Bunkers to be removed within 10 days in Manipur
1 year, 5 months ago

Bunkers to be removed within 10 days in Manipur

The Hindu  

A day after Manipur Chief Minister N. Biren Singh said that bunkers set up in hills and valley areas will be pulled down by security forces, a defence source said that all such structures will be removed in the next ten days. Violence breaks out One person was killed on Tuesday morning when security forces opened fire at a mob that attempted to loot weapons from a police camp in Thoubal district. In the process, “an Assam Rifles person sustained bullet injury in the leg while miscreants also torched one vehicle of AR,” a source said. The KNO and United People’s Front, the umbrella group of the 24 Kuki insurgent groups in a Suspension of Operations pact with the government, announced on July 2 that the 60-day road blockade at Kangpokpi on National Highway 2 will be removed with immediate effect to ensure uninterrupted supply of essential commodities in the State.

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Despite Manipur government’s claims, bunkers continue to function in both hills and valley
1 year, 4 months ago

Despite Manipur government’s claims, bunkers continue to function in both hills and valley

The Hindu  

Despite the BJP-led State governments claims of demolished bunkers, villagers in both Meitei and Kuki areas say they are using makeshift bunkers to defend themselves from attack by the other side Two weeks after the Manipur government’s deadline to remove all bunkers across the State, in both the Kuki-dominated hills and Meitei-dominated valley, The Hindu found that though many bunkers …

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