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INDIA: Repeal the Manipur Loktak Lake Protection Act of 2006 and end forced evictions
Scoop World | Imphal, April 02
Since 2010, The Loktak Development Authority (LDA) In Manipur State in Northeast India has forcibly removed and burnt down the homes of villagers on Luktak Lake floating phumdi masses. This community of people earns a livelihood by fishing and gathering aquatic vegetables on the lake, the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India. The Manipur Loktak Lake Protection Act of 2006 was implemented without the free, prior, and informed consent of the people whom are directly impacted by the Act. Conservators, developers, environmentalists, and other local professionals were not consulted before the implementation of the Act, despite that its' original purpose was to protect, improve, and conserve the natural environment.
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In order to address the displacement of floating hut dwellers and the destruction of their floating huts at Loktak Lake, The Gauhati High Court issued notices to the Chief Minister Mr. O Ibobi (Chairman of the LDA) the LDA Project Director, the Deputy Commissioner of Bishnupur district, and Bishnupur Superintendent of Police on 16 February 2013. The original order prohibited the clearance of the villagers phumdi-huts from Loktak Lake, a mandate the named people above directly defied. This is the third of such notices to have been received by these LDA personnel, the formers being received on February 1 and June 20 of last year.
Since the Asian Human Rights Commission issued its' Urgent Appeal on 28 February 2013, regarding the eviction and threats towards the floating hut-dwellers of Loktak Lake in Manipur State, the state has yet to take action regarding the plight of displaced villagers and fishermen in the Loktak area.
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