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'We are staring at hunger'
Assam Tribune | Gaurav Sharma | Tamenglong (Manipur), March 17 (IANS):
Zingkeulak, 55, dreads the rainy season as that will cut off Tousem, where he lives in the hills of Manipur, from the rest of this northeastern state and all the dirt tracks would turn into muddy swamps.
Rains will mean a slippery and difficult climb downhill for Zingkeulak, a farmer from Tousem subdivision, with his head load of oranges and bananas to sell in the district headquarters of Tamenglong, 50 km away. And it will be even more tough to carry the sack of rice on his back all the way home.
The people of Tousem are hoping the administration will provide them enough food. They lost all their crop to rodents in November last year.
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