IMPHAL A two-daystate-level Hun Thadou Cultural Festival 2023 was inaugurated at Thomas Ground, Kangpokpi on Tuesday. During the inauguration, Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh was accompanied by ministers, village chiefs and youth leaders among others. Addressing the gathering, Biren Singh said that in the last six years, the state government has called for preservation of one’s identities and drug-free society while highlighting that it is the present government which has built traditional huts of all 35 communities at the Sangai Ethnic Park in Moirang Khunou. This is recognition and respect from the government for the different communities residing together in the state, he said. Manipur is made up of various communities residing together and this is the beauty of Manipur and the beauty of India, he said hinting at the unity in diversity of the state. Further, highlighting that there are more than a lakh of drug abusers in the State, Biren Singh said that he will continu
IMPHAL Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Tuesday announced that he has instructed the police department to catch people who throw garbage in rivers, which has been a major factor in polluting the river. He said, the police in civil uniform have been deployed while adding that bottle banks have also been installed at different places to drop plastic bottles. Biren Singh was addressing at the 173rd Death Anniversary of Narasingh observation in Imphal. While stating that the state is moving ahead towards development with considerable improvement in law-and-order situation, he said, the domestic and foreign tourists must not be tensed in visiting the state. He also stressed on the need to maintain unity among different communities residing across the state, adding that the state government has set up traditional huts representing different indigenous tribes of Manipur at the Sangai Ethnic Park at Moirang Khunou, to showcase and promote one’s rich indigenous cultures. The chief mi