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Manipur moots highway protection force
Centre agrees to raise two IRB battalions to counter blockades that cut off supply
The Telegraph | Khelen Thokchom | Imphal, March 3:
The Centre has agreed in principle to the raising of two more India Reserve Battalions (IRB) in Manipur for deployment along the Imphal-Dimapur and Imphal-Jiribam highways as a dedicated protection force to ensure free movement of trucks. Manipur already has eight IRBs engaged in the security of VVIPs and dealing with law and order.
Ibobi Singh had first raised the issue of raising a highway protection force before the Centre in 2008 in view of the frequent disruption of supply of essential commodities during bandhs and blockades on the state’s two supply lines. Hill-based organisations frequently call economic blockades along the Imphal-Dimapur (National Highway 2) and Imphal-Jiribam (National Highway 37) roads to press for their demands, disrupting supplies.
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