Upset over poor road, locals block highway
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, February 04 2023:
Unhappy over the pathetic condition of the road in between Patsoi Part 1 and Yurembam power house along the Imphal-Jiribam section of the National Highway-37, the locals blocked the road stretch on Saturday.
The road stretch was blocked by burning tyres and piling logs and boulders, thus preventing vehicular movement.
The protestors informed media persons that the road has been remaining unattended for the last many years and as such its condition deteriorated to such an extent that people living nearby had to vacate their houses and move elsewhere to save themselves from the dust kicked up during vehicular movements.
The protest of blocking the road stretch started some seven days back but was called off following assurance from the authority concerned to repair the same within a week.
However, as the repair work has not been initiated till date, the locals came out and blocked the road, they reasoned while adding that the agitation will continue till the road is repaired.