Naga blockade pushes Manipur into economic crisis
Imphal, May 11: Manipur is in the throes of a breakdown with hospitals putting on hold all routine surgeries due to non-availability of oxygen cylinders while stocks of all essentials, baby food, and life saving drugs have almost dried up.
An indefinite economic blockade for the past one week enforced by various Naga tribal groups to protest the Manipur Government’s decision not to allow separatist leader Thuingaleng Muivah to visit his birthplace has literally brought the State to a halt.
Hundreds of trucks carrying essentials and medicines were stranded in the adjoining State of Nagaland with protesters laying a siege on National Highway-39 –– the lifeline of Manipur –– to protest the State Government’s decision not to allow Muivah, general secretary of the National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) separatist group, to visit his birthplace in Ukhrul district, about 220 km from Mao.
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