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Economic blockade at Sadar Hills ; About 100 loaded trucks stranded at Hengbung
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, December 04 2015 :
On account of the economic blockade being imposed along Imphal-Dimapur highway in Sadar Hills on the demand of repairing the dilapidated sections of the highway immediately, around 100 loaded trucks have been stranded at Hengbung, Senapati district.
The blockade which came into force since December 2 midnight was called by several civil societies of Sadar Hills including Kuki Inpi, KSO, Thadou Students' Association and Kuki Women Union.
Because of the blockade, all trucks have been staying off the highway.
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Meanwhile, many Imphal-bound loaded trucks have been arriving at Hengbung one after another.
Speaking to a team of media persons at Hengbung, truck driver Chongtham Oken decried that the Government is totally oblivious to the pathetic condition of the highway.
It appears that the Government still cannot shed its old habit of addressing public grievances only when there are bandhs and blockades, he continued.
Huge landslides severely damaged the highway in Nagaland section but all the damaged sections were repaired promptly at the behest of Nagaland Government.
The neighbouring State is also far better when it comes to maintenance of highways and roads, he said.
The Imphal-Mao section of the highway is so bad that it takes almost 10 hours to cover the distance although it took just three hours when the highway was relatively better, Oken said.
On the other hand, there seems to be abominable culture of making transporters scapegoats for all public issues.
It is for this reason that many people have been demanding deployment of highway protection force along highways, he added.
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