Responsibility of development of a town or a village lies with the citizens of that place, and there is no room for development without community participation.
This was stated by deputy commissioner, Mon Angau I. Thou Thursday while inaugurating the Government Middle School (GMS) and community hall at Longshen Town, Mon.
Asserting that government has empowered the community under communitization programme, Angau urged upon the people to remove all “negative attitude” and stop “pointing fingers” at the government for lack of development.
Deliberating on community participation, the DC appealed the people to have consolidated effort of the citizen and the government with equal responsibility, and to have a sense of ownership of protecting government properties.
“Unity, peace and consensus of the people are required for change and development in the society.” said the deputy commissioner.
Stressing on quality education at the primary level to improve the literacy rate of the district, Angau said that the future of a child lies in the hands of the parents, and encouraged them to send their children to school.
She then appealed to make Longshen GMS a place of learning quality education and produce a decent citizen of the area and the district.
DC also informed that the EAC office and staff quarter was in a dilapidated condition and would be dismantled soon for new proposal after constituting a committee.
SDO civil, Phomching, Pakon Phom in his short speech, said Longshen town was situated in a beautiful location with viable environment suitable for any business establishment.
He therefore encouraged the people to be economically strong to attract outside entrepreneurs for growth and development of the township.
DEO (education) Mon, Rongsenlila also appealed to the teachers to impart quality education to the students.
A representative of urban development office also spoke and exhorted the people to have unity and peace for progress.
It may be mentioned that GMS building was constructed under SSA 2010-11 while the Community hall was constructed under UIDS 2010-11 and 2011-12.