Manipur Highways

An influential student union of the Naga tribes in Manipur's Senapati district has started what it calls a "non-cooperation movement" over alleged harassment, extortion and threats on a national highway.

Nearly 60 trucks carrying fuel, medicine, baby food and other essentials are stranded on Manipur's second lifeline (National Highway 37) that connects the state capital Imphal with Cachar in Assam, after protesters from the Kuki tribes.

A key bridge on National Highway 2 in Manipur connecting the state capital Imphal and cities in neighbouring Assam and Nagaland was damaged in multiple bomb attacks by insurgents, the police said on Wednesday.

The Manipur government's decision to open two key highways in the state is facing resistance in the hill areas.

Two key highways in violence-hit Manipur connecting the state capital Imphal with Mao on the north and Churachandpur on the south have been opened to commuters and commercial traffic under heavy security cover.

The Manipur government's move to ensure smooth movement on two key highways in the state faces resistance from civil society groups of the Kuki tribes.

The killing of two men in Manipur's Kangpokpi district yesterday by suspected insurgents had led to a shutdown call, including the blocking of National Highway 2, by an organisation of the Kuki tribes.

Videos have emerged of how the army's Assam Rifles troops rescued Manipur Police commandos pinned down by insurgents with heavy gunfire in an ambush on a highway, in a dramatic first-hand view of the daring rescue.

The cost of illegal highway 'tax' extorted from truck drivers in Manipur is passed on to consumers in the ethnic violence-hit state, where people in many districts don't get to buy essentials regularly due to supply and logistical problems.

A tribal group in Manipur today reimposed an indefinite blockade on a national highway, demanding adequate supplies of essential commodities to Kuki-Zo communities in hill areas of the state.

Alleging that there is a selective blockade in the valley, preventing essential items from reaching the hills, a tribal group has threatened to block two national highways which are the lifelines of land-locked Manipur.

Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Manipur's Noney district, blocking the Imphal-Silchar highway due to which at least 500 goods vehicles are stranded, officials said on Thursday.

Meiteis account for about 53 percent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley. Tribals-Nagas and Kukis-constitute another 40 percent of the population and reside in the hill districts.

Meitei civil society group COCOMI has said local youth are reluctant to surrender weapons as attacks by insurgents on civilians have intensified.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people of Manipur to lift the blockades at the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway-2 so that basic food items and other necessary items can reach the people in the strife-hit state.

An influential student union of the Naga tribes in Manipur's Senapati district has started what it calls a "non-cooperation movement" over alleged harassment, extortion and threats on a national highway.

Nearly 60 trucks carrying fuel, medicine, baby food and other essentials are stranded on Manipur's second lifeline (National Highway 37) that connects the state capital Imphal with Cachar in Assam, after protesters from the Kuki tribes.

A key bridge on National Highway 2 in Manipur connecting the state capital Imphal and cities in neighbouring Assam and Nagaland was damaged in multiple bomb attacks by insurgents, the police said on Wednesday.

The Manipur government's decision to open two key highways in the state is facing resistance in the hill areas.

Two key highways in violence-hit Manipur connecting the state capital Imphal with Mao on the north and Churachandpur on the south have been opened to commuters and commercial traffic under heavy security cover.

The Manipur government's move to ensure smooth movement on two key highways in the state faces resistance from civil society groups of the Kuki tribes.

The killing of two men in Manipur's Kangpokpi district yesterday by suspected insurgents had led to a shutdown call, including the blocking of National Highway 2, by an organisation of the Kuki tribes.

Videos have emerged of how the army's Assam Rifles troops rescued Manipur Police commandos pinned down by insurgents with heavy gunfire in an ambush on a highway, in a dramatic first-hand view of the daring rescue.

The cost of illegal highway 'tax' extorted from truck drivers in Manipur is passed on to consumers in the ethnic violence-hit state, where people in many districts don't get to buy essentials regularly due to supply and logistical problems.

A tribal group in Manipur today reimposed an indefinite blockade on a national highway, demanding adequate supplies of essential commodities to Kuki-Zo communities in hill areas of the state.

Alleging that there is a selective blockade in the valley, preventing essential items from reaching the hills, a tribal group has threatened to block two national highways which are the lifelines of land-locked Manipur.

Heavy rains triggered massive landslides in Manipur's Noney district, blocking the Imphal-Silchar highway due to which at least 500 goods vehicles are stranded, officials said on Thursday.

Meiteis account for about 53 percent of Manipur's population and live mostly in the Imphal Valley. Tribals-Nagas and Kukis-constitute another 40 percent of the population and reside in the hill districts.

Meitei civil society group COCOMI has said local youth are reluctant to surrender weapons as attacks by insurgents on civilians have intensified.

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday appealed to the people of Manipur to lift the blockades at the Imphal-Dimapur National Highway-2 so that basic food items and other necessary items can reach the people in the strife-hit state.