Huchih sung in, azia a omtheihna diing lampi hiaibang in kawkmuh:
1) Rain harvesting chih dandeuh tuuklai in vuah tui te kholkhawmna munpi concrete water tank Singngat football ground chiah lai a lian feet 40/50 khong a thuk kibawl henla, khaal lai in huai tuite ration in hawmzel le.
2) Kho khanglam a lui mun ah water tank lian tawktak mah kibawl henla, tui khol kihkeih le, huai kha khaal chiang in ration zel le.

“A khomun diklou deuh hiveh aw,” chih ngaihdan tam. Tui a nop taktak na di’n zaw, akhang a munzaang na mun a kituansuk mai a hoih diing - huai di’n mipi lak ah campaign nasatak bawl a poimoh, chih SSPPNet a kumtu tamtak te’ ngandan ahi.

“Tua DoNER apan sum te hoihtak a zat ahihna di’n ZC, ZEPADA, ZHRF/ZSF te’n hon kansui uh henla, contractor muanhuai mahmah khut ah om peuhmah phot leh lungmuan huai ding. Lamka khosung lampi bawllai dandeuh in, hoihtak a enkaitu omthei le maw,” Vungzamuan in chi hi. “Singngat leh Thanlon water supply a pichin theih na di’n heutute hong khauhpai sim maile uh hongpiang saam na lou ding hia?”

Zohna
National Geographic in magazine asuah “Water: Our Thirsty World,” April 2010 issue ah, khovel a tui haksatna mun te kitaaklang hi. Ei Malsuah bial khawng, vuahtui tamna gam ahihziak in tui kichin-mahmah-na mun in chiamteh uhi. Ei la chu, teuhlou mai. Bangziak ahi dia? Kuapeuh in sing-le-lou i soisak zialzial dan te i etthak a, tui kha a poimohna athak a i theih a, akep leh azat siamdan i kisin thak uh poimoh eive maw. I khopi a te, mimal changkaang a, i hauh hulhul lai in, koi kawm hiam ah, kua te hiam in tui zatkhop di le nei zou ngeilou chihmawk, kituaklou deuh hiau hilou? Tua hiai DoNER Singngat water supply augmentation project bang, a sum Rs 2.05 cr teng diktak a zat hong hita himhim lele, a thak bawl di hilou a, a omsa keekletna di dan maimai ahihziak in, Singngat tuihak-kumkhua-na bangchi’n a dawnzaang thei tuan mahmah dia?

Pathian’ Lalgam a hongtun ma a hiai ‘tui buaina’ a hong ven man ngeei ka lamen.

Himahleh, nou Singngat leh Thanlon vangkhua te aw,
Manipur gam a sang tampi lak a tel din neutawk le uchin leng
Nikhat ni chiang in nou ah
Siktui Lalgam a hongtung diing a
Akang ngeilou diing tui a hong luang ziahziah ta diing.
Huaihun chiang in, na sung a teeng mi te’n nuamsa in
Niteng in a kisil ta diing ua,
Niteng in puan a sawp thei ta diing uh.

April 01, 2010

Singngat Water Woes

Singngat, my hometown, in Churachandpur district of Manipur, is 291 kms away from Cherrapunji, the once world’s wettest place. But it is a place of perennial water scarcity. The problem conitnues, year after year. People have to go fetch water to streams that are over one and one-and-a-half kilometres away. All the hand pumps are not working and no repairs have been carried out till date by the concerned authorities. This, at a time when the world observes World Water Day and when the buzzword everywhere seems to be 'environmentalism.' What’s the point of a million-dollar IPL and Commonwealth Games and multiplexes and flyovers and metro when people somewhere in the far corner of the country barely manage to take bath even once in a week!




Based on the information obtained from the Ministry of DoNER's website, Rs. 213.26 lakhs (2.13 cr) and Rs. 204.64 lakhs (2.05 cr) were sanctioned under NLCPR schemes for Augmentation of Water Supply at Thanlon on June 6, 2009 and Singngat on July 20, 2009. Out of these, Rs 67.18 lakhs and Rs 64.45 lakhs have been released for Thanlon and Singngat, respectively.

But no work has been started.

The Zogam MediaWatch has filed an RTI application to the Ministry of DoNER regarding these projects. Response from the Ministry is being awaited.

Here's a news report from The Sangai Express:

CCpur trio invoke RTI at Delhi

Imphal, March 30 2010: A group of people from Churachadpur district along with students pursuing studies at New delhi have approached Central Public Information Officer (CPIO) of Ministry of Development of Northeast Region (DoNER) seeking information with regard to implementation, if any, of Central sponsored schemes in Churachandpur district.

An informed source said the petitioners on March 27 filed their application to the CPIO seeking information on the status of utilization of Rs.213.26 lakhs and another amount of Rs.204.64 lakhs sanctioned for augmentation of water supply scheme at Thanlon and Singhat sub-divisions respectively, under the Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) of the DoNER ministry.

Referring to contents in the website of the Doner ministry wherein it had been mentioned that Rs.67.14 lakhs and Rs.64.45 lakhs were released but the utilization record display nought, the petitioners including L Samte, J Tonsing and S Thomte raised posers as to whether or not the project has begun.

Invoking clause of the Right to Information Act the trio sought copies of the detailed project report of the schemes in addition to demanding information with regard to the proposed sources for the supply of water for the scheme.

"Is there any time-frame for completion of the implementation of the said projects?" also questioned the applicants.

Qquoting local villagers that the said schemes are yet to be constructed, they also highlighted that Singhat, a sub-divisional headquarters about 30 kms away from Churachandpur district headquarters, faces perennial water scarcity problem.

Further mentioning that piecemeal efforts were made in the past to mitigate water scarcity problem but to no avail, they also cited a previous scheme undertaken in the mid-90s also failing to yield the desired result as the engine (water pump) installed to supply water and store in a reservoir developed technical snag.

Detailing that hand pumps installed in the village are also defunct and no repairing works have been carried out till date by the concerned authorities, the petitioners suggested that to solve the water scarcity problem, long term measures like pumping up of water from large rivers like Tuivai or Tuitha be experimented.

School going children who are in the midst of their exams are busy searching for water when they should have been studying and the problem is so severe that taking bath even once in a week is considered a luxury, mentioned their application.