Hundreds of Nagas walk 75 km for AFSPA repeal
The Hindu
Participants also seek justice for 14 civilians killed by security forces in Mon district in December
Hundreds of Nagas took part in a two-day walkathon from Nagaland’s commercial hub Dimapur to Kohima demanding the repeal of and justice for the 14 in the Mon district in December 2021.
The distance between Dimapur and Kohima is about 75 km.
Various tribal and civil society organisations in the State had lent support to the walkathon organised by the Global Naga Forum through a sustained social media campaign.
In 2021, five women from Mayithara, four of them MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) workers, found a common ground in their desire to create a sustainable livelihood by growing vegetables. Rajamma M., Mary Varkey, Valsala L., Elisho S., and Praseeda Sumesh, aged between 70 and 39, pooled their savings, rented a piece of land and began their collective vegetable farming journey under the Deepam Krishi group.