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Manipur blockade enters 100th day, supplies drying up
Economic Times | Imphal, November 08, 2011:
The indefinite economic blockade in Manipur entered its 100th day on Tuesday with no signs that the government was making an effort to break the deadlock and an equally insensitive leadership enforcing the strike and holding the common people to ransom.
The turf war between the Nagas and the Kukis has pushed the majority of Manipur's 2.7 million people into an unprecedented crisis with the landlocked state depending on supplies from outside the region. Trucks from the rest of India carrying essentials pass through the tribal inhabited areas.
The UNC is spearheading the blockade on the twoNational Highways since Aug 21 to counter the economic blockade launched by the Sadar Hills District Demand Committee (SHDDC) on Aug 1 demanding conversion of the Kuki tribal majority Sadar Hills area into a full-fledged district.
The SHDDC lifted the blockade last week after the state government agreed to their demand of creating a district, a move opposed by the Nagas.
The battle between the two warring tribal groups has led to the people of Manipur suffering for the 100th day with no signs of an end to the hardship, turning the state into a lawless region - a state literally on the throes of a complete breakdown.
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