Bandh scenes from Sadar Hills Bandh called by SHDDC at Kangpokpi and Keithelmanbi from July 10 till July 15 .
Sadar Hills District Demand Committee is calling this bandh over the demand to upgrade Sadar Hills to a full fledged district.
Picture Courtesy - Manisanam Chanu .
Imphal, Jul 11 : After a brief silence, clamour for the up-gradation of Sadar Hills to a full-fledged revenue district has resumed.
In pursuit of its demand, Sadar Hills District Demand Committee in Senapati district has been calling several bandhs and blockades off and on since the past four decades. The committee has now threatened to launch a series of agitations if the government fails to comply with its demand within the current month.
With the election of 11 new office bearers of the committee, a special prayer session was held on Saturday at its office at Kangpokpi in Sadar Hills. The committee's newly elected general secretary, Tonghen Kipgen, said the state government has assured to upgrade Sadar Hills to a full fledged district at the occasion of the inaugurating of the mini secretariat building, under construction in Kangpokpi.
The inauguration of the building, supposed to be held last month, had to be postponed due to delay in completion of its construction. Kipgen said he expected the building to be completed before the end of the current month and the government to make its official announcement of the up-gradation of Sadar hills to a full-fledged district at the inauguration ceremony.
"If the government fails to grant district status to Sadar Hills within the current month, the committee has no alternative but to resume its agitation with more vigor and effectiveness," Kipgen warned. The mode of agitation would be adopted at a committee meet very soon, he added.
With a population of 1.74 lakh and three assembly constituencies, Sadar Hills has more number of people and assembly constituencies than that of Chandel district. Sadar Hills also houses most government offices, has an adequate infrastructure and has already been divided into three sub-divisions. National Highway 39, the key supply route of Manipur, also passes through the area. Sadar Hills, therefore, has all the requirements to be a full-fledged district, Kipgen said.
People of Jiribam sub-division in Imphal East and Phungyar in Ukhrul district have also been pressurizing the government to convert the respective areas into separate districts.
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