Sit-in-protest staged
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, November 01 2015 :
Locals of Kangla Sangomshang staged a protest demonstration against the proposed construction of a central school in the agricultural land of Kangla Sangomshang.
Joined by local club members and meira paibis, protesters said taking away the source of income of the people in order to build a school is not a developmental step.
Proposal to construct a residential school and a district hospital was turned down since most of the locals depend on agriculture for their livelihood.
The State Government should stop seizing people's land.
A school is needed to educate people but it should not necessarily be built on an agricultural land, Purnima Club president Th Ibomcha said.