Relief given to famine affected villagers of Chandel

Imphal : Under the National Calamity Relief Fund, relief materials were distributed on Wednesday to the 120 villages of Chandel district in Manipur that were affected by the Mautam famine or the calamity due to bamboo flowering. The materials were distributed at the Chandel headquarters, informed a reliable source.

According to the source, 120 villages under the Moreh, Chakpikarong and Khengjoy blocks in Chandel district were affected by the famine and thus the relief materials given distributed. And as a part of the first phase of the distribution, Thangkholun, member of legislative assembly (MLA) of Chandel A/C distributed 180 quintals of rice at the headquarter on Wednesday, added the source.

The source also informed that under the National Calamity Relief Fund, 9874 quintals of rice have been sanctioned for the area and informed further that the distribution of the rice would be over by March this year.