Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, October 30 2009:
Saikul Assembly Constituency's MLA Doukhomang Khongsai has distributed winter crop seeds and chemically treated mosquito nets to representatives of 79 villages of the Assembly segment today.
Speaking to the chiefs, secretaries and headmen of the 79 beneficiary villages at his official quarter at Lamphelpat today, Doukhomang conveyed that the Central Government has provided rabi crop seeds to help Manipur overcome drought impact.
He appealed to the village representatives to ensure that the seeds are further handed over to the economically unsound families from among the BPL category.
District Medical Officer of Kangpokpi, Jamkam Touthang in his address to the gathering advised that the chemically-treated mosquito nets should not be washed for upto six months.
In all 500 mosquito nets, 198 bags of peas and 83 bags of mustard seeds were distributed to the village representatives today.