Centre okays Its 101 cr package: Kuldiep
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 08 2023:
The Centre has approved Rs 101.75 crore relief package for people displaced due to the vi-olence following a directive of Union Home Minister Amit Shah, said Kuldiep Singh, who is secu-rity advisor to the government of Manipur, on Thursday.
He also said the situation re-mains peaceful and under control and there has been no incident of violence in the state in the last 48 hours.
"To provide relief to the dis-placed people in Manipur, the Ministry of Home Affairs has approved Rs 101.75 crore relief package.
During his recent Ma-nipur visit, Union Home Minister Amit Shah had directed the state government to send a request to MHA for a relief package for dis-placed people," Kuldiep said in a statement.
He also informed that in the last 24 hours, 27 arms, 245 ammunition and 41 bombs were recovered from areas under Porompat police sta-tion in Imphal East district while one weapon and two bombs were seized in Bishnupur district.
A to-tal of 896 arms, 11,763 ammunition and 200 bombs of different kinds have been recovered so far, the security advisor said, adding that movement of essential items along National Highway -37 is ensured and 294 empty vehicles have left Imphal for Jiribam on Thursday.
A total of 220 loaded vehicles have left Noney and 198 loaded tankers and trucks have left Jiribam.
Senior officers have visited vul-nerable areas and were camping there.
Strict security measures have been ensured in all vulnerable areas.
Further, combined teams of state and central forces have intensified combing operations in many parts of the state, the official said.
Ministers and MLAs are vis-iting different areas of the state and appealing for peace and normalcy by meeting the public and civil society organisations.
Security forces are also or-ganising meetings with civil society organisations, and village heads and appealing for peace and normalcy be-sides carrying out their area domination and patrolling duties, he maintained.
(With input from PTI) .