As tensions continued to simmer in Manipur’s Jiribam, over 100 vehicles carrying important provides between the district and state capital Imphal have been stopped on Nationwide Freeway 37 on Monday by a bunch of ladies belonging to the Kuki-Zo neighborhood as they started an indefinite blockade.
NH 37 is one among Manipur’s two essential lifelines, and connects Imphal with Assam.
The vehicles have been stopped in Tamenglong district, round 5 kilometres from Jiribam district headquarters.
In keeping with the Kuki Ladies Union of Jiribam and Tamenglong, the indefinite roadblock on NH 37, being carried by Kuki-Zo Village Volunteers from Vangailhang and Tuilangkol, was a counter to the blockade imposed by the Meitei outfit Arambai Tenggol and the Meira Paibis. It additionally comes days after autos carrying development supplies have been torched in separate incidents at Tronglaobi in Bishnupur district and Umathel in Kakching district. The supplies had been meant for Kuki-Zo settlements.
Whereas the vehicles that have been stopped Monday, together with some petroleum tankers, have been escorted by central forces on their solution to Imphal, they have been compelled to return to Jiribam district headquarters. ENS