IMPHAL: At least 400 villagers from the remote areas in Manipur's Chandel district received medical aid during a camp organized by Assam Rifles' doctors.
Areas in distant corners of Manipur have been deprived of basic amenities, including medical care. With the onset of monsoons, outbreak of various diseases like malaria is common, an Assam Rifles statement said.
Personnel of the 29 Assam Rifles have been instrumental in providing medical support to the local populace in remote areas, the statement said, adding that taking a stride forward in this direction, the unit organized a medical camp at Kwatha village with a view to cover all villages near the international border.
"The medical officers of the unit and nursing assistants provided medical care to the people. Around 400 villagers, including children, from Kwatha, Kwatha Khunou, Satang, Molphei and Saikul village were treated at the camp and medicines like cholroquine was also distributed," it said.
In the meantime, personnel from the same unit apprehended two underground cadres in a counter-insurgency operation launched in the Chamol area in the same district on Tuesday. The rebels have been handed over to police.
On the other hand, 27 sector Assam Rifles, under the aegis of the Army's Red Shield Division, inaugurated a vocational training centre at Hiangtam Khunou in Churachandpur district, a defence statement said.
Four sewing machines were handed over to the village authorities, the statement said and added that an instructor has also been provided by the sector for teaching basics of stitching and sewing to women.