Manipur govt allocates more funds to hill areas: Officials

Imphal: Days after the Manipur CM N Biren Singh announced that the state govt undertook equal efforts for the development of both valley and hill areas, top government officials said on Friday that a higher amount of funds was sanctioned in the hilly areas than in the valley areas.The Manipur govt’s response comes after some tribal organisations, tribal leaders and MLAs have been accusing the state govt of imbalanced allocation of funding of the Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) under the ministry of road transport and highways.Ningombam Subhash, the chief engineer of Manipur’s public works department, said between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Rs 2,395.51 crore was sanctioned for different road and bridge projects in the hill areas of the state while Rs 1,300.21 crore was sanctioned for the valley areas. PTIWe also published the following articles recently