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Kuki agitation, Naga strike choke highways in Manipur
Times of India | TNN | Aug 22, 2011, 12.27PM ISTT
Traffic along all national highways passing through Manipur's hills came to a standstill on Sunday as the stretch of the routes, that are also the key supply routes of the strife-torn state, were chocked by economic blockade, general strikes and bandhs.
The strikes have already triggered commodity crisis in Manipur even as hundreds of Imphal-bound goods trucks and passenger buses were stranded beyond Manipur's boundaries. In pursuit of its decades-old demand to upgrade Sadar Hills in Senapati to a full-fledged revenue district, the self-explanatory Sadar Hills District Demand Committee has been imposing economic blockade on NH 39 and 53 since August 1.
The committee is also currently calling an indefinite general strike in Sadar Hills, predominantly inhabited by the Kukis. On the other hand, the United Naga Council (UNC) has imposed an indefinite bandh on all highways, including NH-150, in the Naga-dominated areas from the early hours of Sunday.
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