Editor,
With reference to the letter by Phibakor Nongrum, NEHU and the allegations thereof I request you to publish the following rejoinder for the information of all concerned.
The personnel receiving the applications are doing their job as they have been briefed to do so. It may be true that Admit Cards are not required by any other recruiting agencies of both the State and Central Government. Meghalaya Police have detected from earlier recruitments, cases of forgery, manipulation, misrepresentation of the certificates and mark sheets by the candidates. In one such case in the past, a candidate pasted the word ‘’FINAL” in the “II Yr BA mark sheet, photocopied and submitted his application. This manipulated mark sheet could not be detected during submission of application forms. As such, in order to pre-empt such malafide acts it was decided that all educational qualification testimonials including mark sheers, certificates, admit cards should be produced by the candidates for preliminary scrutiny during submission of their application forms.
This measure of asking an applicant to furnish his/her documents would not cause any kind of problems for a genuine candidate, but would surely be a deterrent to anyone that would like to take the advantage to appear in the recruitment through unfair means or malafide intention. Therefore this is a way of filtering out the black sheep instead and not the genuine ones as alleged. The writer could have approached the Secretary, Central Selection Board, i.e. Principal, Police Training as mentioned in para 6 of the General Instructions for any queries with regards to the Advertisement and to clarify this or any other matters regarding the Recruitment.
The Central Selection Board would continue to be strict and ensure transparency during the entire recruitment process.
Yours etc.,
Principal,
Police Training School, Shillong
& Member Secretary CSB Shillong
Khyndailad beautification at what cost?
Editor,
The people of Shillong have been at the mercy of MUDA/government since last year owing to the beautification project at Khyndai Lad. Shopping during the festive season was awful what with the digging of roads, water and electrical pipes lying haphazard and vendors setting up shop anywhere and everywhere. Walking and shopping along this road is inconvenient and dangerous. The only response from the Minister of Urban Affairs for starting the beautification during the festive season was that work needed to be completed before the monsoons. Fair enough; we accepted and awaited the completion of the project. Ironically till date nothing seems to have moved. This project like the rest has joined the list of delayed projects in the state.
Walking along the stretch from Khyndai Lad point right down to the junction at Shani Mandir is dangerous enough but allowing vehicles to pass through has only endangered the lives of pedestrians. I want to narrate an incident I witnessed a couple of days ago just near Dreamland Arcade. It was a busy evening and the road was crowded. Just then two vehicles came along and amidst loud blaring of their honks one of the vehicles skidded. While the driver was applying the brakes the tyre of the vehicle hit a sharp stone that in turn hit an elderly woman on her leg causing profuse bleeding. The lady screamed and cried out in pain while people around tried to help.
Everyone around said this happens everyday. The point then is how long should we suffer on the pretext of beautification of Khyndai Lad by the government which does not seem to realize the urgency of the problem. The greater fear and worry is that the condition of this particular stretch would worsen during the monsoon. Will the government try to complete this work by taking a herculean step before the rainy season so as to avoid unnecessary hardship to the common man? There is a saying, “Where there is a will there is a way”, so one wonders why shouldn’t our government do justice to the above saying in everybody’s best interest?
Yours etc.,
Dr Jenniefer Dkhar,
Shillong -4
Is it fair?
Editor,
Two years ago when government and NEC officials (whose name could be published) inspected the NEC-sponsored border road from Umden to Byrnihat, it was agreed that those contractors who have not done their work diligently should be sacked and punished and money taken should be refunded and that the new contractor should take up the road construction within a few months time. This was the ultimatum given and it seems to be working fine with many contractors. However, this ultimatum does not seen to apply to some favoured contractors. We would like to question those officials if this is fair. Take the case of one contractor Babbul whose work remains incomplete till date. Villagers have complained that he goes around partying, and drinking and also doing other business while the road remain undone… Is it fair that since he paid money to the officials so he can do whatever he wants? What about the others who have taken up the contract work from Umjong village till Byrnihat? Will we be allowed the same leverage? We need answers from the so called ‘Official’. This is patently unfair!
Yours etc.,
Concerned citizens