Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, May 16 2009:
Ethno-Heritage Council (HERICOUN) celebrated its seventh foundation day today with a grant function held at State Youth Centre, Khuman Lampak in which representatives of various civil organizations took part.
HERICOUN was established on this day seven year back in 200.President of the council, Rev Rehang Chothe, presidents of the Irawat Foundation, Manipur Th Iboyaima, Lainingthou Sanamahi Thougal Lup Menjor and general secretary of the Universal Friendship Organisation (UFO) Meiraba were in the dais of the celebration function.
Giving key note address of the function, Mutum Churamani, general secretary of the council said like united is strength, there is the need of building a common platform of the different ethnic communities settling in the state.
In order to bring to a common platform, people of all communities should respect each other, he said.
Relating the activities of the council since its inception, he said HERICOUN has been takin up various works for the improvement of healthcare system, in the field of providing safe drinking water, against the violation of human rights by state and non-state actors.
The council has educational cell to deal with improvement of education in far remote hill and valley areas.
It has publicity and propaganda cell to pass information to the public from time to time.
The said activities have been able to carry out successfully with the support of the people, he observed.
Leaders of the civil societies like the president Yumnamcha Dilip, United Committee Manipur (UCM), general secretary, MAPI Council, N Bimol, general secretary, EPSA E Johnson, president Phajaton of CLK, president, AMUCO Rehman, COHR convener, Phunindro Konsam, Taruni of All Manipur Women Social Reformation and Development Samaj, general sectray of KANLEICHAL, Tamphatombi, FRIENDS president Sapamcha Jadumani and Momnu Irikkhombi Lup president, AK Janaki who attended function also spoke on the occasion.
Speakers expressed that time has come to go hand in hand together among the civil society groups and discussed on the strategy to find out a way to check the spree of killing people by the state and non-state actors in the state.
The main issue ahead of the people of the state in the present context are the killing spree and checking of the intrusion of people from outside the state (non-locals).