Imphal | August 31 : The Sadar Hills Districthood Demand Committee (SHDDC) has once again taken its anguish to Union home minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday saying that the state government of Manipur continues to ignore the sentiment of the people of Sadar Hills. In a representation to the Union home minister signed by SHDDC president Ngamkhohao Haokip and its general secretary Tonghen Kipgen, the Committee lamented that chief minister O Ibobi Singh had unilaterally announced the constitution of a Committee on Re-organisation of Administrative and Police Districts Boundaries (CRA and PDB) "completely ignoring your advice for consultation with us."
The SHDDC said the CRA and PDB has never been the demand of of the people of Sadar Hills. "Therefore, it is regrettable that the honourable chief minister of Manipur has totally ignored your much valued advice and resorted to such simple and doubtful diplomacy to cheat the people of Sadar Hills once more," rues the SHDDC missive to P Chidambaram, adding, "We are therefore left with no choice but to continue our agitation." The Committee then urged the Union home minister to give 'appropriate directives' as to why his advice was seriously considered by the state government of Manipur.
Meanwhile, at least 400 goods laden trucks bound for Imphal got stranded near Awangkhul along the NH-37 (NH-53) as the bridge near Kotlien was not safe for using as one of the pillars of the bridge was spoilt by the suspected SHDDC volunteers, according to a police source. The police source also said nearly 1000 empty trucks have left Imphal for Assam along the NH-37 today.
The SHDDC said the CRA and PDB has never been the demand of of the people of Sadar Hills. "Therefore, it is regrettable that the honourable chief minister of Manipur has totally ignored your much valued advice and resorted to such simple and doubtful diplomacy to cheat the people of Sadar Hills once more," rues the SHDDC missive to P Chidambaram, adding, "We are therefore left with no choice but to continue our agitation." The Committee then urged the Union home minister to give 'appropriate directives' as to why his advice was seriously considered by the state government of Manipur.
Meanwhile, at least 400 goods laden trucks bound for Imphal got stranded near Awangkhul along the NH-37 (NH-53) as the bridge near Kotlien was not safe for using as one of the pillars of the bridge was spoilt by the suspected SHDDC volunteers, according to a police source. The police source also said nearly 1000 empty trucks have left Imphal for Assam along the NH-37 today.
