HK Roy

PASIGHAT, Jun 21: The people of Pasighat today paid homage to Dr. Daying Ering, popularly known as the architect of modern Arunachal Pradesh on his 49th death anniversary. 
Tirki Monmong Matpang Society (TMMS) organised the ceremony with the society’s President and General Secretary Tasing Sitang Eko and Tado Muang respectively and others  laying  floral tributes & wreaths at his grave and garlanding his statue. People of the township turned up at the site to pay tribute, solemnly remembering and acknowledging Ering’s timeless contributions. Among prominent senior members, Oshong Ering IAS (Rtd), Tasing Sitang Eko IFS (Rtd) and Obyak Ering (Sr) delivered speeches. All those who gathered today urged the state government to observe the death anniversary of this great personality state-wide every year saying that Dr. Ering’s message of harmony, brotherhood and peace are their constant inspiration and guiding force.
Dr. Ering (1929–1970), father of present 37-Pasighat MLA Ninong Ering was the chairman of the Ering Commission which heavily influenced the country’s Panchayati Raj system. Born in an Adi family in Runne village near Pasighat on December 11, 1929, Ering started his career in the Indian Frontier Administrative Service and was later nominated as a Member of the Lok Sabha from North Eastern Frontier Agency (NEFA) in 1963. He was also appointed as the Parliament Secretary and a Deputy Minister in the Union Ministry of Food and Agriculture. In 1964, he chaired the Ering Commission, an investigative body looking into decentralization of governance which placed its report in 1965 recommending a four-tier system of local government, which  was actually the driving force in adoption of the popular  Panchayati Raj system as is known throughout the country today.

Ering took his last breath in Shillong in 1970 and as a mark of respect the Daying Ering Memorial Wild Life Sanctuary in East Siang district was named after him. Other places and institutions and places carrying his name include the Daying Ering College of Teachers’ Education, Daying Ering Memorial Middle School, Daying Ering Wildlife Foundation Eco-Development Society and Daying Ering Colony. 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
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