The Manipur Human Rights Commission (MHRC) has issued notice to the deputy commissioner of Imphal East, chief engineer of PHED, commissioner (power) as well as managing director MSPDCL to submit a report regarding the complaint of Kshetri Bengoon Babumacha Khun about not getting any welfare schemes and electricity.
Villagers from Kshetri Bengoon Babumacha Khun had complained to the MHRC about not getting the minimum facilities like electricity, water which are the basic needs for human beings.
The complaint also stated that women in the village are not getting Ujala Gas as issued by the Prime Minister of the country and the elders of the village, those above 60 years, are also not getting old-age pension even as some of them have no earning members in the family. Even if there is an earning member they are not in a position to properly look after their old parents as they are daily labourers and poor drivers.
The children are not getting any benefits of electricity for their study and they are using candles for studies at night, though there are electrical posts and sub-station of MSPDCL, it stated.
When the MHRC chairperson visited the village on January 22, some of the villagers informed him that they were in a hill area and due to enactment of new forest laws, they were shifted.
Subsequently, they settled in the new village Kshetri Bengoon Babumacha Khun with the help of locals, they stated.
Considering the matter, the MHRC issued the notice to DC, PHED, MD of MSPDCL.
