JAC bandh ends, eco-blockade on meeting menu today
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, October 20 2015:
The 48 hr total bandh in all hill districts of the State imposed by the Joint Action Committee against the killing of Khupneilal Neihsiel and Robert Hesei Kipgen allegedly in a fake encounter by personnel of 8 AR on January 28 ended this midnight.
Endorsed by various Kuki CSOs including Kuki Inpi Manipur, KSO, TSA, and TYA, the 48 hr JAC total bandh completely disrupted normal life in most part of the hill districts bringing vehicular movement to a complete standstill while business establishments and Government institutions remained shut.
On the other hand, a reliable source informed that the JAC is likely to hold a joint meeting with various Kuki CSOs tomorrow for further course of agitation, which is likely to be more intense than earlier and added that an indefinite economic blockade on all the highways in the hill districts of the State is also likely to be discussed in the joint meeting.
No untoward incident has been reported during the 48 hr total bandh in any part of the hill districts even though the bandh severely derailed the entire administration and disturbed normalcy in the hill districts.
Interestingly, the Deputy Commissioner of Senapati Jacintha Lazarus, IAS who was on her way to Imphal from the DHQs was stopped for more than an hour at Gamgiphai this morning at around 10 by the bandh volunteers.
It is also reported that around 50 loaded trucks and more than 50 passenger vehicles including wingers, inter-State buses and private vehicles were stopped at Hengbung Composite Taxation Gate, Senapati public ground and police gate respectively.
Meanwhile, a reliable JAC source said that there is still no intimation from the State Government over the issue.