New Delhi: Google Earth images depict the extent of destruction due to the ethnic violence across the Manipur’s most affected districts – Churachandpur, Kangpokpi, Bishnupur, and Imphal East. Entire villages appear to have been reduced to rubble, with trees growing in places where houses once stood.
The satellite images captured by The Wire reveal the full extent of the devastation. These images were captured in early 2025. For instance, B. Phainom village is where two Kuki women were paraded naked – seen in a video that sent ripples across the country. The village appears to have all but disappeared. Another village, S Kanan in Kangpokpi has also vanished from the map, with houses completely destroyed. Similarly, all the houses belonging to the Meitei community at Khuga Tampak in Churachandpur were burnt down and satellite images show a vast section of houses razed entirely.
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