Singngat
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Border Model Town
Thanks to efforts by the powers that be, Singngat has been part of a military and civilian partnership that seeks to redevelop it as a Model Town.[1][2]
Lifelines
Drinking Water
Water scarcity has been grappling the people of Singngat since time immemorial. People have to undergo tremendous hardships in fetching water to as far away a tiny stream at over one to two kilometers, everyday, which sometimes is just barely a trickle from a small rivulet. To address the issue of perennial scarcity of drinking water, certain initiatives had been undertaken in the past. These are as follows:
1980s: An earthen dam was constructed by Pu Gougin, the then MLA at Paldai which soon proved to be a dismal failure.
1990s: With aid from an UN agency, an underground water pump scheme was initiated. It made water available for everyday use and was a great success. Sadly, most of the equipments were damaged during 1997-98 ethnic conflict. No such activity has been undertaken since then and the free and abundant availability of clean drinking water remains a distant dream for the town's inhabitants.
2006-07: An amount of Rs. 16 Lakh was sanctioned for water harvesting scheme under the MCA project. The system works only during the rainy season. A few old tanks are the only existing testimony to this scheme.
2009-10: A sum of Rs. 204.64 lakhs was sanctioned by the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region for the augmentation of water supply in Singngat for the period 2009–2010.[3][4] This project was sanctioned on 20 July 2009 and according to the Detailed Project Report submitted by PHED, Churachandpur Division obtained from DONER, the source of water will be Tuisum river, 8 km from Singngat town. Work was started and the project was supposed to be completed by July 2011.[5]
Politics
Singngat is part of Outer Manipur (Lok Sabha constituency).[6] It consists of Singngat (Singhat) Sub-division. Elected Members of Manipur Legislative Assembly from Singngat constituency since 1977 are as follows:[7]
1. Thangkhanlal INC(I) 1980
2. T Gouzadou INC 1984
3. Thangkhanlal KNA 1990
4. T Gouzadou NPP 1995
5. N Zatawn JD(U) 2000
6. Thangso Baite MSCP 2002
7. T Hangkhanpao NPP 2007
8. Ginsuanhau Zou INC 2012
9. Ginsuanhau Zou BJP 2017
10. Chinlunthang Zou KPA 2022
Singngat Vision 2020
With a sense of deep concern on the current state of affairs, the collective leaderships of Team Delhi, Team Shillong, Team Lamka, Team Imphal, Team Singngat, etc. have painstaking deliberations on the issue. The collective leadership, thereupon, unanimously resolved to adopt a vision document "Singngat Vision – 2020" with a pledge to strive towards achieving the points given therein. The Vision is expected to be attained by 2020.[8]
Notes
References
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- ↑ COAS gifts model village to Singhat . The Sangai Express (9 August 2006). Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ↑ Sports facility inaugurated Template:Webarchive. The Sangai Express (5 June 2009). Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ↑ Projects sanctioned of Manipur during 2009-10Script error: No such module "Unsubst".. Ministry of DoNER's Non Lapsable Central Pool of Resources. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ↑ CCPur Trio invoke RTI . The Sangai Express (30 March 2010). Retrieved on 2012-02-24.
- ↑ CCpur in the throes of water woes. The Sangai Express (3 February 2011). Retrieved 2012-02-24.
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- ↑ Singngat releases Vision 2020 Template:Webarchive. The Sangai Express (27 January 2012). Retrieved on 2012-02-24.
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- Singngat Block https://web.archive.org/web/20110721165143/http://cicmanipur.nic.in/html/sing.asp
- The Fall of Singngat http://vaphualization.blogspot.com/2009/07/remembering-july-7-1997.html
- Aerial view of Singngat http://wikimapia.org/4667141/Singngat