Committee resents Chandel DC's attitude
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, August 30 2020:
Regarding the Asian highway 01 expansion, the Lamkang Khunou compensation committee has expressed strong displeasure over the attitude of Chandel DC Krishna Kumar.
Instead of finding the solution for the affected households where the compensation is due, the DC went about threatening the affected household members and govt employees in the village that they would face dire consequences if they go about hinging on the issue of compensation, claimed a statement of Sankhil Momo Darnong, chairman Lamkang Khunou Village.
Saying that the village authority is also greatly perturbed by the attitude of Chandel DC where he called the village individuals that the village will not be compensated at all if they don't accept the unfairly estimated amount calculated earlier, the chairman alleged that the indifferent attitude of Chandel DC has made it impossible for peaceful settlement of the issue.
Commandos unit were sent by the Chandel DC to intimidate the village folks which wherein the village cemetery was also partially destroyed, he said adding that grievances of the village authority about land compensation were not carefully heard by the DC Chandel which led to confusion among State Govt officials.
The village authority urged the State Govt to take stringent action against the 'manipulating' officials particularly the Chandel DC and warned that failure to resolve the issue would invite strong resentment from the village authority.