MLA Ram Muivah attributed the slow progress to frequent highway blockades and counter-blockades along the Imphal-Ukhrul route, which have stifled the movement of essential construction materials like cement and sand.
AESL already has eight centres in the North-East located at Agartala (Tripura), Dimapur (Nagaland), and Guwahati, Kamrup, Nagaon, Silchar, Jorhat and Dibrugarh (Assam).
Elected representatives are not owners of the state. They are trustees of the Constitution. When they watch the Constitution violated and say nothing, they become accessories to the dismantling of the very house they were sent to protect.
CM Khemchand Singh visited multiple villages in Ukhrul district as part of a trust-building mission aimed at narrowing the gap between the Kuki and Tangkhul Naga communities.
Tangkhul side had exercised restraint and ensured that village volunteers did not engage in firing, adding that “not a single bullet” had been fired from their side during that period.