He said," We are planning to build nearly 4000 houses for those who have been displaced because of violence. The blueprint is yet to be finalised but we are looking to build a two-room set of such houses."
Manipur has been in the throes of ethnic violence for a month, in the wake of a directive of the high court asking the state government to consider including the Meitei community in the list of Scheduled Tribes (STs).
"Operations, in the presence of magistrates where applicable, continue across the state with due diligence to avoid unnecessary hardships for locals. 22 weapons, mostly automatics, were recovered in the past 24 hours," Tweeted SpearCorps.IndianArmy.
The central government, meanwhile, constituted a Peace Committee in Manipur under the chairpersonship of the Manipur Governor, which is aimed at facilitating the peacemaking process among various ethnic groups there, read a statement by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).
The central government has constituted a Peace Committee in Manipur under the chairpersonship of the State Governor aimed at facilitating the peacemaking process among various ethnic groups there.
Justice Ajai Lamba, former Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court (Retd.) who is the Chairperson of the Judicial Inquiry Commission (Manipur Commission) and Himangshu Sekhar Das (Retd.) IAS who is a member of the commission arrived in the city.
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered six cases and set up a Special Investigation Team (SIT) of around 10 CBI personnel to investigate Manipur violence, CBI officials said.
According to the sources, the Assam CM will meet his Manipur counterpart N Biren Singh and others in the backdrop of the ongoing situation in the state.
The Supreme Court on Friday declined the urgent listing of a plea against the suspension of internet services in the violence-hit state of Manipur since May 3, saying High Court is seized of the matter.
The situation in Manipur remained peaceful and under control as no incident of violence is reported in the last 48 hours in the hill state, Kuldiep Singh, Advisor (Security) to Manipur Government said on Thursday.