AMUCO condemns eviction of Loktak fishermen
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 17 2011:
The All Manipur United Clubs' Organisation (AMUCO) condemned the eviction of fishermen from Loktak Lake by the Loktak Development Authority on November 15 .
In a press release, AMUCO alleged that the irresponsible act of the LDA has brought many to the road and made many homeless.
Scores of homeless people are spending their lives in Ningthoukhong Community Hall since the huts in the lake where they were staying as their home have been burnt by the order of the LDA.
It also stated that the government cannot justify the activity by mentioning about the compensation of Rs 40,000 and the noitification order of four days.
The government should at least have arranged their alternative shelter even if the act was for the sustainability of the lake, it added.