100 and still counting!! Is government really become deaf, blind and mute or waiting for it to become a political agenda on which they can do cheep politics and come up with it in the next elections? Yes, I am talking about Manipur economic blockade. The situation here is getting worse day by day and the only one, who is suffering due to this, is Manipur’s common man. It seems government has nothing to do with it and it is none of their business. Living for common man here has become hell, they are struggling really hard to get their basic necessities. Petrol and cooking gas cylinders are being sold at “unimaginable prices” like around Rs.200/ltr for petrol and around Rs.2000/cylinder for cooking gas. Even the prices of potatoes and tomatoes are touching sky. There is nothing to indicate that there is a mechanism to monitor the prices of goods being sold in the market, whether it is in whole sale or retail sale. Every seller is busy in making their own price list!!
This economic blockade is due to the clash between two communities, Naga and Kuki. The Sadar Hills District Demand Committee (SHDDC) had launched the economic blockade Aug 1 on two national highways — Imphal-Dimapur-Guwahati (NH 39) and Imphal-Jiribam-Silchar (NH53) — to press their demand for conversion of the Kuki tribal majority Sadar Hills area into a full-fledged district. However, tribal Nagas inhabiting the area are opposed to the creation of a Sadar Hills district. The Nagas have since Aug 1 also launched a counter-blocakde on the two highways opposing the demand by the Kuki people for a separate district.
And I was more shocked when I came to know that recently Manipur received award for “the Best Improved State in Governance among Small States of India” by India today group. Now I wonder, Is this for the award has given? Forget state government, central is acting like step mother, Is Manipur not a state or part of India, these are the situations in which rebels born, lift guns, point it towards government and called Naxalite or Maoists!!
KBC should start giving petrol instead :-)
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ReplyDeleteHeard a Mineral Water Bottle is 40 INR.
I can't imagine what the Common Junta would have been facing there.
My heart goes out for them.
This is the state which gives us talented sport persons.
Congrats for writing such a post.
Yes we have been seeing this in the TV channels. But the problem with out country is that the North East does not count- in terms of proportional representation in the parliament it is only UP and the other central states that count. I can only say that unless the government takes a serious stand in addressing the problems of the NE states we will never be able to really offer our friends there the comfort level of really belonging there. BTW what is the North Eastern Hill Council doing there? Aren't they a regional planning body?
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