Chief Minister N Biren Singh on October 25 said that his government had disbursed more than Rs 6.13 crore to deputy commissioners to provide assistance to over 61,000 people currently living in relief camps in the state.
The CM said, “Financial assistance of Rs 1,000 per head has been disbursed for all the displaced persons residing at the relief camps through the DCs. These payments are aimed at providing the displaced people some assistance to purchase clothing and personal belongings as winter approaches in the state.”
CM Singh further said that a total of Rs 6.138 crore has been released to DCs, which will be used to provide assistance to 61,387 persons presently living in relief camps. The State government will continue to provide assistance to everyone affected, irrespective of the communities they belong to, he added.
CM Biren Singh also expressed happiness that almost 98.28 per cent of students staying at relief camps have been re-admitted to their nearest schools.
CM Singh said, “Pleased to learn that 98.28 per cent of the students staying at the relief camps have been admitted back to the nearest feasible schools.” He mentioned that the Department of Education-S has appointed Nodal officers for each relief camp and daily data on the requirements of displaced students is being collected by the department by opening a control room.
It should be mentioned that over 60,000 people affected by the series of violent incidents triggered since May 3 this year in the state have taken refuge in 351 relief camps in both the valley and hill districts. Some of the families recently shifted to the newly set up prefabricated houses at Imphal East district’s Sejiwa and Sawombung, Sekmai in Imphal West and Bishnupur district’s Kwakta. According to the Chief Secretary of Manipur Dr Vineet Joshi, who visited the construction site in on October 23, Yaithibi complex houses a total of 40 units. Each unit will accommodate 10 families. As per the structure, the units will consist of two rooms and an attached toilet.
Notably, more than 180 people have lost their lives and several hundred have been injured since ethnic violence broke out in Manipur on May 3 during a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ organised in the hill districts to protest against the majority Meitei community’s demand for Scheduled Tribe status.
