Ban on NH expansion works suspended
Source: Chronicle News Service
Senapati, April 07 2023:
The ban imposed on all National Highway-2 expansion works from Changoubung to Mayangkhang Khunou (Package 4A) of the Imphal-Kohima sector has been suspended.
The decision to suspend the ban was taken in an emergency joint meeting of the affected land owners held at M Ningthoupham Village Authority conference hall on Friday.
The Joint Action Committee of the affected land owners had stopped all construction works on the highway stretch from April 5 in protest against the delay in arbitration process.
A democratic form of agitation was staged at Changoubung on Wednesday.
Earlier, theJAC had warned of intensifying its agitation if the arbitration process got delayed any further.
The decision to suspend the ban on the NH extension works was announced by JAC convenor BK John in a press statement.
In the meantime, he warned that the JAC resolved to resume its democratic agitation if the ar -bitration process is not completed within the stipulated time with a decision to compensate the affected land owners adequately.