India, Jan. 29 -- The Manipur government aims to resettle more than 10,000 families comprising 40,000 people who have been displaced due to ethnic violence in the state by March 31, Manipur chief secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said in a statement on Thursday.

Goel said that about 3,700 families, comprising about 16,500 IDPs (internally displaced persons), have been resettled as of date.

The statement by the state's top civil servant comes a day after the Supreme Court extended till July 31 the tenure of a high-powered committee of retired judges constituted to evaluate the effectiveness of relief and rehabilitation measures in Manipur, where ethnic violence has persisted since May 2023.

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