| Film industry shut till Thursday | ||
| OUR CORRESPONDENT | ||
Imphal, Oct. 3: Transporters and the film industry in Manipur have also joined the Apunba Lup-led agitation against the July 23 killings. Some transporters called a one-day strike today while some others said they would suspend services on Monday. The film industry remained shut for the second consecutive day today in support of the Apunba Lup demands for resignation of chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh and punishment to the police commandos involved in the July 23 killings. Former militant Ch. Sanjit and a pregnant woman, Rabina Devi, were allegedly killed in a fake encounter here on July 23. Today’s transport strike was jointly called by the Kamakhya Transport Cooperative Society, Mayang Imphal Motor Transport Cooperative Society and Mayai Lambi and the Chingphu Road Mini and Medium Bus Transport Cooperative Society. Bus, canter and taxi services along Mayai Lambi Road, one of the two inter-district roads connecting Imphal and Thoubal, were suspended for the day. As there was no transport service along this route, people took the Imphal-Thoubal route of National Highway 39. The Tiddim Road Educated Self-Employed Jeep-Taxi and Transport Cooperative Society, which plies on the Imphal-Curachanddpur sector of National Highway 150, and the Tiddim Road Bus Owners and Transport Cooperative Society said they would suspend services on Monday. The transport strike came a day after all activities relating to the Manipuri film industry came to a complete stop since yesterday. Shooting of films, editing, recording and showing of films in cinemas have been suspended following the strike called by the Film Forum Manipur. The general secretary of the forum, R.K. Chandrakumar Singh, said the film strike would continue till October 8. The film fraternity and the transporters have joined the strike at a time when academic activity in the state is paralysed. Students have been boycotting classes since September 9 after three student organisations — the All Manipur Students Union, the Manipuri Students Federation and the Kangleipak Students Association — called a boycott of educational institutions in support of the Apunba Lup demand. In a statement, the Apunba Lup, a conglomeration of NGOs, today said it would not call off its agitation until Ibobi Singh stepped down and the police commandos were punished. |
| Film industry shut till Thursday | ||
| OUR CORRESPONDENT | ||
Imphal, Oct. 3: Transporters and the film industry in Manipur have also joined the Apunba Lup-led agitation against the July 23 killings. Some transporters called a one-day strike today while some others said they would suspend services on Monday. The film industry remained shut for the second consecutive day today in support of the Apunba Lup demands for resignation of chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh and punishment to the police commandos involved in the July 23 killings. Former militant Ch. Sanjit and a pregnant woman, Rabina Devi, were allegedly killed in a fake encounter here on July 23. Today’s transport strike was jointly called by the Kamakhya Transport Cooperative Society, Mayang Imphal Motor Transport Cooperative Society and Mayai Lambi and the Chingphu Road Mini and Medium Bus Transport Cooperative Society. Bus, canter and taxi services along Mayai Lambi Road, one of the two inter-district roads connecting Imphal and Thoubal, were suspended for the day. As there was no transport service along this route, people took the Imphal-Thoubal route of National Highway 39. The Tiddim Road Educated Self-Employed Jeep-Taxi and Transport Cooperative Society, which plies on the Imphal-Curachanddpur sector of National Highway 150, and the Tiddim Road Bus Owners and Transport Cooperative Society said they would suspend services on Monday. The transport strike came a day after all activities relating to the Manipuri film industry came to a complete stop since yesterday. Shooting of films, editing, recording and showing of films in cinemas have been suspended following the strike called by the Film Forum Manipur. The general secretary of the forum, R.K. Chandrakumar Singh, said the film strike would continue till October 8. The film fraternity and the transporters have joined the strike at a time when academic activity in the state is paralysed. Students have been boycotting classes since September 9 after three student organisations — the All Manipur Students Union, the Manipuri Students Federation and the Kangleipak Students Association — called a boycott of educational institutions in support of the Apunba Lup demand. In a statement, the Apunba Lup, a conglomeration of NGOs, today said it would not call off its agitation until Ibobi Singh stepped down and the police commandos were punished. |
