Central team led by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan visits Manipur relief camps

A high-level central team led by Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan on Monday visited two relief camps in Manipur’s Churachandpur district.

An official of Manipur Home Department said that after landing at an Assam Rifles’ helipad at Veng in Churachandpur district, the central team went to a relief centre at Dorcas Veng, New Lamka where the Home Secretary inaugurated a Creche facility for children and a women’s tailoring program, both aimed at supporting and empowering women and children residing in the camp.

Later, the team visited a relief camp at Sadhbhavna Mandap, Tuibong.


Govind Mohan also inaugurated a creche-cum-children’s library to further strengthen child-focused support at the camp.

At both camps, the officials interacted with the displaced people, reviewed the available infrastructure, inspected relief materials and facilities, and assessed the overall condition of the camps, the official said.

The team listened to the concerns and suggestions of the caretakers of the displaced people and assured them of continued government support.

Meanwhile, 15 students who passed the Secondary and Higher Secondary Examinations this year from the two relief camps -- five from Dorcas Veng and 10 from Sadbhavna Mandap, Tuibong -- were felicitated, and certificates of appreciation were given by the Home Secretary.

Besides the Home Secretary, the other member of the central team was Director (Intelligence Bureau), Tapan Kumar Deka.

The central team, during their visit to the tribal inhabited Churachandpur district, was accompanied by Manipur Chief Secretary Prashant Kumar Singh, Director General of Police Rajiv Singh, and Deputy Commissioner of Churachandpur Dharun Kumar S and other officials from the state and district administration.

Recently Manipur Governor Ajay Kumar Bhalla reviewed the overall conditions of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) residing in various relief camps in the hills and the valley districts of Manipur.

While chairing the meeting held at the conference hall of Raj Bhavan, Imphal, Governor along with Chief Secretary, Principal Secretaries, Commissioners, Administrative Secretaries and Deputy Commissioners of all the districts, discussed the status with respect to the livelihood, skill development, medical support and education of the IDPs.

In Manipur, at least 258 people have been killed and over a thousand people injured in the ethnic violence between the tribal Kuki-Zo and the non-tribal Meitei people since May 3, 2023. More than 60,000 people have been displaced from their homes and villages who are staying in relief camps in different districts.

The ethnic violence between the non-tribals Meiteis and tribal Kuki-Zo broke out in the northeastern state on May 3, 2023, after a 'Tribal Solidarity March' was organised in the hill districts to protest the Meitei community's demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status.