IFCD Yairipok office, quarters torched
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, May 31 2023:
The office rooms and staff quarters of Vairipok IFCD office at Yairipok Bishnunaha Pukhri Achouba Mapal, which earlier housed personnel of AR and Rashtriya Rifles, was found burnt on Tuesday night.
According to sources, the office rooms and quarters were set ablaze by unknown persons around 11;30 pm Tuesday.
The locals and fire service personnel tried to douse the fire but the inferno destroyed the rooms used as operational and departmental store of MSPDCL along with official documents.
The office quarters were earlier used by personnel of Rashtriya Rifles and later by the AR.
However, before the onset of Covid pandemic, the AR personnel vacated the place.
During the avid pandemic it was used as a quarantine centre for Wangkhem assembly constituency along with using as a warehouse of MSPDCL Yairipok sub-division and PHED water supply scheme.