will resettle 40k displaced people in Manipur by March: chief secy
IMPHAL, Jan. 30 -- The Manipur government aims to resettle more than 10,000 families displaced by the ethnic violence in the state, consisting of more than 40,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) by the end of March this year, officials said on Thursday.
In a press release, the chief secretary Puneet Kumar Goel said, "The government remains committed to ensure timely and safe rehabilitation of all displaced persons at the earliest."
Goel said the government has so far released about Rs.124 crore for the resettlement of IDPs at various locations.
"As of today, 2026 about 3,700 families consisting of about 16,500 IDPs have been successfully resettled," the release made available to the media added.
In December last year, the state governme...
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