IFP Editorial, April 20 -- The claim of a few Kuki chiefs over Mt Koubru had been there for quite some time now. However, it became fully charged after the state government announced its intent to declare an area measuring about two hectares as a protected site

It took two full days for the Manipur government to act and finally crack the whip and gain area domination at Mount Koubru, following the announcement of blocking of all entry points by some Kuki groups and vested interests in assertion of its claim over the mountain range. By then, a concrete culvert on the road leading to the Koubru peak had been demolished and the chowkidar shed of Koubru Leikha was set on fire by some miscreants while a huge public outcry had emerged in the v...