Imphal: Committee on Tribal Unity (CoTU), Kangpokpi, a Kuki-Zo body, has announced the lifting of the indefinite economic blockade along NH-2 (Imphal-Dimapur), which passes through Kangpokpi district, effective from 2 am of Sunday.
The decision was taken after an agreement was brought between the concerned authorities and the committee regarding the deployment of the 112th CRPF battalion in the fringe area, particularly in the Uyok Ching region (Saibol) under Imphal East district, according to a statement by CoTU.
The region is at the bordering area between Imphal East district and Kangpokpi district and falling under the jurisdiction of the Yaingangpokpi police station.
CoTU warned that it would launch a stringent agitation if the remaining CAPF deployed in the region are not withdrawn within 48 hours of the blockade’s withdrawal and the 24-hour total shutdown.
CoTU had initially imposed the indefinite economic blockade and the 24-hour total shutdown along NH-2 in Kangpokpi district after armed militants occupied the Uyok hill, which was later dominated by CAPF personnel.
Lamlai Kendra Village Volunteers Force (LKVVF) condemned attempts to rename the ancestral Uyok Ching hill ranges of Thamnapokpi and Yaingangpokpi as “Saibol village.” It claimed that “Saibol village does not exist in government documents.”
One Bosan, a member of the LKVVF, said the Uyok hill range was entrusted to the residents of Thamnapokpi and Yaingangpokpi by the Manipur State Durbar for the preservation of trees.
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