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Khangkhui Khullen in Ukhrul district has a high potential for war tourism as well as ecotourism, but places of tourist interest in the village are yet to be fully explored owing to poor road connectivity and absence of good infrastructures.
Our Correspondent Khangkhui Khullen (Manipur), Sep. 12 (EMN): The villagers of a remote village in Manipur’s Ukhrul district has urged the government to develop a mountain peak, where the first battle between Japanese and allied forces on Indian soil took place during World War II 78 years ago, as a tourist destination. “We call it Harva Khangai and this historic mountain peak is located about 3 km east from the village playground,” Chairman of the Tourism Development Organisation of Khangkhui village, Sami Ignatius told Eastern Mirror. “The first battle occurred simultaneously w...