The Union government has now approved two inter-State routes for the helicopter services started for people affected by the ethnic conflict that broke out in the State in early May this year.
The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) notified the State government in its letter of August 11 that the approved new routes include one from Churachandpur to Aizawl in Mizoram, and another from Kangpokpi/Senapati to Dimapur in Nagaland.
Since the conflict began on May 3, the violence pushed the Kuki-Zomi people, who had settled in the Imphal Valley, back to their respective hill districts, and the Meitei people settled in the hill districts back to the Valley area. Neither community has been able to use the road to travel within the State for fear of violence from the other community.
