Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, August 09 2010:
Committee on Protection of Tribal Areas, Manipur (COPTAM) will organize protest march tomorrow in 6 places in the hill districts.
The protest is being organized against the manner in which the census is conducted in the hill districts the state.
The places in which the protests will be held are Kangpokpi, Saikul, Litan, Pallel, Moreh and Churanchadpur.
COPTAM is not seeking to disrupt the boundaries of hill districts of the state, but it demads that the census in the hill districts should be conducted through its respective district administration.
Furhter that land records of the hill districts should be kept with the respective district administration.
Though a memorandum on these issues had been submitted to the state government, no response is forthcoming from the government.