Sit-in staged against road widening move
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, January 21 2014 :
Denouncing the State Government's decision to widen the Heikrumakhong-Lamlong Bridge road by 100 feet, locals today staged a sit-in-protest in response to the call of the Committee Against Widening of Road on Eastern Side of Imphal River from Lamlong Bridge to Heikrumakhong at Khurai Nandeibam Tharo Devi Community Hall.
Speaking to media on the sidelines of the protest, Phijam Jugindro, cashier of the committee, stated that the committee has been demanding the State Government to widen the road by 40 feet against the originally proposed 24 feet.
But if the the road is widened by 100 feet now, more than 162 families will be uprooted from their ancestral homesteads.
He appealed the government to repair the pavement of Imphal River which is in deplorable condition by constructing retaining wall and noted that this will help in widening the road as well.
Around 200 people participated in the protest.