Manipur chief minister assures displaced families safe return, rehabilitation support and security during visit to violence-hit Kangchup Chingkhong
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IMPHAL — Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh assured internally displaced persons (IDPs) of their safe return to their respective homes and said adequate security would be provided.
He also assured the IDPs that a pucca structure to accommodate security personnel would soon be constructed in the area.
Khemchand Singh made the assurance while visiting Kangchup Chingkhong, a foothill village in Imphal West district, on Thursday and interacting with IDPs as part of his continuing efforts to foster peace and build trust among communities.
Maintaining that the trust deficit between communities could be bridged through dialogue, he cited Jiribam district as an example where communities were now living in harmony. He further said the government would look into grievances raised by IDPs seeking enhanced monetary assistance for reconstruction of houses destroyed during the violence.
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Informing that INR 1.2 crore had been sanctioned for strengthening the inter-village road and INR 1.94 crore for construction of a water supply scheme, he said a market shed would also be constructed at a suitable location in the village.
Villagers, who said they had borne the brunt of the ethnic violence, stated that it was the first time a chief minister had visited Kangchup Chingkhong village.
Later, the chief minister visited injured Tangkhul villagers undergoing treatment at the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences hospital in Imphal. The villagers sustained injuries in a recent attack by armed miscreants at Sinakeithei in Ukhrul district.
He also visited two injured Chiru Nagas at Shija Hospitals and Research Institute. The victims were injured during an attack by armed miscreants near Joujangtek in Noney district on Wednesday.