Protest demands Jiribam district
Source: Hueiyen News Service / Newmai News Network
Imphal, May 31 2011:
Failure from the part of the state government to convert Jiribam subdivision into a full-fledged revenue district provoked a sit-in protest staged in Jiribam on Tuesday under the aegis of Jiribam District Demand Committee (JDDC).
Jiribam is a subdivision under Imphal East district but situated in the Manipur-Assam border which is some 220 kilometres from the state capital Imphal.
According to JDDC, Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh and Jiribam MLA Th Debendra Singh had assured the Committee that by May 30 the demand of the Jiribam people would be fulfil, said JDDC leader M Maipaksana.
Jiribam District Demand Committee was formed in 2006.