Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 18 2009:
WAITON MAMANG Chingarel Loukon Kanba Lup (WMCLKL) in a press statement said that organizations including MAPI council, UCM, Union of Social Upliftment, AMUCO, HERICON, HRI, UPF, TIPS, ICHAM, UNPPO, Poirei Leima Meira Paibi, LEIMAKOL, All Manipur Women Voluntary Association, NIUCAMO and PALEM had unanimously resolved to complete ban construction of Industrial Growth Centre at Waiton Mamang Chingarel Loukol.
Other resolutions which was jointly taken by the organizations included restrictions on utilization of agriculture land for any other purpose other than cultivation either by the government or any individual, bringing up of a bill at the state assembly demanding the government to make agricultural lands a homestead land and to boycott the upcoming MP election by the people of Waiton Chingarel in the locality if the government does not withdraw the Industrial Growth Centre Plan by January 25 and also not to construct such plan in any of the agricultural land in the state.