Waithou evictees stage sit-in protest
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, July 08 2022:
A sit-in protest was organised by people who were evicted by the government from Waithou Sangomshang demanding rehabilitation on Friday.
The protestors lamented that despite being evicted on June 12 and forced to take refuge at Lilong Haoreibi College, the state government has taken no steps to address their grievances.
They have submitted a memorandum to the chief minister but there has been no reply till now, the protestors said and appealed to the authority concerned to ensure their rehabilitation at the earliest.
Further recounting that the CM had made it public to provide houses to people who do not own any land, they contended that so far, no such steps have been taken.
Thus, considering the problems faced by the evictees, the government must translate its assurance into action, they demanded.