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School violates Govt regulations

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Editor,

Through your esteemed daily I would like to bring to the notice of all concerned the blatant violation of the Notification No. EDN.40/2020/69 dated 26th August, 2021 regarding school reopening issued by the Education Department by the Ramakrishna UP/LP School, Umsohsun, Shillong. As per the said notification, in urban areas, where this school is located, only online classes have been mandated for students of class I to V and school visit for students of class VI to VIII. But this school is conducting regular offline classes for student right from class Nursery to class VIII from 6th September, 2021 thereby putting the lives of young children at grave risk. Such total disregard of Government’s order should not be brushed aside, instead exemplary punishment should be meted out to all the teachers and the management of the school under the relevant provisions of Disaster Management Act, 2005 as was taken against a marriage party by the East Khasi Hills District Administration last year for violating COVID-19 protocols.

Yours sincerely,

N K Kehar

Shillong-3

Direct & indirect Govt funding to NGOs should stop

Editor,

Survey once conducted by students and alumnae of institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Delhi University (DU) and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) on government-funded organisations that claimed to be working for public welfare revealed widespread and systemic abuse.
Earlier also Intelligence Bureau report indicated about misuse of Indian NGOs for anti-national agenda by foreign-contributors where it was revealed that India GDP has been adversely affected to big extent of 2-3 percent through such foreign-funded NGOs. Many NGOs are said to have been funded for cultural evasion in India. Foreign-funded NGOs spend in rupees and receive funds in dollars by sending these foreign-contributors exaggerated photos and videos of events to get huge foreign-funding. Many NGOs are tools to divert foreign-funds of individuals. It may be some foreign powers may be funding Indian NGOs with aim of disruption in governance to destabilise the country.
Siphoning of government-funds for NGOs run by influential ones in political and bureaucratic circles in name of their family-members should be prevented by stopping any kind of direct or indirect funding of NGOs at public-expense including from funds at discretion of Parliamentarians and state-legislators. These NGOs pay lucrative salaries and perks to its officers who are either relation to power-filled politicians and bureaucrats, or of persons running these NGOs. Buildings built on land allotted on concessional rates to NGOs should become government-property because of large-scale funding already done to these NGOs by the government. According to a study-report, India has an NGO for every 400 citizens, where NGOs are mainly used as some business-shops by those owning these. Any provision of tax-exemption for donations made to NGOs should be abolished. However in the meanwhile all NGOs should be under purview of Right-To-Information (RTI) Act and also of Lokpal.

Yours etc.,

Subhash Chandra Agrawal,

(Guinness Record Holder & RTI Consultant)

Delhi – 6

Congress in reset mode

Editor,

The appointment of Vincent H.Pala as the MPCC President was an expected outcome considering his proximity to the echelons in the AICC and moreover his stint as an MP of Lok Sabha. Everyone had their eyes on other possible nominations but politics is a strange subject of wit and strategy. The absence of CLP leader Dr. Mukul Sangma does not bode well to the extent of him not being part of the inauguration ceremony of the new MPCC President. Should we say that the feeling of not being given “importance” was the reason or is the feeling of not being in control the real reason? Without the support of Dr Mukul’s detractors it would be difficult for the Congress in Garo Hills to have an easy cakewalk. However having said that a lot depends on the strategy that could build up in an unlikely coalition between the Congress along with regional allies. Alternatively an arranged political “marriage” with an upcoming party like the TMC is a speculation we need to watch out for.
Speaking of A L Hek a former BJP Cabinet Minister who was sidelined to give way to his party colleague, Sanbor Shullai and later to his ‘bete noire’ Ernest Mawrie as a political advisor was bound to lead to a break-up within the BJP camp sooner than later. How things will fall into place is something to wait and watch.

Yours etc..

Dominic Stadlin Wankhar

Shillong.

Smart city requires a smart citizenry

Editor,

Apropos of Jenniefer Dkhar’s letter in The Shillong Times (ST Sep 22, 2021) I would like to add the following:
The cacophony we witness along the road adjoining Shillong Civil Hospital, on a daily basis, is testimony to how far down we have collectively regressed in terms of civic sense and common courtesy. We have all kinds of vehicles with modified silencers, each trying to outdo the other in achieving higher decibel readings, thundering up and down this road through all waking hours of the day. Then we have drivers honking impatiently while trying to manoeuvre their way through the endless lines of traffic—the array of sounds in this department alone is astounding, the loudest being the famous air-horns declared illegal so many, many years ago.
There was a time, a long, long time ago it seems, when you would fail your driving test by simply honking (those simple outdated car horns of those days) around this area. Nowadays, no one cares. Not the public—they are too concerned with manoeuvring their vehicles, jumping lanes every now and then, trying to overtake the vehicle in front and honking aggressively to achieve this end. No one needs a driving test nowadays, anyway. Neither do the traffic cops – they are already overworked as it is and don’t need this headache to add to their plate of daily misery – unless some bright mind decides to really enforce the law and empower them to impose hefty spot-penalties on every violator.
I guess the very fact that a hospital is right there next to the road very conveniently fails to register in our senses. I guess if some people try to establish their equal and democratic right to be part of the cacophony, we can’t do anything to stop them, can we? As we all look forward to Shillong being transformed into a ‘Smart City’, would it be too much to ask of ourselves if we don’t need to transform ourselves first?

Yours etc.,

Donboklang Dohling,

Via email

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