The centre's failure on the Manipur blockade is shocking

The blockade of Manipur’s twin arteries, National Highways 39 and 53, has now entered its third month, with people reliving the misery of last year’s two-month-plus blockade. The people of Manipur, till 2010, had been used to short blockades. But now, in a grim imitation of last spring and summer, essential commodities have disappeared, available only in the black market at unbelievably high rates. Many medicines are unavailable.

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