Governor assures efforts for resettlement of Meetei IDPs
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, August 21 2025:
Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla said on Thursday that efforts were being made to provide basic facilities to violence-hit Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Manipur, including education, healthcare and housing.
The Governor stated that IDPs from Churachandpur, Moreh and Kangpokpi, can return to their respective homes once movement along the national highways and peace is restored in the state.
On Thursday, representatives of various civil society organisations of IDPs, namely Meetei Council Moreh, Committee on Protection of Meitei Victims Moreh, and Churachandpur Meitei United Committee, called on the Governor at Raj Bhavan and apprised him of the challenges and grievances faced by them.
The delegation highlighted key concerns relating to road accessibility, resettlement in their respective homes, education, healthcare, and the provision of housing.
In response, Governor Ajay assured them that these issues have already been taken up with authorities concerned and that sustained efforts are being made to address them at the earliest.
He added that efforts are being made to restore movement along the highways.
Once the movement is restored, the IDPs can return to their homes, he added.
He then urged for submitting the required documents of the remaining internally displaced students for Mission Vatsalya, at the earliest.
He also said that efforts are one to disburse the remaining Rs 25,000 to IDPs who did not receive the full Rs 1 lakh amount.
He further assured that after this, the remaining IDPs would receive Rs 75,000 of the funds as soon as possible.
A statement issued by Raj Bhavan PRO said that representatives of various civil society organisations on behalf of the IDPs, met the Governor and apprised him of the challenges and grievances faced by them.
The delegation highlighted key concerns relating to road accessibility, resettlement in their respective homes, education, healthcare, and the provision of housing.
According to the PRO, the Governor assured the delegation that these issues have already been taken up with the authorities concerned and that sustained efforts are being made to address them at the earliest.
The meeting was also attended by the commissioner (home) N Ashok Kumar and secretary to the Governor Sumant Singh.
Mention may be made that earlier chief secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said that the main focus of the government is to resettle violence-affected IDPs at their villages and homes, peacefully and securely.
During an interaction with the relief camp residents in Kangpokpi district, Goel assured that the state police and paramilitary forces are working tirelessly to ensure that all IDPs can return to their original homes without any untoward incidents occurring.
The chief secretary also encouraged the camp residents to reach out to him with any requests or grievances about improving facilities at the camps.
With the improvement in the situation, the Manipur government has started the resettlement of violence-hit displaced people.
A senior government official earlier said that most displaced people would be resettled in their original villages by December this year.
Even after December 2025 as many as 9,000-10,000 displaced people may not be able to return to their original villages, especially those displaced from some areas, including Tengnoupal, Churachandpur, and Kangpokpi districts.
These 9,000-10,000 people would be provided with accommodation in prefabricated houses.
The official had said the resettlement process had been initiated after a series of meetings with various Union government ministries, including the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
He had said that financial assistance of Rs 3.03 lakh per family would be provided to those families whose homes have been destroyed, and a lump sum amount would be provided to those families whose homes were not damaged but have been partially damaged after two years of abandonment.
The state government has established over 300 relief camps in Imphal valley and hilly regions to provide shelter to over 57,000 men, women and children, who were displaced after the ethnic violence broke out in the state over two years ago.
(With inputs from IANS) .
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