OUR CORRESPONDENT
MANGALDAI: Mangaldai Media Circle (MMC) - a premier organization of the media persons based in the district headquarters of Darrang district, has approached the newly-appointed Deputy Commissioner of Darrang Munindra Nath Ngatey over several important long felt public issues of the district. A few days ago, a delegation from the journalists’ organisation, led by its president Bhargab Kumar Das and secretary Mayukh Goswami, met with the Deputy Commissioner at his office and presented him with a memo outlining fifteen crucial public issues in order to get his prompt intervention so that they could be fully addressed.
The issues mentioned in the memorandum included the perennial waterlogging problem of Mangaldai town which submerged all the streets and lanes even in small shower due to construction of drains without proper scientific plan despite flowing of two rivers through the town, making the long stretch of wet land called ‘Mora Nadi’ behind the main branch of SBI free from unabated encroachments and utilize it for an alternate route of the busy LNB road and also develop it as an attractive visitors site.
The memorandum also witnessed some other issues like saving the river Bega from human induced pollution, arrange dredging of its bed and beautification of the surroundings, developing the present district library auditorium to an advanced auditorium with all modern facilities like central air conditioning and proper sound system, appointment of medical specialists and nursing staff in Mangaldai Civil Hospital- the backbone of the public health care system of the area in proportion to the growing demands of the patients, erecting welcome gates at both the border entrances of the district displaying the rich folk culture of the district, similar high-rise gates at sites in Mangaldai and Sipajhar leading to the historical Pathorughat peasants’ martyrs memorial and also at Dalgaon leading to Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve for visitors attraction and renovation of the historic ‘Gandhi Smriti park’, Mangaldai as a recreation and amusement centre especially for the children and senior citizens. Significantly the media organization has also requested the Deputy Commissioner to stop the movement of stray cattles and goat to pave the way for taking up of multi cropping in the district and for functioning of the already constructed cold storage at Kharupetia.
The office bearers of MMC during the meeting urged the Deputy Commissioner to strengthen the bond between the different public welfare government departments and the media for transparency and accountability of the welfare schemes. Deputy Commissioner Ngatey in his immediate reaction promised to look into the issues at the earliest on priority basis.
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