Meet on human security questions large scale troops deployment
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, March 02 2012:
A two-day international seminar on "Human Security in the North East Region : Challenges and Predicaments" was opened today at Senate Hall, Manipur University.
The inaugural function of the seminar jointly organised by Department of Social Work IGNTU Regional Campus Manipur, Centre for Manipur Studies MU and Centre for Alternative Discourse Manipur was graced by IGNTU Regional Campus VC Prof CD Singh as chief guest.
According to the organisers, the seminar is armed at deliberating on the challenges faced by people in the North Eastern region of India under conflict situation, adverse impacts caused by developmental projects and immigration and concomitant issue of human security.
They noted that people in the North East have been facing grave challenges to security on account of the ethnic tension and armed conflict between State actors and non-State actors.
Exploitation of mineral resources by the Government of India and multi-national companies, acquisition of agricultural lands and destruction of forest areas in the name of development projects have been persistently threatening the indigenous peoples.
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In his address, Prof CD Singh underscored the importance of human security.
He said that the pace of social advancement in India is not encouraging because there is little human security in the country.
During the first technical session moderated by Lokendra Arambam, Dr Bhagat Oinam and Prof Anuradha M Chennoy presented papers on special laws, militarization and human security.
KS Subramaniam of CSD New Delhi and Prof Kamal M Chenoy also spoke on similar topics.
KS Subramaniam said that security forces have been indulging in rampant violence in North Eastern States particularly Manipur.
There is no justifiable reason to deploy more than 60 battalions of security forces in Manipur inhabited by a little more than two million people.
Army, Assam Rifles, CRPF, BSF and other paramilitary forces, taking advantage of their heavy presence, have been violating human rights under the immunity guaranteed by AFSPA, he asserted.
Anuradha M Chenoy noted that the fundamental livelihood challenges faced by North Eastern people are food and economic insecurity.
The afternoon session was moderated by Prof Amar Yumnam during which Prof JJ Roy Burman, S Gangte, Dr Ch Priyoranjan and Dr RK Ranjan presented papers.