FCS centres in Imphal to be full-fledged
Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, April 02 2015 :
Union Minister of CAF and PD Ram Vilas Paswan has given approval for the two FCS centres at Imphal to be upgraded to full-fledged regional centres soon.
All Manipur Road Transport and Motor Workers' Union held a press meet over this development at the union's office at Hotel Yaisana, MG Avenue.
The Union Minister has responded positively to the demand of the union made earlier for a full-fledged FCS regional centre of Manipur and also to allow resumption of carriage by transporters of Manipur in Imphal-Jiribam road.
It may be mentioned that transporters have been carrying in essential FCS items to the state from Dimapur side all this while, thereby giving a huge blow to the livelihood of the truckers and their associated persons of Imphal-Jiri road as they were rendered jobless.
And at this critical juncture, the FCS Silchar region had started putting on e-tender notice to make truckers of Assam ply on this road.
As a result of this, the union has submitted a memorandum to the Union Minister of CAF and PD addressing the said major problems, and had set a dateline on April 10 for positive response.
If the Ministry do not meet the demands, the union is about to launch on agitations after April 10 .
In the press meet, the leader of the union, Sairem Manglem thanked Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and Manipur CM O Ibobi for their concern in this issue.
The Ministry has agreed to upgrade the present two FCS centres of Imphal viz the one at Sangaiprou and the other at Chingmeirong to be upgraded to the status of full-fledged regional FCS centres.
Moreover, Manglem appealed the ministry and the state government to speed up the process of this upgradation and to announce e-tender for selecting transport contractors for this road.