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Manipur tribals against govt’s smart city plan
Times of India | Jayashree Nandi, TNN | Nov 23, 2014, 02.09 AM IST
Protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi against creating a "smart city" at Haolenphai, Manipur on Nov 22 2014 :: Pix - TH Michael Lamjathang
Students and professionals from tribal villages of Manipur are campaigning at Jantar Mantar for a "smart village" as against a "smart city." Haolenphai, a tiny village along the Manipur-Myanmar border, is reportedly being acquired as part of the government's '100 Smart Cities' project. The villagers—just about 100 families— are concerned about two issues. One, they don't want to lose their ancestral lands, and, two, they are worried about losing their livelihood which is derived from forestry and farming. The villagers fear their land will be converted into a commercial township, wiping away tribal life.
Protest at Jantar Mantar, Delhi against creating a "smart city" at Haolenphai, Manipur on Nov 22 2014 :: Pix - TH Michael Lamjathang
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From Hindustan Times - Hindustan Times 23rd Nov., 2014 Metro Section Page No. 4
http://paper.hindustantimes.com/epaper/viewer.aspx?noredirect=true
A group of students, representing the Thadou tribe of Manipur, staged a protest at Jantar Mantar on Saturday to save their land from being developed into a proposed smart city.
Thadou tribes inhabit the village of Haolenphai in Moreh —a town on the Indo-Myanmar border — and the government is looking at developing it into a smart city.
Though the Manipuri government has not made its stand clear on the issue, there have been reports that state that government has already acquired 3,000 acres to develop Moreh into a smart city.
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