Our Correspondent Imphal, Nov 4 (EMN): The indefinite economic blockade in Manipur, called by the All Manipur Tribals Development Grievances Forum (AMTDGF) from midnight of Nov. 3, was called off on Friday. The indefinite economic blockade was called by AMTDGF, demanding the 100 percent release of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) funds to all districts of Manipur. The forum called off the blockade imposed along the National Highway-2 (Dimapur to Imphal) and National Highway-37 (Jiribam-Imphal) after the state government assured the release of remaining funds under MGNREGA to all districts of Manipur. AMTDGF also appealed to the state government to release all the executives and blockade supporters detained by police without any condition. It may be noted that the state police had detained six people in Manipur in connection with the blockade. On Nov. 3, State Transport Minister Khashim Vashum appealed to AMTDGF to withdraw the economic blockade in the in
Our Correspondent Imphal, Nov. 2 (EMN): All Manipur Tribals Development Grievances Forum (AMTDGF) has threatened to launch an indefinite economic blockade on the two National Highways (NH 2 and 37) from midnight of November 3 demanding the release of MGNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act)funds to all districts of Manipur. Informing this in a press note on Wednesday, AMTDGF appealed to the general public and others to cooperate with them in the larger interest of the state. AMTDGF said they had postponed the indefinite economic blockade due to the recently concluded Diwali and Ningol Chakkouba, one of the biggest festivals of the state, by issuing a statement on October 20 this year. AMTDGF also claimed that through a press release, they had declared that if the government does not respond within October 30, the forum would be compelled to impose indefinite economic blockade along the highways till the government releases the funds to all the districts of Manip
Demanding release of adequate funds under the MGNREGA scheme to all the 16 districts of the state, the All Manipur Tribals Development Grievances Forum (AMTDGF) on Wednesday called for an indefinite economic blockade on two vital National .