IMPHAL, Nov 19: Volun-teers of Manipur Alliance for Children Rights today assessed the impact of the recent Government of Manipur’s eviction drive at loktak Lake on the children of the displaced families.
After interacting with some of the displaced families who are taking refuge at the Ningthoukhong Kha Mamang Leikai community hall today Alliance convenor Keisham Pradipkumar deplored the Government’s alleged inconsiderate attitude and callousness towards the fishing community.
Noting that most of the Loktak dwellers had been settled in the Lake for over a hundred year with fishing as the only means for survival, the convenor decried the sudden move of the Government to evict the settlers without arranging alternate source of livelihood.
With the ouster of the fishing folks the hardest impact would certainly befall on the young children, he opined and termed the Govt’s action as a violation of Right to Life of the children.
Expressing that prior provision of a resettlement package might have been a welcome move, Pradipkumar also said such inhumane act of the Government amounts to exposing the children to traumatic experience which will have a negative impact on their mentality.
He further suggested that along with relief measures for the displaced children the Government pay adequate compensation for all the huts dismantled/burnt down by the eviction team in the absence of the hut owners.
After interacting with some of the displaced families who are taking refuge at the Ningthoukhong Kha Mamang Leikai community hall today Alliance convenor Keisham Pradipkumar deplored the Government’s alleged inconsiderate attitude and callousness towards the fishing community.
Noting that most of the Loktak dwellers had been settled in the Lake for over a hundred year with fishing as the only means for survival, the convenor decried the sudden move of the Government to evict the settlers without arranging alternate source of livelihood.
With the ouster of the fishing folks the hardest impact would certainly befall on the young children, he opined and termed the Govt’s action as a violation of Right to Life of the children.
Expressing that prior provision of a resettlement package might have been a welcome move, Pradipkumar also said such inhumane act of the Government amounts to exposing the children to traumatic experience which will have a negative impact on their mentality.
He further suggested that along with relief measures for the displaced children the Government pay adequate compensation for all the huts dismantled/burnt down by the eviction team in the absence of the hut owners.
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