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Drought like situation prevails over Manipur
The Hindu | Iboyaima Laithangbam | Imphal, April 19
Price of bottled water had been hiked by 20 to 30 per cent in the recent past. In the past, private traders who used to deliver “drinking” water to private homes used to charge Rs 100 for 500 litres of water. However three months back it had been increased to Rs 150.
Officials said that the only source of water for the denizens of Imphal and its surrounding areas have been the Iril and the Imphal rivers. Both the rivers are dried up. The private water traders used to draw water from these rivers using pumps from the backwaters.
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