File photo of Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah interacts with Meitei community members during his visit to Meitei relief camp at Imphal, in Manipur on May 31, 2023.
New Delhi/Imphal: The Union Ministry of Health has deployed several teams of doctors to violence-hit Manipur with immediate effect, the Ministry stated today.
Six teams of doctors, with four doctors each specialising in surgery, psychiatry, medicine, obs and gynaecology, pediatric, urology and emergency care will support the state to provide health facilities, that have been adversely impacted due to the ongoing strife in the State.
The teams consist of doctors from AIIMS Kalyani, AIIMS Guwahati and NEIGRIMS Shillong.
Meanwhile, on the third day of his visit to Manipur, Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited the affected towns Moreh and Kangpokpi and had wide-ranging discussions with civil society organisations. He met delegations of the Hill tribal council, Kuki Students Organisation, Kuki Chiefs Association, Tamil Sangam, Gorkha Samaj and Manipuri Muslim council in Moreh.
In Kangpokpi, he met delegations of civil society organisations such as the Committee on Tribal Unity, Kuki Inpi Manipur, Kuki Student organisation, Thadou Inpi and Prominent personalities and intellectuals. He visited a relief camp in Kangpokpi and met the Kuki community members. Later, he also visited a relief camp in Imphal where the members of the Meitei community have taken shelter.
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Shah assured the delegations that the supply of essential items in hill areas and helicopter services for emergency needs in worst affected Churachandpur, Moreh and Kangpokpi will be ensured. “We are committed to restoring peace in Manipur as early as possible and ensuring their return to their homes,” he said, and added, “Our resolve remains focused on leading Manipur back to the track of peace and harmony once again and their return to their homes at the earliest”.
Union Home Minister also held a security review meeting with top officials in Imphal. He directed them to take stern and prompt actions to prevent violence, against armed miscreants and recover looted weapons to bring back normalcy at the earliest.
– global bihari bureau
