Sales event for displaced people's products in Manipur's Thoubal

A one-day sales event featuring goods created by internally displaced people residing in district relief camps was arranged by the Thoubal district administration.

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People who had been displaced from violent places in Sugnu, Serou, Churachandpur, and Mireh manufactured the prod The district administration has been initiating various income-generating programmes for the inmates by organising training on candle-making, incense-stick making and kauna craft products, among others.

Speaking during the function, Ahanthem Subhash Singh, IAS, said that the district administration initially housed internally displaced persons in 15 relief camps. Now the relief camps have been reduced to three, namely Kodompokpi Sports Complex, Rice Research Centre, Khangabok and Lamding Higher Secondary School, housing around 1,270 inmates who were displaced from Tengnoupal, Moreh, Churachandpur, Serou, Sungu and other areas.