IMPHAL, October 21: Getting information that a passenger bus had dropped 48 non-locals at Sekmai bazaar this afternoon around 2pm, a team of Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System rushed to the spot and met with the non-locals, said the committee`™s coordinator Thabi.
Speaking to media persons, he said one of the non-locals identified themselves as from Malda district of West Bengal and that they have been brought into the State as labours of Yurembam Power grid.
According to the non-local, they were supposed to wait at Sekmai bazar for the authorities to pick them up, Thabi told media persons.
He said the non-locals were found waiting at the Sekmai Police Station, however, the bus went back soon after dropping them.
Meanwhile, according to Sekmai Police sources, non-locals have been dropped in the area on two counts earlier and each time department officials had come to pick them up.
When they had asked, they were informed that the non-locals were labours for the Yurembam Power grid.
On the other hand, Thabi said this is unfortunate as the JCILPS has been trying hard with support from the public to check the illegal influx of non-locals into the State.
The officials are showing irresponsibility, he said before urging local authorities to hire people of the State if they need labours.
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