Editor,
At a time when the state is basking under the tag of being a power surplus state, I am dismayed with the power distribution services of MeECL to residents of Umpling Lumheh and parts of Nongrah. For the last four consecutive nights and more often than not, it has been a regular affair to be without power during the peak hours ie from 6:30 to 8 pm. The power available after these hours too is of such low voltages that ordinary bulbs do not glow. This is a time when students are busy preparing for their various Board examinations and the evenings too are still cold. Light and heaters for warmth are the immediate need of such students as well as for any person and the MeECL owes it to it’s customers to provide uninterrupted quality services. This is a humble request to the powers(pun intended) that be at MeECL to kindly ensure that power distribution to its customers should be free from any interruption by installing quality transformers and taking whatever steps necessary to keep your customers happy.
Yours etc.,
A.S. Warjri
Shillong- 6
Students in suspended animation
Editor,
Through your esteemed daily, I would like to highlight the unfortunate experiences faced by some of the MBA students of Sikkim Manipal University, Shillong, who had appeared in the final MBA examinations 2015 conducted by the said University. The results of the said examination were declared in October 2015. Thereafter, a notification was put up in the Shillong administrative office, informing the students that their mark sheets and pass certificates would be sent by post to their respective home addresses from the University headquarter based at Sikkim. While some students received their documents, there were many others who till date are desperately awaiting its delivery. The affected students had actually received alerts from the University headquarters that the documents had been dispatched via First Flight on 29th December 2015, but at the time of writing this letter there is no sign of the documents ever having reached their destination. Attempts had been made to track the consignment and also to approach the concerned authorities in Shillong for steps taken by them to solve the problem and to allay the anxieties of the students have all proved futile. Hence by highlighting the problem here, I, sincerely hope that the Sikkim-Manipal University authorities come forward and take appropriate steps to address the plight of their students.
Yours etc.,
Name withheld on request
(Parent of an aggrieved student).
Station robots in Siachen
Editor,
This refers to the editorial, “Too distant to matter?” (ST February 13, 2016). The agonising death of our ‘never say die’ brother Lance Naik Hanamanthappa Koppad and our other soldier brothers brings to mind Bob Dylan’s song “Blowin’ in the wind” and its lines, “How many times must the cannon balls fly/ Before they are forever banned?/ The answer my friend is blowin’ in the wind/ The answer is blowin’ in the wind.” How long can the high and freezing glaciers remain a death trap for our brothers? It is time to find a technological alternative like stationing robots instead of soldiers at Siachen and monitoring the area with satellites.
Yours etc.,
Sujit De Kolkata-700110