Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, June 04 2009:
GOC 57 Mountain Division Maj Gen Shakti Gurung today handed over the third phase of the Thinghat Model Village which includes a football stadium and sports centre, to the people.
The Model village constructed under the military civic action project is said to be a dream project of the then Army Chief General JJ singh, who had himself inaugurated the first two phases of the project in June 2006, according to a PIB (DW) release adding that with the completion of the third phase the entire model village project under 'Op Sadhbhawna' has been materialised.
In the first phase, boys and girls hostel and vocational training centre were developed with the second phase initiatives covering renovation of the community hall, water harvesting, supply scheme and provision of books for the library, the release informed.
Maj Gen Shakti Gurung, a keen sportsman himself, during the handing over speech reportedly urged the locals, especially the youths to utilize the facilities in honing their sporting talent in addition to expressing hope that the remote village will someday be able to produce sportsmen of national and international repute.
The GOC also kicked off an inter-village football tournament organised by the 30 Assam Rifles to commemorate the occasion.