Blockade chokes border trade, hits economy
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, June 03 2015 :
Two sets of economic blockades clamped along the two national highways have choked the legalised border trade at Moreh, the border town and also hit the state economy considerably.
A late night report however said that the NH 102 blockade was called off.
Mao Council, with the support of a number of organisations, had imposed an indefinite economic blockade from June 1 midnight.
This is in protest against the cavalier attitude of the Manipur government to the reports of usurping major chunks of Dz�kou valley along Manipur-Nagaland border.
The economic blockade called by these groups is effective from Mao to Imphal which is a part of National Highway (NH) - 2 .
The Joint Action Committee formed to spearhead the agitation against the killing of a woman, M Ruisoting Aimol at Aimol Setu Village, allegedly by a bullet from some Assam Rifles troopers, had imposed the blockade from June 2 midnight from Pallel to Moreh sector of NH-102 demanding actions against the trigger happy personnel.
The restive people have been demanding drastic actions against the troopers for causing death as a result of the unprovoked firing on the night of May 31.Police have not even registered a case and formal arrests made.
For unexplained reasons the government is treating this killing most foul as if it were a case of killing a chicken by a speeding truck.
Besides Chief Minister Okram Ibobi has no accountability in this and all other issues since there is no opposition at all.
Long time back the garrulous opposition members had started maintaining a stilted silence for reasons not far to seek.
Several trucks are stranded at border areas in Assam and Nagaland.
They will come to Imphal only when the government can and will mobilise armed escorts.
Prices of all commodities in general and consumer items in particular had soared beyond the reach of the common people.
Fuel is sold at the ubiquitous road side vendors; petrol is sold at Rs 130 a litre under the nose of the police.
Though the government says that there is always stock to last 21 days the oil pumps had shut down at the first whiff of blockade.