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Manipur braces for NH stir again
Times of India | TNN | Jun 4, 2011, 11.21pm IST
A local pressure group has threatened to launch a five-day economic blockade on NH-53 connecting the Manipur capital with Silchar from June 11 in a bid to put pressure on the Okram Ibobi Singh government to upgrade Jiribam sub-division bordering Assam into a full-fledged revenue district. The Jiribam District Demand Committee (JDDC) has also called a 30-hour strike from Monday midnight in the town, situated about 220 km from here, to press for its demand.
Manipur has often suffered the brunt of economic blockades on highways called by various groups and militant outfits. Last year, petrol prices soared to Rs 170 a litre, while a cylinder of cooking gas cost Rs 1,800 as Naga protesters choked the arterial National Highway-39 in protest against the Manipur government's decision to not allow NSCN(IM) general secretary Th Muivah to visit his native village, Somdal, in Ukhrul.
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