Muted Independence Day celebrations in Manipur, roads wear deserted look
Across rural areas of the state and in major parts of the capital Imphal, shops and markets remained closed.
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Across rural areas of the state and in major parts of the capital Imphal, shops and markets remained closed.
While state and district level functions were held in a grand manner with distribution of prizes and certificates, playing of the national anthem and performance by cultural troupes, celebrations at the local level were very limited with most people preferring to remain indoors
It was a muted Independence Day celebrations because of the dawn-to-dusk general strike called by multiple militant outfits and the loss of lives and property of hundreds of people over the last three months in the ethnic strife.