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A dispute over traditional land ownership between Mao community of Manipur and Angami community of Nagaland has led to tension along Manipur-Nagaland boundary with both the communities calling an economic blockade against each other.
While Maos of Manipur claim that portions of Dzukou Valley falling in Nagaland belongs to them, the Angamis say that they are the traditional owner of the portions of the Valley that extends into Manipur.
Five days ago, the Mao Council and the Committee for Khoziioy Dzukou Land Boundary Resolution Committee (CKDLBRC) called an indefinite economic blockade alleging that Angamis were making fresh “encroachment” 10 km into their traditional territory inside Manipur.
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In a tit-for-tat reaction, the South Angami Youth Organisation (SAYO) too called an indefinite economic blockade against the Mao community.
The blockades have affected movement of vehicles carrying goods for the Mao-inhabited areas of Manipur adjoining Nagaland, but traffic on National Highway 2, between Nagaland and Manipur, has remained unaffected.
“It is not directly affecting normal traffic between Kohima and Imphal. This is not exactly an inter-state boundary problem, but one arising out of traditional land ownership of two tribes which incidentally overlap inter-state boundary at certain portions,” Nagaland DGP LL Doungel said over the telephone on Wednesday.
Doungel said that the Nagaland government has made efforts to get the blockade lifted, with both sides willing to talk to find a solution. “Both sides are beginning to talk, that is the most positive sign. We expect the blockades to be lifted in a day or two,” the DGP said. There was however no incident of violence despite the tension, he added.
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