{"id":222736,"date":"2023-08-22T00:27:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:57:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=222736"},"modified":"2023-08-22T00:27:50","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T18:57:50","slug":"blockade-reimposed-in-manipurs-kangpokpi-dist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2023\/08\/22\/blockade-reimposed-in-manipurs-kangpokpi-dist\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockade reimposed\u00a0 in Manipur&#8217;s Kangpokpi dist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>IMPHAL, 21 Aug:<\/strong> A tribal body in Manipur on Monday reimposed an indefinite blockade on two national highways (NH) in Kangpokpi district, demanding adequate supplies of essential commodities to the Kuki-Zo communities in the hill areas of the state.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) began the blockade on NH 2, which connects Imphal with Nagaland&#8217;s Dimapur, and NH 37, which links Imphal with Assam&#8217;s Silchar.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Volunteers of the tribal body were seen coming out on the streets at a few places of Kangpokpi district to enforce the blockade and prevent movement of vehicles,&#8221; an official said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">COTU secretary Lamminlun Singsit had on 17 August said, &#8220;Highway blockades would be reimposed on NH 2 (Imphal-Dimapur) and NH 37 (Imphal-Silchar) if the supplies of essential commodities to Kuki-Zo communities in the hill areas of the state are not ensured.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Manipur Police had on Sunday said that movement of 163 vehicles with essential items on NH 2 had been ensured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Strict security measures have been taken up in all vulnerable locations and security convoy is provided in sensitive stretches to ensure free and safe movement of the vehicles,&#8221; the police said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Another tribal organisation, the Kuki-Zo Defence Force, also warned that it would impose blockades from 26 August onwards if supplies of essential goods and medicines to Kuki-Zo inhabited areas are not ensured.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The violence in the state erupted in early May. Since then, more than 160 people have died and several hundreds were injured. (PTI)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IMPHAL, 21 Aug: A tribal body in Manipur on Monday reimposed an indefinite blockade on two national highways (NH) in Kangpokpi district, demanding adequate supplies of essential commodities to the Kuki-Zo communities in the hill areas of the state. The Committee on Tribal Unity (COTU) began the blockade on NH 2, which connects Imphal with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-222736","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-north-east"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222736"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222736\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}