Economic blockade on Manipur highways lifted : Northeast News - India Today
A 93-day economic blockade on Manipur's two key national highways was lifted at midnight after the state government agreed to create a separate district for Kuki tribe.
The Sadar Hills District Demand Committee, which had blocked NH39 and NH53, wanted government to upgrade Sardar Hills near Imphal to a full-fledged Kuki district.
Sadar Hills is a Kuki majority area in Naga-dominated Senapati district.
Opposing this demand, the United Naga Council too had blocked the two national highways from August 21.
The state cabinet was deferring a decision on the issue fearing an ethnic clash between the Nagas and Kukis.
As a result of the blockade, the prices of essential commodities had sky-rocketed in the state.
A 93-day economic blockade on Manipur's two key national highways was lifted at midnight after the state government agreed to create a separate district for Kuki tribe.
The Sadar Hills District Demand Committee, which had blocked NH39 and NH53, wanted government to upgrade Sardar Hills near Imphal to a full-fledged Kuki district.
Sadar Hills is a Kuki majority area in Naga-dominated Senapati district.
Opposing this demand, the United Naga Council too had blocked the two national highways from August 21.
The state cabinet was deferring a decision on the issue fearing an ethnic clash between the Nagas and Kukis.
As a result of the blockade, the prices of essential commodities had sky-rocketed in the state.