With curfew being relaxed in Imphal city today people were seen swarming markets in large numbers to purchase essential items. The curfew has been relaxed from 5 am to 11 am today. Long queues were seen outside petrol pumps in the city with limited fuel being allowed to buyers. People were seen queuing up since 6 am.
A curfew, which was imposed on 3 May, after violent clashes erupted across the State, was relaxed in city after police reported an improvement in law and order situation.
People are allowed to come out for buying essential commodities during the curfew relaxation period, said authorities advising them not to gather for any other purpose.
Manipur government on Tuesday relaxed curfew in the Imphal Valley for three hours from 7 am to 10 am. Visuals from a market in Imphal Valley showed people turning up in big numbers.
According to Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh, around 60 people have lost their lives in the violence in parts of the State. Singh on Monday urged people to maintain peace while informing them that a high-level inquiry will be conducted to hold those responsible for the violence to account and also act on those who failed to discharge their responsibilities in containing the unrest.
In his first public reaction to the ethnic clashes that have put the Northeast state on the boil, the Manipur chief minister also thanked Union Home Minister Amit Shah for monitoring the situation and sending central forces to restore normality at the earliest.
He assured media persons that those stranded in the ongoing violence were being provided with the best possible care.
