Rush to buy essentials during 5-hour curfew relaxation in Manipur’s Imphal Valley
The Hindu
Five-hour curfew relaxation in Manipur's Imphal Valley districts prompts rush for essentials amid ongoing violence and unrest.
GUWAHATI
A five-hour relaxation of curfew in three Imphal Valley districts of Manipur on Wednesday (November 20, 2024) saw people dashing to the markets to buy essentials.
Officials said the curfew was relaxed from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. in the Imphal East, Imphal West, and Kakching districts following a partial improvement in the overall law-and-order situation. It was imposed for an indefinite period on November 16 after mobs went on the rampage vandalising, burning, or looting the houses and properties of some 15 MLAs, including ministers.
The recovery of the bodies of three women and three children abducted by armed extremists from a relief camp during an attack on the CRPF and the State police in the Jiribam district on November 11. Ten extremists, who Kuki-Zo organisations claimed were “village volunteers”, were killed in the gunfight with the security forces.
Reports from the State’s capital Imphal said markets teemed with people who came out to buy essential items while there were long queues at some petrol pumps which reopened. Dwindling stocks of fuel and essential commodities, primarily because of blockades and attacks on goods trucks, was a factor behind the rush.
Mobile data services remained suspended in nine districts. The government, however, conditionally lifted the suspension of broadband services from Wednesday (November 20, 2024).
Imphal Valley, in the central part of the State, and Jiribam on the border with southern Assam’s Cachar district, were relatively quiet from Tuesday (November 19, 2024) afternoon to Wednesday (November 20, 2024) morning. Officials said efforts were on to rein in troublemakers with more paramilitary personnel coming in for security duty.
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