Manipur violence: 226 deaths since May 3 as state government refuses to give district wise breakup

Guwahati: The 10 Kuki MLAs skipped the Manipur Assembly session which started on Wednesday, the Manipur government stated there are 226 deaths since the violence broke out on May 3 however district wise breakup cannot be given as the information is sensitive in nature.These MLAs on earlier two occasions have skipped the assembly session. There were two sessions of the assembly since May 3 when ethnic violence broke out in Manipur.

Replying to an unstarred question of the MLA K Meghhachandra Singh chief minister N Biren Singh who is in charge of home department said that reported death stood at 226 while number of houses set on fire was around 11133. The number of houses destroyed was 4569 and farmland of 5554 farmers were affected.

The chief minister replied that around 39 people are still missing. Around 11892 cases were registered. The number of relief camps stood at 302and the number of internally displaced people stood 59414. This is the number of inmates in the relief camp.” District wise break up of the number of deaths cannot be given as the information is sensitive in nature and for reason of its likely ramification on the ongoing crisis.”

The chief minister stated that one-time financial assistance for clothing and personal belongings for those living in relief camps of Rs.1000 had been released four times. Students of Relief Camps had been linked to nearby schools and colleges. TV sets had been provided to relief camps to provide offline classes to students. Complementary nutrition and personal hygiene support items. 2370 Temporary prefabricated houses had been constructed, 200 in progress and 430 yet to be started. Facilities for reconstruction of documents like Aadhaar Card, Ration Card, and Bank Passbook etc. Agricultural Crop compensation of Rs.18.91 crore. released for 3483 affected farmers for equivalent crop loss. Under the Permanent Housing Scheme, Rs.21.68 crore has been released for 798 beneficiaries for construction of Permanent houses, Rs.25,000 (25% advance) per affected family whose house had been burnt/damaged released to 2792 families as interim Relief.

In another question the chief minister said that due to prevailing law and situation panchayat election could not be held and is likely to be held in September this year.

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