AIMS proposes alternative AH
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 28 2022:
Apunba Imagi Machasing(AIMS) has urged Union minister for road transport and highways Nitin Gadkari to develop an alternative Asian Highway (AH) from Kuirei via Khamason Phungyar in Ukhrul district to Homalin in Myanmar.
A memorandum in this regard has been submitted to Union minister Gadkari.
The memorandum signed jointly by AIMS president Mayanglangbam Khelendro, director Dr Atom Sunil and social worker Awungshi Phillip Soso from Khamason Phungyar pointed out that Homalin is a port city on the bank of Chindwin River in Sagging region of Myanmar while Khamason Phungyar village is very close to Myanmar known for vegetable production.
Khamason Phungyar village is located around 7km from Kuirei along Imphal-Ukhrul-Jesami national highway, the memorandum said, and urged the Union minister to develop an alternative Asian Highway from Kuirei to Homalin via Khamason Phungyar to realise Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision to operationalize the Act East Policy at the soonest possible.