IMPHAL October 3: The Mapithel Dam Multipurpose Project Displaced Villages Committee (MDMPDVC) has submitted a memorandum to the Chief Minister today with a 20 days ultimatum to response to their plight.<\/p>\n
The memorandum relates to the submergence of Lamlai Khunou and Chadong villages along with their schools, churches, paddy fields, Jhum farms and homestead gardens.<\/p>\n
Electricity and other means of communications have remain cut off for months while their connectivity is reduced to unsafe raft rides, the memorandum claimed.<\/p>\n
It further complaint that no minister has come to their rescue during their turmoil.<\/p>\n
`The Deputy Commisioner who is also the Joint Verification Team chairman had briefly visited once in March this year, yet the anticipated response was a disappointment`\u009d they said.<\/p>\n
It continued, the meager compensation paid on installment basis over a period of two decades cannot be claimed as a final settlement before reasonable support is provided.<\/p>\n
The submission alleged that the governments`\u2122 refusal to survey the standing property indicates the deliberate omission to recognised and compensate the personal loss of the affected tribal which amounts to gross human rights violation.<\/p>\n
It further said the recent amount announced by the Government of Manipur to compensate for the standing properties is totally unacceptable and demeaning.<\/p>\n
Instead the MDMPDVC has calculated the property worth in the present market value and proposed the same in their submission.<\/p>\n
The list includes Horticulture (existing trees & plants), Baptist Church Building & Conference Hall, Community Hall, Catholic Church, SDA Church Building and irrigation canal for Chadong Village and Lamlai Khunou Village.<\/p>\n
In addition to these, the MDMPDVC also demands Youth Club Office, Student Union Office and Common Offices & Granaries for various clans in both Chadong and Lamlai Khunou village.<\/p>\n
The submission signed by Omison Luikham, president MDMPDVC and Nepolean Shaiza, secretary MDMPDVC also sought a PHSC in Lamlai Khunou and Tourist Resort Centre & Government Junior High School in both these villages.<\/p>\n\n