Bandh called in Churachandpur

Churachandpur, July 19: The Zomi Students Federation, ZSF, has called a 24-hour bandh on the 20th of this month to intensify its ongoing agitation against the failure of the SPF led government to give a positive response on the questions posed by the Churachandpur based student bodies earlier regarding the handing over of Guite road to the BRO and the statement of works minister Ranjit Singh.

According to sources, a Cabinet resolution was adopted on the 2nd of September for handing over the construction of Guite road to the BRO.

In this matter the chief minister O Ibobi Singh had written to Lt Gen KS Rao, director general of the BRO requesting construction of Guite Road in the interest of the public through DO No. 2/2/2006, sources from the ZSF added.

In compliance with the request on February 26, 2009, RK Gupta, director of planning, BRO has intimated the CS of the state about approval to take over the construction from Singngat-Sinzawl-Dialkhai which is a stretch of 177 km under the GS funding, according to the sources.

On the issue of K Ranjit’s statement too, the ZSF and joint students bodies of the district are not able to digest the stoic silence maintained by him and much more so of the House which is in session, and has taken it as contempt of the tribals in the state, the ZSF said in a release adding it is unable to understand the government’s attempt to deploy additional commandos and the IRB personnel which it termed as sending "government sponsored contarct killers."