Auto-rickshaw drivers condemn 'illegal' construction
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, September 13 2015:
Taking serious note of land acquisition and construction of an office building of the Imphal Sporting Club over an area at Chakrikom which was used by the Uripok Kangchup Road Auto Rickshaw Owners and Drivers Co-operative Society Ltd.
as parking space, the society, various clubs and other organisations have condemned the same encroachment committed by a well-known sports club.
Speaking to media persons today at Manipur Press Club, secretary of United Club Uripok, A Mukundo said that the auto-rickshaw parking area has been there in Chakrikom for the last 20 years with all valid documents and permission from the concerned authorities and departments.
But the said club illegally constructed an office building in the parking area during the State wide demand for implementation of ILP system in the State without any prior information and verification from the concerned authorities.
Meanwhile spokesperson of Uripok People Welfare Committee, A Pholen stated that the parking area is an important place for the auto-rickshaw drivers.
He added that the concerned people must remove the structure at the earliest in the larger interest of the general public.
Furthermore a representative of United Friends Library and Club, Lamboi Khongnang Khong H Basanta added that local MLA of Uripok Assembly Constituency and other high profile persons should not take sides but resolve the matter at the earliest.