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People protesting economic blockade prevent transport of food and other essential items from Imphal to hill districts

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Imphal, 17 June 2016 ( Evening News) : People continued counter blockade against the economic blockade called by JAC Against the Anti Tribal Bills, Churachandpur and other organisations on the national highways. Protestors today prevented transporters from taking food and other essential items from Imphal to hill districts on National Highway 2, Imphal-Dimapur road Khonghampat Awang Leikai and Pheidinga Bazar. They stopped and checked all the private and passenger vehicles coming from Imphal towards Sekmai and Senapati district. The volunteers of counter blockade  pulled down food items and other essential items from the vehicles and kept them at the office of the clubs in the area. At Pheidinga the protestors seized bottles of liquor. The people emptied the bottles on roadside. Protestors said they would return the seized items to the owners after the economic blockade. However there was no report of untoward incidents.

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