Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs of Manipur accuse state government of deliberately blocking development projects in their areas
Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs of the Manipur Legislative Assembly is indeed truth, serious allegations are raised against the State Government, claiming deliberate neglect of development projects in the Hill Districts of Manipur since the outbreak of ethnic violence on May 3, 2023.
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The memorandum by the Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs assert that development works in districts such as Tengnoupal, Kangpokpi, Churachandpur, and Pherzawl, inhabited predominantly by their communities, have been blatantly neglected by the State Government. They allege that effective governance is absent, adversely affecting development and administration.
The MLAs also claim that funds for road construction and other infrastructure development, including the Special Development Fund for tribal MLAs, have been halted. Moreover, they accuse the Manipur Government of excluding their districts from the priority list submitted to the North-Eastern Council for the current year's development works, describing this as part of ongoing discrimination.
In a swift response to the allegations raised by the aggrieved Kuki-Zomi-Hmar MLAs, the reliable government source while expressing serious doubt on the authenticity of the memorandum has categorically rejected these allegations as baseless and false. The source said as regards the Special Development Fund, the high level source stated the said fund was not released in 2023-24 for any district due to the non-submission of Utilization Certificates (UCs) for
