“The power situation is better now, so are the roads. But today, in Toubul, there are only a few families who do not buy rice from the market.” …Toubul…has been one of the worst casualties of the Loktak hydropower project…project is under the National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd…After losing his agricultural lands, Gyaneshor was forced to convert part of his fields into a fish pond…12% of Manipur’s population are directly dependent on the lake for their livelihood…there are [also] the issues of compensation, rehabilitation and resettlement of people affected by the Loktak hydropower project.