Manipur Governor Anusuiya Uikey on Friday visited a relief camp opened at Manipur Trade and Expo Centre, Lamboikhongnangkhong in Imphal West district and interacted with the displaced people at the camp.
Altogether, 548 displaced people, including 157 children, from Kangpokpi, Kakching and Churachandpur districts are taking shelter in the camp.
During the visit, the Governor heard the grievances and hardships faced by the people and assured to extend all possible help at the earliest, the Raj Bhavan said in a statement.
The governor enquired about the facilities which are being provided to the people and directed the district administration to improve the facilities. She also asked the deputy commissioner to submit a detailed report of what facilities are being provided to the displaced people in the camp.
While interacting with the people in the camp, the Governor said, Central and State governments have been trying to settle the issue with all possible means. As a temporary arrangement, prefabricated houses are being built in different locations for settling the displaced people and until and unless the situation permits, the displaced people will be in the houses, she added.
The governor also asked the district administration for providing television sets, clothes, baby food and consumables for women and children and asked to start yoga sessions for the people. She also directed the district administration for providing every single need of schoolgoing children in the camp, the Raj Bhavan said.
After interacting with the people in the camp, she told media persons that some facilities which are being provided to the people are good while some other facilities like medicines, sanitation and cooling facilities need to be augmented.
As an immediate relief to the people, a sum of Rs 1000 will be given to each member of families in the camp on Monday.
Saying that it will take time to settle the ongoing issue and all-out efforts are being made by the Central and State governments, the Governor appealed to all stakeholders to come forward for talks in bringing normalcy and peace in the state as usual through peaceful and amicable dialogue, the Raj Bhavan said.
