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Jiribam upgrade on the agenda of all parties
Naresh Mitra, TNN | 01:28 AM, Tuesday, January 17, 2012, Jiribam:
When a youngster from Jiribam recently decided to join the Assam Rifles, he fully well knew the travails he would have to endure just to submit his application form. After a gruelling 12-hour ride -- which started at dawn and ended at dusk -- to the state capital, he had to spent the nigh at a hotel to submit his application the next morning. Next day, by the time he was done, the last vehicle to Jiribam had already left and he had to spend another night in the hotel.
The 222-km journey from Jiribam to Imphal is an ordeal that most of the 24,000 locals dread. Apart from the pathetic condition of National Highway 53, the residents of this town bordering Assam's Cachar district also feel the brunt of poor infrastructure as there are only a handful of buses that serves the area.
In the last two years, Jiribam gained prominence when it became a transport hub during blockades on the Nagaland-Manipur NH 39. Essential commodities sourced from Assam were transported through this subdivision which falls on NH53, the only other route to Imphal. Now, with assembly elections around the corner, calls for Jiribam to be granted district status has only got louder.
District status for Jiribam is perhaps the only issue that the ruling Congress and opposition parties agree on. "We have taken forward the process of upgrading Jiribam into a full-fledged district. Our next step will be make it into a reality. This is a commitment I have given to the people of Jiribam and I will fulfill it," Th Devendra, six-time Congress legislator said.
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