IMPHAL, June 19: The House has passed a total of Rs 959,91,91,000 for five separate demands on the eight day of the 5th session of the 10th Manipur Legislative Assembly today.
The demands passed by the House today were tabled by the Chief Minister Okram Ibobi who is also the leader of the House and holds the Finance portfolio on the floor of the House for its members to discuss and pass the demands.
The demands passed are Demand No 11 for medical health and family welfare a total of Rs 378,31,57,000; Demand no 13 for Labour and Employment a total of Rs 14,84,50,000; Demand No 19 for environment and forest, Rs 173,10,19,000; Demand no 20 for Community Development and ANP, IRDP and NREP a total of Rs. 212,05,44,000 and Demand no 22 for Public Health Engineering a total of Rs 181,60,21,000.
When the demands were tabled for discussion, five MLAs L Ibomcha Singh, Dr I Ibohanbi Singh, Th Shyamkumar, P Brojen and Samnel Rison raised the Motion for Disapproval of policy Cut on Medical, Health and Family Welfare Services.
The cut motion raised was on non-availability of ambulance in the remote area, lack of proper transfer and posting policy for medical officers, failure to provide uniform health facility to the people in hill and valley areas of the state and non installation of IT technology and diagnosis in hills hospitals.
When demand No. 13 for labour and employment was being discussed, MLA Samuel Rison moved the Motion for Disapproval of Policy Cut on non- construction of night shelters for workers and hills.
During the discussion on Demand No 19 for environment and forest, MLAs Dr I Ibohalbi Singh, Th Shyamkumar, Kh Joykishan Singh, P Brojen Singh and Samuel Rison raised the Motion for Disapproval of Policy Cut.
The cut motion raised by MLAs was on failure to protect reserved forest areas, lack of afforestation programs in the department, non-systematic collection of revenue in the department and lack of adequate supply of LPG natural gas in hill districts for commercial and domestic use.
When Demand no 20 for community development and ANP, IRDP and NREP was under discussion, MLA Dr I Ibohanbi Singh moved the Motion for Disapproval of Policy Cut on failure to provide 100 days work to the job card holders under MGNREGS.
During the discussion on Demand no 22 for public health engineering, MLAs L Ibomcha Singh, Th Shyamkumar, RK Imo Singh, Th Biswajit Singh, Kh Joykishan Singh and Samuel Rison moved the Motion for Disapproval of Policy Cut.
The cut motion moved by the MLAs concerns non-supply of drinking water in urban areas, non-harvesting preservation of rain water, non-systematic collection of revenue, failure to provide proper maintenance, non-availability of drinking water supply in certain areas in Imphal, lack of proper maintenance of water supply schemes, improper management of drinking water supply to the general and non completion of water supply schemes/projects in time.
However, following the detailed clarifications by the concerned Ministers regarding the cut motions raised by members of the House and the observations made by Ruling MLA L Nandakumar Singh and Dr Ng Bijoy Singh, the cut motions were withdrawn.
The House passed a total of Rs. 959, 91, 91, 000 for five demands tabled in the House.
It may be mentioned that with the five demands passed today the total number of demands passed in the ongoing full budget session has reached a total of 25.