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Economic blockade: Manipur on brink of a breakdown
Hindustan Times | Indo-Asian News Service | Imphal, November 07, 2011
On day 99 of the economic blockade in Manipur, residents of the north eastern state say the state has turned into a 'lawless region, literally on the brink of a complete breakdown'.
As one travels along the national highway in Manipur inhabited by two rival tribal groups - the Kukis and the Nagas, one can see the chassis of burnt trucks on the roadside with protestors enforcing an economic blockade that entered its 99th day Monday.
A meek state government and an equally insensitive central government -- ably aided by some sectarian leaders of the two warring tribal groups -- have turned the northeastern state into a lawless region, literally on the brink of complete breakdown, say Manipuris.
It's a near-anarchy-like situation with hospitals running out of oxygen cylinders and life saving drugs, while stocks of all essentials, baby food and petroleum products are almost drying up.
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