Tangkhul public find new mission in peace building
Source: Hueiyen News Service / R Lester Makang
Ukhrul, April 08 2015 :
For years, the culture of violence has been, consciously or unconsciously, allowed to perpetuate in the land of the Tangkhuls.
It has over the years; cost the Tangkhul society countless innocent lives of its members at the hands of myriad unknown perpetrators.
Various violent activities like bomb blasts in crowded public places, kidnapping, inter-village clashes, indiscriminate killings of innocent people by unknown miscreants causing fear psychosis among the general populace have become the order of the day across the district.
This scenario has necessitated an urgent intervention to reverse the same.
"Towards this end, the Tangkhul public comprised of Church leaders, intellectuals, bureaucrats, social leaders, community elders and NGO workers have come together to build peace in the district, said convenor, Peoples Forum Ukhrul (PFU) Hungyohong in an interaction at his office at Phungreitang East on Wednesday.
He said that the decision was taken during a public consultation meet held at TTA Hall, Hamleikhong on 7 April which minutely deliberated the current trend of violence in Ukhrul.
Hungyohong said that as many as 11 innocent persons have lost their lives to the violent culture in the district during the past five years but till date the concerned authorities have turned a blind eye to these cases.
"Now we will fight for the justice of all victims, " he vowed adding that the Tangkhul public would do what it ought to to contain the menace of violent culture.