CPI demands formation of 'Highway Protection Force'
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, April 20 2021:
Formed Highway Protection Force immediately to protect the vehicles and passengers plying on Imphal-Jiribam and Imphal-Dimapur roads or faced agitations.
Communist Party of India Manipur State Council said this in a statement issued today and also condemned the recent attack on trucks ferrying goods from Assam on April 16 where 4 trucks were fired upon by unknown assailants.
L Sotinkumar, secretary CPI MSC said in the statement that the drivers and handymen plying on this two highways had been facing numerous problems including extortion by unknowns along the highways.
The collection of illegal tax also has contributed to high prices of commodities in the State, he added.
CPI alleged that the State government has also not taken up any steps to prevent the problems of extortion and collection of illegal tax along the highways.