Imphal, Jan 14: Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who left Moreh town in Tengnoupal district urged Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla to take measures to send them back to the border town.
A delegation of Meetei Council Moreh (MCM) met the Governor at Raj Bhavan on Monday. They submitted a memorandum to the Governor during the meeting urging him to restore them.
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Meitei residents of Moreh, who were displaced from the town bordering Myanmar due to the ethnic conflict which started from May 3, 2023, are now taking refuge at different relief camps and prefabricated houses built by the government for the displaced families, mentioned the memorandum to the Governor.
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The memorandum mentioned that the IDPs are staying at the relief camps and prefabricated houses in distress for a long time.
The IDPs have no other income sources, except the help provided to them by the government, and hence the fate of their children is unpredictable, it said.
It said the failure to restore the children at their native homes is akin to depriving them of their rights.
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Mentioning that the Moreh IDPs have been pressing for putting them back to their homes, the memorandum said the government has not been able to translate it into action till date.
Lauding Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla for taking the initiative to restore the economic activities in Moreh town, it asserted that the commercial activity in the town will be incomplete without the participation of the people from the Meitei community.
(Newmai News Network)
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