Rally against false verification process over Mapithel Dam
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 02 2012:
Terming the verification process of the Mapithel Dam affected villagers of Chadong Village under Ukhrul district being carried out by a Joint Verification team led by Ukhrul DC as false and full of flaws, a protest rally was taken out at Chadong village today.
Defying the CrPC-144 clamped in Chadong village, around 200 villagers gathered in front of Chadong Catholic Church and started the rally from there.
As soon as the rally started, police tried to disperse the crowd and prevent them from carrying out the rally by using mock bombs and tear gas.
In order to avoid any unwanted incident from happening, the protestors concluded their rally at the playground of Chadong Baptist Church itself.
Speaking to media persons on the sideline of the rally, David Kashung, Village Authority member, observed that while trying to compensate the villagers whose houses have been submerged by the dam, the state government has caused distrust among the people of the village.
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Even some of the people who do not belong to the village and those women who have got married to other villages are applying for compensation disguising themselves as widow.
The expectation of the villagers has been shattered by such discrepancies in the verification process.
Ramthar Kashung, another protestor, informed that the Joint Verification team never asked for proof of identification during the verification process.
He demanded that the ongoing verification process should be immediately halted and the compensation to the affected villagers should be given in accordance to the decision of the Expert Review Committee.