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Manipur CM Completes First Post‑2023 Road Journey to Jiribam

The passage through Kuki‑majority Kangpokpi signaled a cautious reopening of the conflict‑scarred NH‑37 corridor.

Overview

  • The three-day road visit, which began Saturday, marked the first by a sitting Manipur chief minister via NH‑37 since the May 2023 ethnic violence and concluded without incident.
  • Security forces kept close watch along stretches through Kangpokpi, a Kuki‑Zo area that Meitei and Kuki travelers have largely avoided since the clashes.
  • Yumnam Khemchand Singh met internally displaced families from Meitei, Kuki, Paite, and Hmar communities and called for ending the trust deficit through regular community dialogues.
  • At Jiribam District Hospital, he ordered a transfer policy to fix staff shortages and promised upgrades to doctors’ quarters to strengthen care.
  • He pitched Jiribam as a future model district with development around a proposed Inter‑State Truck Terminus and led a tree‑planting drive during the tour.