Work stopped
Source: The Sangai Express
Thoubal, March 14 2022:
Work for the proposed 'Mega Food Park' at Yaithibi Loukol in Thoubal district could not be started today as the contractor was prevented by the locals from starting the work.
Scuffle broke out between the locals and the police at around 8 am today when the locals tried to stop the contractor who had brought excavators and tractors at the site to initiate the work for the project.
The contractor could not start the work today due to the protest from the locals.
It is worth mentioning that the same site was also the site for the National Sports University before it was shifted to another location.
Ever since the decision to shift NSU was taken, the locals had been saying that they would return the money that the Government had given them as compensation for their land and demanded preservation of the land.
As the Government didn't pay any heed to their request, a case was also filed at Court, the hearing of which is scheduled on March 30, said one of the locals.
She added that the Government had previously taken the decision to construct NSU at the site against the will of the people, but as the NSU has been shifted to another location, all that the locals are asking for is to preserve the agricultural land.