Villagers start vacating Kabui Khullen
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 11 2016:
Villagers of Kabui Khullen have started shifting from their village as per the advice of experts.
Tamenglong district ADC B Thambou said majority of the houses at the Kabui Khullen � the epicentre of the January 4 earthquake, were ruined in the powerful tremor.
Fearing aftershocks, villagers have been seeking refuge at relief camps set up at the area.
Experts who monitored the damages had advised the villagers to shift to another location.
As per the advice, villagers have started to move from the village today.
Tamenglong ADC along with Inpui Naga Union advisor K Thuikhomang who monitored the damages today said the villagers were in tears while relating their fears after the tremor.
They have urged the State Government to arrange a site to relocate the affected villagers at the earliest.
A huge crack which developed in the earthquake toppled with and unnatural rise in water level of ponds and rivers at the area have introduced fear among the locals.
Tamenglong district ADC B Thambou has urged State Government to arrange a suitable site to relocate the villagers of Kabui Khullen at the earliest.