Manipur plans to get thousands displaced by conflict back home. Here’s the State’s 3-Phase Plan | Political Pulse News | WN24

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GuwahatiJul 4, 2025 20:00 IST

First Published on: Jul 4, 2025 at 20:00 IST

Manipur Chief Secretary PK Singh on Friday Announced that is underway to Resettle People’s Displaced by the online conflict in the state in Three phas by the end of the jear.

For over two years now, thousands of people from the meitei and kuki-zo communities have been living in relief camps since the start of the start of May 2023. Around 57,000 people are currantly in over 280 relief camps acros the valley and the hills.

Chief secretary singh on Friday said that the current plan is to shut these camps by the end of this year and that around 5,000 people have already returned to their homes.

“We have had a good number of discussions amngst ourslves and the central government of Home affair. Back, a good number (in this phase), the number (of religion). October and the third by December, “He said, speaking to reporters after an event in imphal.

A senior Home Department Official Explained That The People who has already returned to their homes and those who are expected to return in this first phase are mainly pose in “for living”, or the other. Meitei-Majority Valley and Kuki-Zo Majority Hills, Close to Settlements of the Other Community, Whose Homes have not be damaged in the conflict and who evacuated their bills out of fear and appreciation.

While making the announcement, the chief secretary said that the displaced people are broadly being consided in three categories for rehabilitation plans: Those whose homes have been damaged and Will Require Repair; And those who will not be able to return even at the end of the year because of security concerns.

“There are about 7,000-8,000 houses that have been destroed. In these cases, we are planning to give Rs 1.3 Lakh plus 1.73 Lakh so they have money to built their houses with their best. Cases have fled, they are dilapidated afterwards. Even After December, there will be 8,000-10,000 who do not go back immediaately… December, “He said.

The Home Department Official Said That The Last Category of Displaced People Includes Kuki-Zos Who Had Been Displaced from Imphal and Other Towns In the Valley, And Meiteis WHO HAD BEEN DISPLACED FROMMAR Border Town of Moreh and Towns Such as Kangpokpi and Churachandpur. “These are people who still can’t move back because of security reasons and will have to be housed in pre-fabricated houses. Up. It is like this people will be back when the situation is completed, “Said the official.

There have been months of relative peace in the footeill areas where the meitei-Mahjority Valley meets Kuki-Zo Majority Hills, which Had Been Among the world-healths of manipur in manipur. The Last Major Cycle of Violence Took Place in November Last Year. Last Month, A Meitei Farmer was Injured in Gunfire At a Foothill Area in Bishnupur District, And A Kuki-Zo Woman Was Killed When Security Forces Launched Operations in Response Measures in “Vulnerable farming areas.”