TTs await official words, to take Jiri route
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 13 2018:
Loaded POL TTs and bullet LPG TTs which are currently stranded at Khatkhatti, Assam have been awaiting due communication between State officials and their Nagaland officials for movement on the by-pass arranged by the Government of Nagaland after a 100 metre long section of Imphal-Dimapur highway sank near Kohima.
Meanwhile, empty TTs which left Imphal yesterday with CRPF escorts through the same by-pass reached Khatkhatti last night.
The stranded tankers will however return tomorrow to take the Jiribam route tomorrow as the by pass is not secure for the movement of the trucks.
The maximum tonnage permitted on the by-pass is 19 tonnes (inclusive of the weight of vehicles) and the loaded LPG bullet TTs currently stranded at Khatkhatti weigh 16.2 tonnes each.
As such, the stranded bullet LPG TTs are technically permissible for movement on the by-pass but their movement requires prior official communication between State Government officials and their Nagaland counterparts.
It is reported that the State Transporter Director has been trying to contact his Nagaland counterpart, informed a source.
Due arrangements have been made to escort back the stranded bullet LPG TTs once they are given the green signal, said the source.
Notably all the stranded bullet LPG TTs as well as other bullet TTs engaged in transporting bulk LPG to Sekmai bottling plant have only six axles.
But many of the TTs engaged in transporting POL to the State have more than six axles.
It is reported that the Kohima by-pass is not fit for TTs having more than six axles.
With LPG bottling activity already suspended after a section of Imphal-Dimapur highway sank near Kohima, LPG distributors have completely halted LPG distribution since last Monday.