Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) staying at the Sadbhavna Mandap Relief Camp at Khominthang in Churachandpur have appealed to the Commissioner (Home), Government of Manipur, for an alternative relief camp, alleging that inadequate financial assistance and the proposed vacation of their present shelter have pushed them into severe hardship.
Around 13 displaced families, comprising nearly 50 persons, have been residing at the relief camp since 2023. In a memorandum submitted to the Home Department, the IDPs said their difficulties had increased considerably after the government introduced financial assistance of Rs. 84 per person per day through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in November 2025.
The IDPs said they have not been receiving other basic food supplies since the introduction of the DBT system and have been forced to meet their food and other essential requirements from the limited daily assistance.
They described the Rs.84 per person per day assistance as inadequate, particularly in view of rising prices of food and other essential commodities. According to the memorandum, the amount is difficult to stretch even to meet basic daily requirements.
The displaced families further said the assistance has to meet expenses beyond food, including healthcare, clothing, transportation, children’s education and other unavoidable household needs, leaving them in continuing financial hardship and vulnerability.
Their situation, they said, has been further aggravated by the direction to vacate the existing relief camp, which they said was issued around a month ago without any alternative accommodation being arranged.
The IDPs said they have limited financial resources and no adequate means of securing safe and affordable accommodation on their own. Vacating the camp without first providing an alternative, they warned, would create further hardship and could leave vulnerable displaced persons without proper shelter and basic facilities.
The memorandum urged the Home Department to intervene in their immediate welfare and arrange a suitable alternative relief camp equipped with adequate shelter and essential basic facilities.
The grievances highlight the continuing difficulties faced by displaced families who remain dependent on relief arrangements more than three years after being uprooted from their homes, with the withdrawal of camp facilities now emerging as an additional burden for families already struggling to meet basic needs.