Source: The Sangai Express / Jacob Panmei
Jiribam, September 07, 2009:
The mautam food for work programme Jiri Area (MFWPJA) has justified that the people residing at Jiri and adjoining areas are benefited with the relief of mautam (bamboo flowering) granted by a Shillong based NGO, North East India Committee on Relief Development (NEICORD).
Secretary of MFWPJA, K Gaipui stated that the people of Jiribam have been indirectly hit by the mautam as the villagers from neighbouring villages of Jiri have been taking refuge at the residences of their near and dear ones who are settling in Jiribam for the past few months.
Refuting the claim that the mautam relief had landed in wrong hands, the MFWPJA also lauded the good samaritan act of NEICORD for helping the people during the hour of distress.