Manipur violence: Over 50,650 displaced people living in 350 relief camps

Over 50,650 men, women, and children, displaced in Manipur’s ethnic violence were sheltered in 350 camps, Information and Public Relations and Health Minister S. Ranjan said here on Sunday. The Minister said that district and cluster nodal officers have been deputed to take care and look after the relief centers set up in more than 10 districts in Manipur, which witnessed devastating ethnic violence since May 3 killing 105 people and injuring over 320. He said that relief centers have also been opened specially for pregnant women and special care has also been taken up for lactating mothers, aged persons, and children. Ranjan stated that goods and essential commodities are being brought through Imphal-Jiribam National Highway via southern Assam and so far 2,376 trucks loaded with 35,000 metric tons of construction materials, fuels, and essential commodities have been brought into the State.