Tension in border town Moreh

Our Correspondent IMPHAL, August 18 The normal life in Manipur’s border town Moreh was paralysed on Tuesday after the district administration imposed prohibitory orders under Section 144 of CrPc in the areas to avoid any untoward incident following a confrontation over the holding of rally demanding implementation of Inner Line Permit system (ILPS). The tension is running high in the border town after the office infrastructures of Meitei Council Moreh including some shops were reportedly set on fire, according to reports available here.However there is no report of major casualty, police sources claimed. A large numbers of security personnel headed by an Inspector General of Police have rushed to Moreh to restore peace and harmony in the areas by holding all communities meeting. According to the sources, the community leaders plan to maintain peace and normalcy in the border town. Another meeting is scheduled to be held tomorrow morning, a senior police officer said when contacted. The situation is under control.The irrigation and flood control minister Ngamthang Haokip led government delegation will be visiting theborder town tomorrow to over see the situation. Meanwhile the public protest over ILPS issue continues in Imphal even after seven individuals including five students who are on a fast unto death agitation demanding ILPS to regulate influx of outsiders in the state, were picked up in the morning as their health condition deteriorates. However 12 others continues fast unto death agitation at three different locations in Imphal.The ongoing public agitation has been affecting the normal functioning of the educational institutions in the greater Imphal areas besides affecting the other business activities. In another development, furnishing details of the status of the preparation and implementation of the ILPS Bill or a similar system in the State pertaining to the 5-points demands, Manipur government has appealed to the agitators particularly the Joint Committee on Inner Line Permit System and people to extend full cooperation in passing the new bill at the earliest as the government has in principle agreed to adopt 1951 as the cut-off year in the new draft Bill to define the people of Manipur whose names are in the National Register of Citizens, 1951.