Source: Hueiyen News Service
Imphal, November 15 2010:
Now, a vehicle can cover Imphal to Jiribam journey within 12-hour, the Transporters' and Drivers' Council (TDC) said claiming remarkable improvement in the condition of the Imphal-Jiribam section of the NH-53 .
TDC president, H Ranjit, addressing a press conference today, asserted that the journey on the NH-53 upto Jiribam which took atleast seven days has over now and it can be covered in 12-hour.The restriction imposed on plying state vehicles, particularly freight trucks and interstate buses, on NH-39 is still in force.
The same is not yet lifting by the TDC, he said appealing to trucks and buses to take the NH-53 in the interest of the people.
He said that truckers under TDC had confronted all odd in travelling the deteriorated road on the NH-53 in ferrying essential items during the last rainy season.
The bad portion of the road has been improved after TDC invested a huge fund, he claimed.