Tousem people's woes
Tousem villagers prefer Nagaland solace: Imphal, Dec 6: Disconnected to Imphal or other parts of Manipur, people of 13 villages of Katang and surrounding area in Tousem sub-division of Tamenglong district have been heading to Nagaland for marketing and shopping and other purposes to the neighbouring State. Here, all educational programmes, health facilities and other development schemes under the Tribal Development Department have turned out to be an unpalatable joke. Katang is a frontier village of Manipur located about 20 kms north of Tamei sub-divisional Hqs. Hemmed in by the Barak river and the Maguiki river, the Katang villagers are most vulnerable to diseases spread by mosquitoes. But bad transport infrastructure or absence of it has been the worst misery of these hapless villagers. The harsh reality of the Katang villagers came to light only when a team of reporters went to interior areas of Tamei sub-division along with members of the Information Centre for Hill Areas Manipur (...