CM urged to withhold eviction drive at Meitei Langol
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, October 27 2023:
Pointing out that people living in Meitei Langol are apprehensive of intensifying the eviction drive by the Forest Department at Langol Punshikhul amidst the unrest situation, Punshikhul Development Association (PDA) submitted a memorandum to the CM requesting to withhold eviction in the area till disposal of the case pending in the High Court.
In a release, PDA recalled the report of identifying Dag No.270 in a joint survey and said that as the area of the dag is Langol Ningthou area, which is included in Manipur Darbar Resolution dated May 29, 1933 and the villagers claimed the area as Meitei Langol, the area ip question should be recognised as revenue village since the Manipur Darbar had passed it before the promulgation of Forest Conservation Act 1980 .
As such, he urged the CM in the memorandum to take a cabinet decision and make it (Dag no 279) a revenue area and allot to the landless people.