First Kuki village in Churachandpur resettled 3 years after conflict began
The first Kuki village in Churachandpur, Manipur, was resettled after three years of conflict, with only male residents returning from a relief camp. The village of Khodang, which had been abandoned due to ethnic violence, has been partially rebuilt with government assistance. Many families remain in relief camps, and the return of women and children is expected to be gradual.
- ▪Khodang village was resettled on May 28, 2026, after three years of conflict.
- ▪Only male members of the families have returned, while women and children remain in relief camps.
- ▪The ethnic violence in Manipur has resulted in over 260 deaths and left around 62,000 people internally displaced.
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GuwahatiThe first Kuki village in Manipur’s Churachandpur district was resettled on Thursday (May 28, 2026) after three years, but only the males have returned from a relief camp, while their families continue to live there.Khodang, a village near the “buffer zone”, is close to where the Churachandpur district meets the Imphal Valley’s Bishnupur and Kakching districts. A strip of land of varying width separating the Meitei-majority valley from the surrounding Kuki-dominated hills is referred to as the buffer zone.
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