By Abdul Gani, TwoCircles.net,
Guwahati: Several organizations including Char Sapori Sahitya Parishad (CSSP) have condemned the bomb blast in Manipur’s Imphal which killed nine workers from Assam. Slamming Assam government for keeping silent, they also urged upon the central and Manipur government to take adequate measures to compensate the families of the deceased and to ensure no repetition of such acts of violence.
“Whoever has done it we condemn such acts of violence which kills innocent common people. And with such kind of activities will never help anybody to reach their goal. We also want to say them not to repeat this violence again in any part of the country,” said CSSP president Hafiz Ahmed in Guwahati on Sunday.
He said that all the deceased workers were from Nagarbera area in Goalpara in lower Assam. “They all belong to very poor families and some of them were the lone bread earners of their families. SO, we request the central and Manipur government to do some adequate actions to compensate their families,” he added.
All these workers who were in Imphal for a construction project were killed on the spot after the powerful blast on their camp on Friday evening at around 7. 30 o’clock.
However, Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh has announced compensation to the victims of Friday’s blast at a makeshift shelter camp in Imphal. The ex gratia payments will be Rs 4 lakh to next of kin of those killed and Rs 50,000 each to the seriously injured and Rs 10,000 each to those with minor injuries.