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Pillai meets Manipur CM over economic blockade :: Hindustan Times
By Indo-Asian News Service / Hindustan Times, Imphal May 11, 2010
Home Secretary GK Pillai on Tuesday met Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh and chalked out a broad strategy to get urgently supplies of essentials into the state in the wake of the economic blockade enforced by Naga groups, officials said......
"Several things were discussed, but the priority was to get supplies of food and medicines to Manipur restored immediately," the official said.
"Under no circumstances shall Manipur be allowed to suffer any longer and Pillai assured all central help in breaking the deadlock," the official said.
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"The ongoing blockade has resulted in acute shortage of food, medicines and other essential commodities, and soon the entire life support system in the state would collapse," said Babloo Loitongbam, leader of Human Rights Alert.
The group sent an open letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday, seeking his intervention.
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