Genesis of People’s Resource Development association (PRDA) Ishok village was one of the hundreds of villages affected by construction of Ithai barrage at the conflucence of the Manipur River, the khuga River and the Ungamel channel in 1983, near Ithai village in Bishenupur . Construction of the barrage for hydro power generation led to submergence of approximately 10000 hectares of cultivable land and inhabited areas of the Ishok village(of total 80000 hectares in Bishenupur, imphal west, and Thoubal districts ). It has also caused annual recurrence of floods and submergence of the cultivable area with inflows of water from Merakhong River, Nambol River, Nambul River and back water from Loktak lake.

The flood water also brings in phumdi in farm lands of Ishok and neighbouring villages from uptream lakes- Sanapat and Naorem Utrapat ...

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