Manipur Unrest: Women vendors to hold prayers
IFP Bureau16 Sept 2023
A prayer ceremony for those on frontline to be held at Salairen Sidabi Epagi shrine at Khwairamband Keithel.
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A prayer ceremony for those on frontline to be held at Salairen Sidabi Epagi shrine at Khwairamband Keithel.
Condemning the silence of the prime minister on the Manipur crisis, women vendors plans to hold a mass protest on July 19 in Imphal.
Women vendors, who had shut down the three markets at Khwairamband, Imphal, held a sit-in-protest cum meeting.
Sharing the grief of innocent people affected by the violence in Manipur, women vendors decided to close shops at Khwairamband Keithel till Thursday.
Women vendors of Khwairamband Ima Keithel alleged that the Central Forces were working hand in glove with the Kuki militants to wipe out the Meitei community.
Two women vendors allegedly took signatures of the women vendors of Khwairamband Ima market for creation of a new organisation.
Twenty-five women vendors representing the Khwairamband Ima Keithel no. 1 and Khwairamband Imoinu Ima Keithel Saktam Kanba Lup (KHIIKSKL) met with Union Minister of State for Education and External Affairs RK Ranjan on Tuesday.
A new crop of leaders have come up among the women vendors Khwairamband Keithel at and they somehow maintain good relations with the present dispensation. Yet, their silence to the new development is indeed surprising given the legacy and spirit of our market women throughout history..
No organisation called “Emoinu Ima Keithel Shaktam Kanba Lup” formed in Ima Market: Women vendors
Vendors of Ima Keithel have demanded the government to frame a policy for the survival of their trade.
The two thieves who were apprehended on Thursday seemed to be drug users and appeared to be under the influence of drugs at the time of being caught, sources said.
"Held a meeting with Hon'ble Ministers, Shri Yumnam Khemchand, Shri Kashim Vashum and Shri Letpao Haokip, CS, DGP and other senior government officials to discuss issues related to street vendors..."
Eight women vendors approached the Manipur Human Rights Commission over non-allotment of shops at Lamphel Supermarket in Imphal
IFP Editorial: With time, the market women relented and agreed to the construction of market complexes after several rounds of negotiations and assurances and the first floors remained a free space except for the basic amenities. Now the first question which comes to mind is, how did the government manage to convince today’s leaders of the market on the first floor construction.
The uniqueness of locally manufactured clothing or hand-crafted items will start losing its uniqueness if sales of such machine-made products are not banned immediately the KNKSASKL said.
Personnel of Manipur Fire Service, IMC, women vendors and NGOs took part in the cleanliness drive.
The vendors who got pink cards are allowed to open on Monday and Thursday, green cards on Tuesday and Friday and yellow cards on Wednesday and Saturday, IMC municipal commissioner K Chandrakumar said.
The three markets were closed since April 21 and as precautionary measures for the women vendors, a cleanliness drive will be organised on Sunday starting 7 am.
IFP Editorial: The otherwise hyperactive market women had been lying dull without any activity or social life due to the Covid 19 pandemic restrictions.
Nupi Keithel Sinfam Amadi Saktam Kanba Lup general secretary Thingujam Rani said that before issuing such an order, the government should discuss with the representatives of the markets 10 days ahead.