In Manipur, as many as 3,000 displaced families hit by
the ongoing conflict have been relocated to the newly-built prefabricated
houses, informed Chief Minister N Biren Singh.
The CM informed that the Central Government would
provide financial help for the construction of new houses and for houses that
were burnt down.
The financial assistance would be given in two to
three installments through concerned deputy commissioners, the chief minister
said, adding that the government began the process for the same.
CM Biren further assured that the government is making
all possible efforts to aid the affected people.
He was speaking during the distribution programme for
Special Scheme for Education of Children at Relief Camps for Labour Card
Holders held at the Chief Minister’s Secretariat.
The programme was held by Manipur Building and Other
Construction Workers’ Welfare Board.
The CM as a chief guest handed over reconstructed
labour cards and financial assistance of Rs 5,000 under the scheme to the
labour card holders staying in different relief camps.
Speaking on the occasion, CM Biren Singh stated that
many people had been facing hardship due to the present ethnic clashes in the State,
adding that the present conflict is like a wake-up call for the people of
Manipur.
CM Biren Singh informed that many displaced people
whose houses had not been burnt down, but fled their homes out of fear in the
early days of the conflict, have now returned to their original places of
settlement.
He continued that experts from Departments like
Agriculture, Horticulture, Industries and others has been in constant touch and
assisting the displaced people, so that the latter could take up suitable
activities for earning their livelihood.
The CM gave assurance the government would provide
blankets to the relief camps very soon, as winter season is approaching.
Stating that around 2,500 personnel of security forces
had been provided for safeguarding farmers while taking up agricultural
activities, he informed that compensation would be provided to those farmers,
whose agricultural land could not be cultivated due to the present conflict.
The Centre sanctioned an amount of Rs 38.6 crore for
the same. Concerned deputy commissioners would do the survey on whose
agricultural farms had not been cultivated and what would be their earning from
the agricultural land if cultivated.
NE Watch Desk
