Manipur Loumee Lup: Farmers in Manipur are suffering as 70 per cent of paddy land is under rift due to scarcity of rainfall and lack of proper irrigation facilities.
To control the flood situation in Imphal valley, gate number 2 and 3 of Ithai Barrage were opened. All gates of Imphal Barrage were also opened, official sources said..
Government taking up precautionary measures as heavy rainfall continued to lashed several parts of Manipur for past several weeks, the water resource minister said.