Is it any different anywhere else in the north east? Isn't Assam the same?
--- Ram Sarangapani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is a sad state of affairs. The Govt. has > reserved 15% contracts > for surrendered militants, but in reality they > corner all contracts > and projects. > > The common people in Manipur seem to be living in > fear in this gun and > dada-giri culture. > __________________________ > > Iboyaima Laithangbam > > IMPHAL: Harassed by "anti-social elements", 230 > engineers of the > Manipur Public Works Department have put in their > papers en masse. But > Chief Minister Okram Ibobi, who holds the Personnel > portfolio, has > refused to accept the resignations. A few hundred > engineers of the > Irrigation and Flood Control Department and the > Public Health > Engineering Department are expected to follow suit. > > Talking to mediapersons, PWD chief engineer N.G. > Rashtrapati said the > State Government had not taken steps to protect the > engineers. On July > 1 PWD executive engineer R.K. Mobisana was > kneecapped in his house. > Following threats to his life, Mr. Mobisana twice > requested the State > Government to provide security guards twice but to > no avail. > > On the contrary, he was punished for refusing to > give in to gunmen's > demands, said Mr. Rashtrapati. > > The incident sparked fear in all engineers.Earlier, > chief engineers S. > Brajamani and O. Digendra took voluntary retirement, > unable to > withstand harassment. > > As part of a rehabilitation policy, 15 per cent of > contracts and other > projects in all government departments were reserved > for surrendered > insurgents. This policy is said to be behind the > recent problem. > > Though such reservation was officially closed, > reports suggest that > gunmen corner almost all contracts. > > _______________________________________________ > Assam mailing list > Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam > > Mailing list FAQ: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html > To unsubscribe or change options: > http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Assam mailing list Assam@pikespeak.uccs.edu http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/listinfo/assam Mailing list FAQ: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/assam/assam-faq.html To unsubscribe or change options: http://pikespeak.uccs.edu/mailman/options/assam
