Imphal/Guwahati
Security Advisor to the Manipur government Kuldiep Singh on Thursday said the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved a Rs 101.75-crore package relief package for the displaced people in Manipur on the directive of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
On the law and order scenario, he said the situation in Manipur remained peaceful and under control and there has been no incident of violence in the state in the last 48 hours.
“To provide relief to the displaced people in Manipur, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved Rs 101.75 crore relief package. During his recent Manipur visit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had directed the state government to send a request to MHA for a relief package for displaced people,” Singh said.
In the meantime, in the last 24 hours, 27 arms, 245 ammunition and 41 bombs were recovered from the Porompat police station jurisdiction of Manipur’s Imphal East district while one weapon and two bombs were seized in the state’s Bishnupur district.
A total of 896 arms, 11,763 ammunition and 200 bombs of different kinds have been recovered so far, Singh said.
Curfew relaxation for 12 hours has been announced in five valley districts and for 10 hours to 8 hours in neighbouring hill districts. There is no curfew in six other hill districts.
The Security Advisor said movement of essential items along National Highway-37 is ensured and 294 empty vehicles have left Imphal for Jiribam on Thursday. A total of 220 loaded vehicles have left Noney and 198 loaded tankers and trucks have left Jiribam.
While senior officers have visited vulnerable areas and were camping there, State Ministers and MLAs are visiting different areas of Manipur and appealing for peace and normalcy by meeting the public and civil society organisations, he pointed out.
Combined teams of State and Central forces have intensified combing operations in many parts of the state, the official said adding they are also organising meetings with civil society organisations, and village heads and appealing for peace and normalcy besides carrying out their area domination and patrolling duties.
Violence broke out in Manipur after a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ was organised in the hill districts on May 3 to protest against the Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.
More than 100 people have lost their lives and over 300 injured ever since the ethnic violence broke out over a month ago.
In a gruesome incident, according to various media reports, a mob on June 4 burnt alive a 7-year-old child, his mother and a relative by refusing to heed to their pleas and torching the ambulance they were in. The boy who had a bullet injury was being taken to a hospital. The three had taken shelter in an Assam Rifles camp in Kangchup since the clashes first broke out on May 3.
