As a PSA oxygen generation plant is being set up at JNIMS by the state government, a health official said there is no price hike in oxygen cylinder rates and there is adequate supply of oxygen for both medical and industrial purposes in the state.
On normal days, a private water tanker with the capacity of 2,500 litres reportedly charge Rs 450 per trip. However, the charge has increased to Rs 900 per trip recently.
Customers often have to accept sweets and other candy items in place of balance cash to be returned by shopkeepers due to shortage of small denomination notes and coins.
Located about 30 km North from Manipur's Ukhrul district headquarter, Peh villagers voluntarily destroyed a poppy in their village without any support from the state police department.
While local liquor brewers feel legalisation of DIC liquor could bring good revenue, several civil bodies are strongly against it, citing ill effects on society.
As thousands of school van drivers and owners in Manipur struggle for alternative livelihood amid the COVID pandemic, they demand minimal loan from the government.
With the installation of PA system, patients and nurses can communicate by maintaining distances, RIMS Nurses Association president T Sunita told the Imphal Free Press over the phone.
The general strike call to observe National Black Day in Manipur by various proscribed organisations in opposition to Manipur's merger agreement drew mixed response.
An exclusive report by the Imphal Free Press published on August 6, 2020, had highlighted the grievances of the consumers, especially those living in containment zones.
There is no record for transportation charge at FCI Guwahati. With the present transportation charges of Manipur, there is a lag of about Rs 2,000 per metric ton of rice
The general public at large seems still in the dark about the guidelines provided by the state government for cremation or burial of COVID-19 positive bodies.
Amid the struggle to cope with the Coronavirus-lockdown, several consumers in Imphal are facing yet another problem of accessibility of LPG gas cylinders for cooking.
