PRESS RELEASE
November 7, 2008
Sinlung Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Organisation (SIPHRO) condemns the violent response of the Manipur police on November 3, 2008 towards the peaceful demonstrators who were protesting against the injustice that the Mapithel (Thoubal) Multipurpose Project has imposed upon them. More »
A notification letter sent to the Chairman & Managing Director, North Eastern Electric Power Corporation Ltd. (NEEPCO) by Dr. S. Bhowmik, Additional Director, MoEF regarding the Environmental Clearance for the Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydroelectric Project.
To,
Dr. Manmohan Singh
Hon’ble Prime Minister
Government of India
New Delhi More »
Imphal, September 16, 2008: A 12-hour state-wide chakka bandh which would be effective from 6 am till 6 pm of September 18 has been called by the Committee on Land and Natural Resources, COLNAR, demanding total scrapping of the Tipaimukh Hydro Electricity (Multipurpose) Project and review of the Mapithel dam (Thoubal Multipurpose) Project. More »
Sobhapati Samom
Imphal, September 1, 2008: Bamboo flowering and the subsequent rodent attack in the agricultural fields has hit more than one lakh villagers in Manipur’s Churachandpur district alone. More »
Thingbaijam Dhamen
Imphal, July 28, 2008: State authorities have decided to open security posts at seven kilometer intervals along the 99 km stretch of Mon Bahadur road which is to be used for movement of materials required for the construction of controversial Tipaimukh dam, a part of the Tipaimukh multi-purpose hydro-electricity project, an official source said today. More »
Imphal, April 29, 2008: Troops of the 57 Mountain Division started patrolling the Tipaimukh hydel project site in Manipur’s Churachandpur district today after militants blew off a drilling rig and brought work to a standstill on Saturday. More »
Imphal, April 29, 2008: Security measures has been beefed up in the aftermath of the April 26 attack launched by armed cadres of the Hmar people’s Convention, Democratic (HPC-D) that caused substantial damage to machineries installed at the construction site of Tipaimukh Multi-Purpose Project even as the Chief Minister O Ibobi Singh has convened a meeting on May 2 to take stock of the situation. More »
Imphal, April 29, 2008: Hmar People’s Convention (D) today claimed responsibility for destroying dam machinery at the remote Tipaimukh dam site. The dam site was located at the tri-junction of Manipur, Mizoram and Assam. More »
Silchar/Imphal, April 28, 2008: The Okram Ibobi Singh government today sought a formal report from the North Eastern Electric Power Corporation (Neepco) on “security measures” at the Tipaimukh hydel project site, after militants ripped apart a drilling rig with explosives and brought work to a standstill. More »
Singlianmang Guite
Lamka, April 28, 2008: Saying the blood and land of the Hmars will remain intact, the Hmar People’s Convention (D) today claimed responsibility on the attack of machineries used by NEEPCO, the organization entrusted for constructing Tipaimukh Dam. More »
Imphal April 28, 2008: Armed miscreants destroyed drilling machines and other equipments used in the construction works of the Tipaimukh Multipurpose Hydel Project (tmhp) late yesterday afternoon, an official report said Monday. More »