It is Singngat. Officially it was Singhat. And now, it's Thinghat.
A report on The Sangai Express
Sports facility inaugurated
Imphal, June 04 2009: GOC 57 Mountain Division Maj Gen Shakti Gurung today handed over the third phase of the Thinghat Model Village which includes a football stadium and sports centre, to the people. The Model village constructed under the military civic action project is said to be a dream project of the then Army Chief General JJ singh, who had himself inaugurated the first two phases of the project in June 2006, according to a PIB (DW) release adding that with the completion of the third phase the entire model village project under 'Op Sadhbhawna' has been materialised. In the first phase, boys and girls hostel and vocational training centre were developed with the second phase initiatives covering renovation of the community hall, water harvesting, supply scheme and provision of books for the library, the release informed. Maj Gen Shakti Gurung, a keen sportsman himself, during the handing over speech reportedly urged the locals, especially the youths to utilize the facilities in honing their sporting talent in addition to expressing hope that the remote village will someday be able to produce sportsmen of national and international repute. The GOC also kicked off an inter-village football tournament organised by the 30 Assam Rifles to commemorate the occasion.
A report on The Imphal Free Press
GOC hands over model village
Imphal, June 4: The GOC 57 Moutain Division, Major Gen. Shakti Gurung today handed over the third phase of the Thinghat Model Village, Military Civic Action Action Project to the Locals, informed a press statement issued by the PIB Defence Wing.
It said that developing insurgency torn Thinghat as a model Village was the dream of the Ex- Army Chief, General JJ. Singh, who had earlier inaugurated the first two phases of the project in June 06. the statement further said that with the completion of the third phase of the rpoject, the entire model village project under ‘Op Sadhbhawna’ has been completed. In the first phase Boys and Girls hostel and vocational Training centre were developed and in the second phase Reonvation of the community hall, water, harvesting, supply scheme and provision of books for the library were carried out stated the released.
It further stated that the GOC, VSM a keen sportsman himself, while handling over the third phase, which includes a football stadium and sports centre, urged the locals, especially the youths to utilize the facilities to hone their sporting talent and expressed hope that the remote village would someday be able to produce sportsmen of national and international repute. The general also also kicked off the inter village football tournament which was organized by the 30 Assam Rifles to commemorate the occasion said the statement and added that the locals expressed their heartfelt gratitude to the GOC and Commandant of the 30 Assam Rifles for their unfettered support to the village of the Thinghat sub-subdivision and promised unflinching supports in defeating the menace of insurgency and bring back normalcy to the area.
Here's my letters to the editors of the two papers.
Dear Sir,
This is in reference to the June 5, 2009 news report, “Sports facility inaugurated” regarding a PIB release stating that the entire model village project under 'Op Sadhbhawna' has been materialised in Thinghat [“GOC hands over model village” regarding a press statement issued by the PIB stating that the Thinghat Model Village, Military Civic Action Project is completed]. Well, I guess this report must be talking about Singngat. I really don’t know since when it became Thinghat. Some go as far as to call it Singhat. Let the authorities please take note that it is, and always, Singngat.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the Ex-Army Chief, General JJ Singh for his vision, dream and humanitarian work he has done for the people of Singngat. Also I would like to thank the Army for wiping militants the hell out of Singngat and for restoring peace and stability in the area. And I want to thank them for promoting social progress and development through this MCA project in this far-flung corner of the world, Singngat, which had long been seen merely as a political battlefield to capture loyal votes by politicians. Surely, the Army has outperformed the politicians here.
Launched in 2005, the Singngat MCA project proposed to invest Rs. 2,78,50,000 over the next three years or so on human resource development, educational enhancement, women empowerment and infrastructure development. Some of the components of the scheme have been implemented but, most of them are at best an unfinished agenda. It is the people’s wish that the Army continues to do the good work of completing the unfinished tasks, at the same time maintaining the finished projects so that Singngat could, in reality, serve as a springboard for empowering the untouched, but unquiet hills beyond. This, I think, has been the cherished dream of Gen JJ Singh.
Sincerely,
Haumuanlun Samte
The Sangai Express publishes my letter on June 11, 2009:
‘Singngat not Thinghat or Singhat’
Sir,
This is in reference to the June 5, 2009 news report, “Sports facility inaugurated” regarding a PIB release stating that the entire model village project under ‘Op Sadhbhawna’ has been materialised in Thinghat. Well, I guess this report must be talking about Singngat. I really don’t know since when it became Thinghat. Some go as far as to call it Singhat. Let the authorities please take note that it is, and always, Singngat.
I want to take this opportunity to thank the Ex-Army Chief, General JJ Singh for his vision, dream and humanitarian work he has done for the people of Singngat. Also, I would like to thank the Army for wiping militants out of Singngat and for restoring peace and stability in the area. And I want to thank them for promoting social progress and development through this MCA project in this far-flung corner of the world, Singngat, which had long been seen merely as a political battlefield to capture loyal votes by politicians. Surely, the Army has outperformed the politicians here.
Launched in 2005, the Singngat MCA project proposed to invest Rs 2,78,50,000 over the next three years or so on human resource development, educational enhancement, women empowerment and infrastructure development. Some of the components of the scheme have been implemented but, most of them are at best an unfinished agenda. It is the people’s wish that the Army continues to do the good work of completing the unfinished tasks, at the same time maintaining the finished projects so that Singngat could, in reality, serve as a springboard for empowering the untouched, but unquiet hills beyond. This, I think, has been the cherished dream of Gen JJ Singh.
Yours faithfully,
Haumuanlun Samte
Editor, ZogamThuthang
(A Zomi SMS news service)
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