IFCD MINISTER HOLDS TALKS WITH MAPITHEL DAM-AFFECTED VILLAGERS; HIGH POWER COMMITTEE TO BE SET UP TO SETTLE DAM AFFECTED VICTIMS’ GRIEVANCES

IMPHAL, April 27 (DIPR): A high-power committee will soon be set up to settle the grievances of the Mapithel dam-affected villagers/residents.
The high-power committee will be headed by Irrigation and Flood Control Department (IFCD) Minister Shri Letpao Haokip and consist of PHED, CAF&PD, Works and Agriculture Ministers apart from three representatives each from Mapithel Dam-affected bodies.
This was decided today after a meeting between IFC officials and a large delegation of Mapithel Dam affected villagers chaired by IFC Minister Shri Letpao Haokip in the Conference Hall of Manipur Secretariat in the presence of Parliamentary Secretary (PHED) and MLA of Phungyar AC, Shri Leishiyo Keishing.
After a patient hearing to the grievances put forth by the affected village chiefs/headmen, Minister Shri Letpao Haokip during the meeting with the dam-affected villagers assured to bring the matter to the higher authority for prompt redressal of their grievances. Asserting that the State government would spare no efforts in redressing the genuine grievances of the dam-affected villagers, the Minister sought the cooperation of the affected villagers so that the Government solve the matter once and for all.
Chiefs/Headmen of about 17 villages affected by the upstream and downstream of Mapithel Dam were led in today’s meeting by Shri M. Ngaranmi, Co-Chairman, Mapithel Dam Affected Coordination Committee (MDACC).
Secretary (IFCD) Shri Gopen Meitei, Chief Engineer (IFCD) Shri Ksh. Pritam Singh and other officials of IFC Department were also present in the meeting. (DIPR)

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