Manipur violence: ‘1700 houses burnt, 60 dead’, says CM Top Update

The CM further said that 1700 houses were burnt and a total of 231 people were injured in the violence that broke out after May 3.

“I appeal to the people to bring peace and calm in the state. The work of taking the stranded people to their respective places has started. All persons stranded at various places in Manipur are being provided best possible care and assistance in safe places and shelter camps.” CM Biren Singh Gave information to reporters on Monday evening.

“Union Home Minister Amit Shah has been monitoring the situation since the day of the incident till date. They have sent several companies of central forces.”

Here are the latest developments in Manipur

Expressing concern over the loss of life and property, the Supreme Court asked the Center and the Manipur government to step up efforts for relief and rehabilitation of people affected by caste violence in the northeastern state, besides protecting places of worship.

The apex court fixed May 17 as the date for hearing the matter.

-More than 23,000 people have been rescued and given shelter in military cantonments and relief camps. CM Biren Singh Said that 20,000 stranded people have been evacuated till Monday, and about 10,000 people are still stranded.

Apart from the massive deployment of security forces, helicopters and drones are being used to monitor the situation.

Curfew was relaxed for a few hours in state capital Imphal on Monday morning after which people came out of their homes to buy essentials, marking some normalcy in the violence-hit state.

SG Mehta told the Supreme Court, flag marches have been conducted in disturbed areas. He also informed that the Manipur government appointed IAS officer Vineet Joshi as the new chief secretary of the state amid caste violence.

– As of Sunday, Brigadier Sandip Kapoor, posted in Manipur, told AFP he still received “50 to 60 calls” for help, even though the violence had subsided

Why did the clash happen in Manipur?

there were clashes after Naga and Kuki tribesThose opposing the state’s move to accord Scheduled Tribe status to the majority Hindu Metis community in the state organized a ‘Tribal Solidarity March’ on 3 May.

The caste clashes began after indigenous communities demonstrated in ten hill districts of the state to protest against the inclusion of tribal communities in the Scheduled Tribe (ST) category.

Mateus’ holding is around 53%. Manipurand mostly live in the Imphal Valley. The tribals – the Nagas and the Kukis – form 40 per cent of the population and live in the hill districts.

The remote state of northeast India, situated between Bangladesh, China and Myanmar, has long been a tinder box of tension between different ethnic groups as well as a hotbed of separatism.