ATSUM objects to Mapithel coffer dam
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Kangpokpi, January 19 2015:
All Tribal Students' Union Manipur (ATSUM) has urged the State Govern-ment to refrain from constructing the Coffer Dam at Mapithel Dam considering its possible unsolicited impacts on the people.
Speaking to media persons at Kangpokpi, Simthar Jajo, Rights and Reservation Secretary of the tribal students' body, asserted that construction of the Coffer Dam is going to submerge the entire surrounding villages sooner or later.
Therefore, it will be wise on the part of the State Government and the authority concerned to avoid the Coffer Dam at the earliest until the case of Mapithel Dam is solved amicably.
While stressing on the need to follow the recommendations of the Expert Review Committee, he alleged that the construction of Coffer Dam is equivalent to force eviction of the affected villagers.