According to the state agriculture department’s data, at least 5,127 hectares of agricultural land in 149 villages across the state are currently barren.
Our Correspondent Imphal, June 6 (EMN): Manipur-based umbrella bodies — Co-ordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi) and United Naga Council (UNC) — demanded a “scientific and reliable data on the population of native people as well as bonafide citizens of the state” to ascertain the legality of citizenships and the landholdings. Informing that a joint memorandum has been submitted to Chief Minister N Biren Singh in this regard, L Ratankumar Singh, Co-ordinator of Cocomi, an umbrella body of several civil society organisations (CSOs), while addressing media in Imphal on Sunday said that they have also adopted a few resolutions, which include adoption of National Register of Citizenship (NRC) to scientifically identify illegal immigrants to push them back and check further illegal infiltration into the state. A lot of systematic work and data collection is required prior to the adoption of NRC for which, a competent independent body is needed so that the state g