S Singlianmang Guite
Lamka, February 03, 2009: Eight youths, including a teenage girl were deceived by an agent who allegedly collected money worth tens of thousands from them in return for a falsified job at the yet to be cleared and controversial marred Tipaimukh mega Dam project. Continue reading
S Singlianmang Guite
Lamka, February 03, 2009: Eight youths, including a teenage girl were deceived by an agent who allegedly collected money worth tens of thousands from them in return for a falsified job at the yet to be cleared and controversial marred Tipaimukh mega Dam project. Continue reading
Imphal, January 31, 2009: At long last, the environmental clearance for the proposed Tipaimukh Multipurpose Power Project with power generating capacity of 1500 Megawatt has been given by the Union Ministry of Environment and Forest though the public hearing which could not conducted successfully in some places is likely to be repeated. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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 Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading
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. Continue reading