Personal recollections added an emotional touch to the ceremony, with Tim Vaughn, grandson of WOII Tom Ansell (REME), sharing excerpts from "The Forgotten Army." Joan Bolton-Frost, daughter of Sgt. Bernard Hargreaves, reminisced about her father s wartime experiences through moving letters.
Sources said that two Manipur State Transport (MST) buses from Imphal to Senapati and the other from Imphal to Churachandpur (via Bishnupur) had to be terminated before reaching their destinations Kanglatongbi and Phougakchou, respectively, in the morning because of protests by Kuki-Zo people
Attempts to resume Manipur State Transport (MST) services on Saturday suffered a setback after buses heading from capital Imphal to the hill districts could not go beyond Imphal valley.
According to the notification, two buses operated by the Manipur State Transport (MST) – one heading to Mao and another to Churachandpur – were flagged off from Imphal under heavy security measures.