CoTU calls 12-hour shutdown
Source: The Sangai Express
Kangpokpi, May 02 2026:
The Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU) has called a 12-hour total shutdown along NH-2 (Imphal-Dimapur highway) from 6 am to 6 pm of May 3 .
A complete shutdown will be enforced from 6 am to 6 pm, during which all business establishments, educational institutions, private and Government offices will remain closed, CoTU said.
Movement along NH-2 will be severely restricted, though medical emergencies and funeral processions have been exempted, it added.
CoTU has also announced a blanket halt on travel, farming, and routine activities by the Kuki and Zo communities throughout the day.
CoTU has also announced the observance of "Separation Day" on May 3 across Kangpokpi district.
The central programme will be held at Martyrs' Cemetery in Phaijang at 12 noon, where a cross-section of Kuki and Zo leaderships including tribal bodies, church leaders, student organisations, women's groups and intellectuals are expected to gather to pay homage to those killed in the ongoing ethnic strife.
The committee said the observance is aimed at "reminding the Government of India" that the Kuki-Zo community stands "physically and demographically separated" from the Meitei community, underscoring deepening fault lines in Manipur's conflict landscape.




