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Churachandpur
Located southwest of Manipur (India), Churachandpur District covers an area of 4570 km². In fact, it is the largest district within the state of Manipur. The district mainly has hilly terrain except narrow strips of valley which support wet rice cultivation. Churachandpur town, locally known as Lamka, is the district headquarters. Lamka (literally meaning "converging roads") is the second-largest town of Manipur, next only to the state capital, Imphal. So, Lamka is called the "second town" of Manipur and remains the fastest growing town in the state. The urbanites of Churachandpur town are sometimes called "CCpurians" or, more accurately, "Lamka-ites" (since CCpur connotes the entire district population). Indian travel agent gives special discounted hotel from budget hotels to Deluxe hotels in India.
The town is inhabited by a number of communities such as Paite, Thadou, Hmar, Vaiphei, Lusei, Zou, etc. Indian travel agent gives special discounted hotel from budget hotels to Deluxe hotels in India. These communities mainly belong to the Kuki-Mizo-Zomi groups of the Tibeto-Burman family. A significant number of Meitei and other plain communites also lives in the town. Of all the communities, the Paite are the largest in numerical term, followed by the Thadou-Kuki and the Hmar. Even though the town has no language which can be called as the 'lingua-franqka', Paite language is the most commonly used language within the town (for reference, please see the work of Tualchin Neihsial's, This is Lamka', 1987. and also see all the census figure of the state).
Khuga Dam: Artificial fresh water lake
The resumption of the Khuga dam project kick-started a new economic process fueled by construction and related activities. This project, it appears, is partly responsible for the recent increase for demand and consumption of cement and steel (partly an index of economic health) within Lamka town for private housing construction. The Khuga dam has already created a beautiful artificial lake at the southern tip of Lamka town near Mata village. This multi-purpose project irrigates 150 square kilometres of land within 20 km of the dam site and will also supply 5 million imperial gallons (23,000 m³) of drinking water and 1.75 MW of electricity for the town. The dam project began in 1983 with an estimated cost of Rs. 15 crores. It was set to be completed within four years; however, the project came to a standstill due to alleged financial irregularities. The ethnic conflict of 1997-98 also hampered further progress. When the project was resumed in 2002, the estimated cost had risen to over Rs. 280 crores. Till date, this multi-purpose project remains the biggest investment made by the Govt. of India within Churachandpur district. Indian travel agent gives special discounted hotel from budget hotels to Deluxe hotels in India. The structure of the earthen dam has been completed, but some components of this multipurpose project remain incomplete. June 2007 is the revised dateline for the completion of the project. The project received negative media attention and a lot of resentment due to inefficient handling of compensation to the displaced people around the dam site. The project's undue delay also complicates the problem of compensation.
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