New Delhi: Ninong Ering, a Congress MLA from Pasighat West constituency in Arunachal Pradesh, has won hearts after videos of him teaching children at a school were circulated widely online.
The Inside Northeast quoted him as saying he has been teaching students from the Remi Basti in his constituency for several months now. “Students there are weak in English, so I told them that I would teach them during my off time. This is a unique way to ensure that students quickly grasp English, which is essential in this day and age,” he said.
He also said he teaches students, most of them from financially weak background, twice a week. “I feel it is my responsibility as an MLA to teach them using my own knowledge and experience so that they can have a solid grasp of the subject growing up.”
While the classes were closed for several months due to the pandemic, they have resumed now.
20-yr-old woman on ‘solo walk’ in Sikkim for TB awareness
Neha Rai, a 20-year-old woman from Rabongla in Sikkim, is on a mission to spread awareness on tuberculosis. She has been on a solo walk since 11 January and has already travelled across 15 remote West Sikkim villages.
Speaking about her TB sensitisation mission, Rai said, “Sensitisation campaigns and public awareness drive regarding TB are regularly held in urban areas. However, it is seen that awareness campaigns are not strongly held in remote rural areas and villagers there lack proper knowledge regarding TB. The state government is working to make Sikkim TB-free by 2022 and for this, rural populace must be sensitised.”
Rai has been carrying with her a rucksack filled with awareness materials and personal items. She starts her walk around 7 am and ends it by 5 pm. She interacts with villagers, students and panchayat members on TB, its symptoms, and treatment process.
A road made from plastic waste in Tripura
By January-end, Tripura will get its first road made from plastic waste. The around 650 metres long B.K. Road stretches from Boys Budhjung School to women’s college in state capital Agartala.
“The footpath work has been completed, and the surface will be completed in the next 15 days. The top layer, which is around 9 inches thick, was removed so that the road does not become higher. It is a mixture of bitumen and plastic which is used at a 40: 60 ratio,” said the West district magistrate and Agartala Smart City Limited director.
The official added: “Very few states have plastic roads, and we would love to have more roads in the state in future. A local agency has been awarded the construction work with an estimated cost of Rs 70 lakh.”
Memorial for Army officer who established Indian authority in Tawang in 1951
The Arunachal Pradesh government will set up a memorial for Major Bob Khathing, an Army officer from Manipur who had established India’s administrative control in Tawang, which borders China, in 1951.
Major Khathing, who fought World War II, was inducted as an assistant political officer in November 1950 in Tirap division of what was then the North-East Frontier Agency, which later became Arunachal Pradesh. Along with a team of soldiers from the Assam Rifles, Major Khathing had held interactions with local village heads and established the Indian authority in Tawang, which was under a loose Tibetan administration at the time.
A foundation stone for a memorial will be laid in Tawang on 14 February.
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