Forum shuts Keibul Forest office
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, June 24 2022:
Environment Social Reformation & Sangai Protection Forum (ESRSPF), Keibul Lamjao has announced that people of the area have decided to shut down the Forest Department office at Keibul Lamjao as well as all tourist and Sangai related activities from Friday onwards until an agreement is reached with the government in connection with the construction of proposed Eco-Tourism and Ethnic Cultural Heritage Park.
In a release, ESRSPF secretary Salam BK Singh stated that a public rally was held on June 21 with participation of seven clubs under ESRSPF including SESCO, Sagram Makha; ROSCA, Sagram Awang; KLY-SCA, Keibul; VYDO, Keibul Mayai; YICCL, Keibul Makha; YGC, Chingmei and FANCA, Chandapur, along with meira paibi activists and other locals demanding that the proposed Eco-Tourism and Ethnic Cultural Heritage Park should be developed at Keibul Lamjao.
Subsequently, the state government had been urged to clarify on the matter by Thursday.
Since no response has come from the government side, it has been decided to enforce the shutdown indefinitely until an agreement is reached, it added.