IMPHAL, Aug 11 NNN: Manipur is still going through the impact of massive landslide near Kohima but another round of a jolt is in the making in the form of series of bandhs to aggravate the already grim situation.
When a litre of petrol in grey market is sold at anything from Rs 120 to Rs 140 and prices of other essential commodities are fast sky-rocketing due to the July 12 landslide near Kohima choking the main supply line of Manipur NH-2, further blocking of this supply line for several days would mean that the people of the state both in the hills and the valley should be ready for tremendous hardship.
The United Naga Council (UNC) sponsored 48 hours ‘total bandh in Naga areas’ in Manipur followed another 48 hours bandh to be imposed by Kuki State Demand Committee (KSDC). Both the tribal organisations are engaging in intense movements to part with the Manipur government.
The Naga body is demanding for a separate administration from Manipur, the ‘Alternative Arrangement’ while the Kuki body is pressing for a separate Kuki statehood to be carved out from Manipur.
Meanwhile, the UNC is all set to impose the bandh from midnight of Sunday (tonight) while that of the KSDC will start immediately after the Naga body’s bandh gets over. In that case, the main supply line of Manipur i.e. NH-2 will be choked for the straight four days.
After the 48-hour UNC ‘total bandh’, there are series of agitation in different forms of the Naga body including the banning of the ongoing works of national projects such as the construction of railway tracks in Manipur. The KSDC, however is yet to announce its further course of agitatio after its 48 hours bandh.
A KSDC leader informed NNN this evening that either during the bandh or immediately after its 48 hours bandh, it will announce its line of action.
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