Imphal: Lt. Gen. HS Sahi, GOC, 3 Corps along with Maj. Gen. Rajan Sharawat, IG, AR (South) called on Manipur Governor Miss Anusuiya Uikey at Raj Bhavan here Wednesday and apprised her of the present prevailing situation of law and order arising out of the ethnic clash between two communities in the State.
The officers also apprised the governor about the deployment of the Army and Assam Rifles to contain the incidents and restore peace and tranquillity in the State.
The Governor advised them to bring the situation under control at the earliest and bring peace and normalcy which was reciprocated by both the senior officers.
The two officers briefed the Governor pertaining to the deployment of Army and Assam Rifles at vulnerable areas of both valley and hills districts to contain the situation and bring it under control so as to restore peace and tranquillity in the State as well as the resettlement of those displaced people in their respective places.
Uikey informed them that she has already made an appeal to the people of Manipur, especially womenfolk to extend their fullest cooperation to the Security Personnel who have been discharging their responsibilities mainly to restore peace and harmony in the State at this critical juncture.
Md. Adul Latif, President, of Manipur State Panchayat Parishad along with other members of the Parishad also met the governor and requested for immediate deployment of State forces to the peripheral valley areas to restore peace.
The team also urged the governor for providing adequate compensation to the affected families irrespective of ethnicity.
While extending her full cooperation to bring peace and tranquillity the governor reiterated that the State has been experiencing untold miseries for the last more than two months which are really affected in all spheres.
While meeting with the representatives of Lukmai Sellup Foundation, Manipur, the governor reiterated the untold miseries experienced by the people of the State for the last more than two months due to the ethnic clash that broke out on 3rd May and also made an appeal to them to extend fullest cooperation, particularly to the security personnel who have been discharging their responsibilities to restore peace and tranquillity in the State. Only then, the situation will be able to be brought under control by them.
In addition, the Governor informed them of the common programme of actions already taken up/proposed to be taken up by the Central and State Governments to bring peace and tranquillity to the State at the earliest. The representatives requested the Governor for resolving the present crisis in Manipur at the earliest.
A team from the All Manipur Yoga fraternity Union led by its Convenor, Dr. N Ibohal Singh also called on the governor at Raj Bhavan and requested to deploy adequate Central Para Military forces in Manipur to restore normalcy and peace.
They also requested the governor for taking up necessary steps to resettle the displaced families of both communities at their respective places. Uikey asked them to help people in the relief camps with yoga classes to get rid of distress in their minds.
Major (Retd.) N. Karan Singh, Director, of Glazing Tech Lab, Imphal and Manipur International Youth Centre also called on the Governor and explained a monitoring system to check violence and other unwanted incidents on time to the Governor.
