IMPHAL October 3: The Mapithel Dam Multipurpose Project Displaced Villages Committee (MDMPDVC) has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister today with a 20 days ultimatum to response to their plight.
The memorandum relates to the submergence of Lamlai Khunou and Chadong villages along with their schools, churches, paddy fields, Jhum farms and homestead gardens.
Electricity and other means of communications have remain cut off for months while their connectivity is reduced to unsafe raft rides, the memorandum claimed.
It further complaint that no minister has come to their rescue during their turmoil.
`The Deputy Commisioner who is also the Joint Verification Team chairman had briefly visited once in March this year, yet the anticipated response was a disappointment` they said.
It continued, the meager compensation paid on installment basis over a period of two decades cannot be claimed as a final settlement before reasonable support is provided.
The submission alleged that the governments`™ refusal to survey the standing property indicates the deliberate omission to recognised and compensate the personal loss of the affected tribal which amounts to gross human rights violation.
It further said the recent amount announced by the Government of Manipur to compensate for the standing properties is totally unacceptable and demeaning.
Instead the MDMPDVC has calculated the property worth in the present market value and proposed the same in their submission.
The list includes Horticulture (existing trees & plants), Baptist Church Building & Conference Hall, Community Hall, Catholic Church, SDA Church Building and irrigation canal for Chadong Village and Lamlai Khunou Village.
In addition to these, the MDMPDVC also demands Youth Club Office, Student Union Office and Common Offices & Granaries for various clans in both Chadong and Lamlai Khunou village.
The submission signed by Omison Luikham, president MDMPDVC and Nepolean Shaiza, secretary MDMPDVC also sought a PHSC in Lamlai Khunou and Tourist Resort Centre & Government Junior High School in both these villages.
Read more / Original news source: http://kanglaonline.com/2015/10/mdmpdvc-sets-20day-deadline-for-govt-to-fulfil-demands/