Imphal, Aug 29 : In Manipur today, if you have in your stock a filled LPG cylinder and some rice to last for a month then you are a contented person. The indefinite bandh arisen out of the Sadar Hills district demand issue has choked the lifelines of Manipur for the last one month now.
Hundreds of vehicles will be seen snaking up to oil an oil pump from the evening onwards if the filling station is to sell fuel in the following day. Desperate vehicle owners have been spending their nights in their vehicles in the roadside waiting for the day-break in front of the oil pumps.
A litre of petrol in grey market has shot up to Rs 100 and rising while a filled LPG cylinder will cost you anything between Rs 1500 to Rs 2000 and that too, after an intensive search for the commodity.
Given this situation, schools and other educational institutions are likely to close down in want of fuel. Vehicles transporting students and staff of institutions are now finding it hard to continue their services due to scarcity of fuel.
Meanwhile, everyone is waiting for the outcome public meeting to be held on Monday over the Sadar Hills issue convened by the Sadar Hills Districthood Demand Committee (SHDDC). Another important programme slated for Monday has been the meeting between the state government and the Jiribam District Demand Committee. If things do not strike well in these two proposed meetings, the hardship faced by the people getting respite is going to be remote.
Interestingly, amidst these chaotic developments, Schedule Caste people residing in the Sadar Hills area bordering the valley districts took out a silent rally today demanding that their villages should not be included in the Sadar Hills once it got converted to a full-fledged district. The people from Phayeng, Khurkhul, Kangchup, Chirang, Senjam and Sekmai participated in today's silent rally.
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